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Click on Theme for background information and on Summary for a résumé of the session.
Tuesday 3 June 2008
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9:00–9:45
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Opening Session
Summary
Moderator: David Eades, Presenter, BBC World News
Agustín Carstens, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico - Speech
Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD - Speech
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9:45–11:15
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What Role for Biofuels?
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Global Innovation, IPR and Growth
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Sustainable Cities
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Moderator: Aart de Geus
Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
Eduardo Leão de Sousa
Executive Director, UNICA, Brazil
- Speech - Presentation
José Lopez
Executive Vice-President, Nestlé
Stefan Tangermann
Director, Trade and Agriculture
OECD
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by Jagdish Bhagwati
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Moderator: John Thornhill
Editor, European Edition
Financial Times
Alison Brimelow
President, European Patent Office
- Presentation
Laurent Cohen-Tanugi
Chair, "Europe in the Global Economy" Task Force, France
Soumitra Dutta
Dean of External Relations, INSEAD
France Pedro Lichtinger
President, European Pharmaceutical Operations
Pfizer
Carlo Padoan
Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
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Moderator: David Eades
Presenter, BBC World News
Tasneem Essop
Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development Western Cape, South Africa
Geneviève Ferone
Vice-President, Sustainable Development, Veolia Environnement
Michel Le Sommer
Engineer, Le Sommer Environnement, France
- Presentation (pdf 2.6Mb)
Hideaki Oda
Councillor to the President
Japan Water Forum
Mario Pezzini
Deputy Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD
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11:45–13:15
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Innovation and Climate Change
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Jobs and Growth
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Sovereign Wealth Funds
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Moderator: Chris Giles
Economics Editor
Financial Times
Asit K. Biswas
President, Third World Centre for Water Management
David Foster
Executive Director
Blue Green Alliance, United States
Lorents Lorentsen
Director, Environment, OECD
- Speech
Steve Westwell
Executive Vice-President and
Group Chief of Staff, BP
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Moderator: John P. Martin
Director, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD
Geoffrey I. Gallop
Professor and Director
Graduate
school of Government University of Sydney, Australia
- Speech
Marie-Louise Knuppert
Confederal Secretary, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions
- Speech
Enrico Letta
Member of Parliament, Italy
Dennis J. Snower
President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox
CEO, 20-first
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Moderator: Carolyn Ervin
Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD
Xiqing Gao
President & Chief Investment Officer, China Investment Corporation
Jean-Daniel Gerber
State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Switzerland
Kristin Halvorsen
Minister of Finance, Norway
- Presentation
Giandomenico Magliano
Director-General
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy
Jean-Paul Villain
Head, Strategy Unit, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
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13:45–14:40
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Book Launch: OECD Work on Meeting the Climate Challenge
Summary
Shardul Agrawala, Climate Change Division, Environment Directorate, OECD
- Presentation (pdf 1.3Mb)
Robert Wisser, Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, OECD and
Jan Corfee-Morlot, Head of Climate Change Division, Environment Directorate, OECD
- Presentation (pdf 0.8Mb)
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14:45–15:30
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Keynote Speech:
New Challenges in a New Cycle
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Keynote Session:
Of Ice, Bears and Markets in the Silicon Age
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Moderator: Agnès Bénassy-Quéré
Director, CEPII, France
Rodrigo de Rato
Senior Managing Director, Lazard
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Moderator: Gérard Nicaud
Senior reporter, Le Figaro, France
Alain Hubert
Chairman, International Polar Foundation
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15:30–17:00
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Nuclear Energy –
What Part of the Solution to Climate Change?
