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Monday 22 May 2006
| 8:00–9:00 |
Registration |
| 9:00–10:15 |
Opening plenary panel: Balancing Globalisation
(Room 2 with retransmission to Room 3 and Room 8)
Moderator: David Eades, Presenter, BBC World
George Alogoskoufis, Minister of Economy and Finance, Greece
Duck-soo Han, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Economy, Korea
Jocelyne Bourgon, Ambassador, Delegation of Canada to the OECD
Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD |
| 10:15–11:45 |
Revitalising European growth
(Room 8)
Moderator: David Eades, Presenter, BBC World
Jean-Philippe Cotis, Head of Economics Department, Chief Economist, OECD
John Monks, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation
Nicholas Nanopoulos, CEO, Eurobank EFG, Greece
Michael P. Wareing, CEO, KPMG International |
Information technology – the next phase
(Room 3)
Moderator: Luca de Biase, InformationTechnology and Science Editor, Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy
Arnoud de Meyer, Deputy Dean, INSEAD, France
Patrick De Smedt, Chairman, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa
Elliot E. Maxwell, Chairman, eMaxwell and Associates, United States
Rachid Talbi El Alami, Minister-Delegate to the Prime Minister, Morocco |
Cities and globalisation
(Room 2)
Moderator: Chris W. Brooks, Director for Public Affairs and Communication, OECD
Michael Harcourt, Chair, Prime Minister’s External Advisory Committee on Cities and Communities, Canada
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Mayor, City of Madrid, Spain
Yazid Sabeg, President of Board of Directors, CS Communication & Systèmes, France |
| 11:45–12:30 |
Keynote Speech
(Room 2 with retransmission to Room 3 and Room 8)
Moderator: Angel Gurría, Secretary-General Designate, OECD
Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank |
| 12:30–14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00–15:30 |
Fulfilling the promise of South Eastern Europe
(Room 8)
Moderator: Alison Smale, Managing Editor, International Herald Tribune
Gheorghe Copos, Deputy Prime Minister, Romania
Dimitrios Daskalopoulos, Chairman, Federation of Greek