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Health, Innovation and the Economy
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Partnerships for Tackling Climate Change
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Moderator: Jeremy Webb
Editor-in-Chief, New Scientist
United Kingdom - Speech
Luis Echávarri
Director-General, Nuclear Energy Agency, OECD - Speech
Philippe Esper
President, Eurotradia International France - Speech
Helga Kromp-Kolb
Professor, BOKU University, Austria - Speech
Jean-Pol Poncelet
Senior Vice-President
Sustainable Development and Continuous Improvement, AREVA
Sir Crispin Tickell
Director, Policy Foresight Programme, James Martin Institute Oxford University
United Kingdom
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Moderator: Iain Gillespie
Head, Biotechnology, OECD
Cristina Garmendia
Minister of Science and Innovation Spain
John P. Hearn
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International)
University of Sydney, Australia
John Rother
Group Executive Officer, Policy and Strategy, AARP
United States - Speech
Michel Vounatsos
President, MSD-France
Elaine M. Wolfson
Founding President, Global Alliance for Women's Health
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Moderator: Peter Kemp
Editorial Director
Energy Intelligence
United Kingdom
Kristin Halvorsen
Minister of Finance, Norway
- Speech
Gyehyun Kwon
Vice-President
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Sylvie Lemmet
Director, Division of Technology Industry and Economics, UNEP
Pierre Liautaud
Vice-President, Western Europe Region, Microsoft EMEA
- Speech
John J. Sweeney
President, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations - Speech
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17:00–18:00
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Climate Change: Mobilising Political Will
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Moderator: Doris Leuthard, Minister of Economic Affairs, Switzerland
H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco - Speech (in French)
Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD - Speech
Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC - Speech
Phil Goff, Minister of Trade, New Zealand - Speech
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Wednesday 4 June 2008
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9:30–10:30
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Keynote Speech: Reflections on the Financial Markets Correction
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Moderator: Françoise Crouïgneau, Chief International Editor, Les Echos, France
Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank - Speech
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10:45–12:15
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Climate Change and Finance
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Financing Infrastructure
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Education: A Good School for Every Community
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Moderator: Jean-Marc Vittori Editorial Writer, Les Echos
France
Bernard Clerfayt
Deputy Minister of Finance, Belgium
Jan H. Keppler
Professor of Economics
Paris-Dauphine University, France
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James P. Leape
Director-General
WWF International
Doris Leuthard
Minister of Economic Affairs Switzerland
Alain Massiera
Deputy CEO, Calyon
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Moderator: Michael Oborne Director, Advisory Unit on Multidisciplinary Issues, OECD
- Speech
Agustín Carstens
Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico
Andrew Hunter
Head, Macquarie Europe
Richard Lavergne
Secretary-General
Observatoire de l’énergie, France
Pierre Lortie
Senior Business Advisor, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (Montreal) Canada - Speech
Hamish McRae
Associate Editor, The Independent
United Kingdom - Speech
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Moderator: Barbara Ischinger Director, Education, OECD
John Bangs
Assistant Secretary, Education and Equal Opportunities
National Union of Teachers
United Kingdom - Presentation
Donald MacLeod
Editor, Education Guardian
United Kingdom
Philippe Manière
Director, Institut Montaigne France
Holger Rupprecht
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Brandenburg, Germany
Cecilia Tortajada
President, International Water Resources Association
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12:15-12:30
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Concluding Comments on the Economics of Climate Change
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Doris Leuthard, Minister of Economic Affairs, Switzerland
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13:00–13.50
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Education, Literacy and the Harry Potter Effect
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Moderator: Barbara Ischinger, Director, Education, OECD
Yuko Matsuoka Harris, Publisher and translator of the Japanese Harry Potter books, Say-zan-sha
Publications, Ltd. - Presentation
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14:00–15.30
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Open Markets for Trade and Investment
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Financial Market Turbulence
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Moderator: Jagdish Bhagwati
Professor of Economics, Columbia University
United States
Sharan Burrow
President, Australian Council of Trade Unions
- Speech
Glen Hodgson
Senior Vice-President
The Conference Board of Canada - Speech
Luc Lamprière, Executive Director, Oxfam France
Clyde V. Prestowitz
President, Economic Strategy Institute
United States
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Moderator: Robert Kuttner
Co-Editor, The American Prospect - Speech
Adrian Blundell-Wignall
Deputy Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD - Speech
Padma Desai
Director, Center for Transitional Economies
Columbia University, United States
Jan Frait
Head, Financial Stability, Czech National Bank
- Speech
Susan George
Board Chair, Transnational Institute
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16:00–18:00
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Future Challenges for
the Multilateral Trading System
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Education and Sustainable Development
Theme Summary
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Moderator: Anthony Gooch
Director, Public Affairs and Communications, OECD
Simon Crean, Minister of Trade, Australia
Phil Goff, Minister of Trade, New Zealand - Speech
Anne-Marie Idrac
State Secretary, Foreign Trade, France
Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director-General, WTO
James P. Leape
Director-General, WWF International
Beatriz Leycegui Gardoqui
Undersecretary for International Trade Negotiations Mexico
Néstor Edgardo Stancanelli
Deputy Secretary, International Economic Negotiations, Argentina - Speech
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Moderator: Asit K. Biswas
President, Third World Centre for Water Management
Francisco J. Lozano
Co-ordinator, Sustainable Campus Programme, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Hideaki Oda
Councillor to the President, Japan Water Forum
Bernard Ramanantsoa
Dean, HEC, France
Daigee Shaw
President, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Chinese Taipei - Speech
Dennis Tirpak
Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Thierry Touchais
Executive Director, International Polar Foundatio
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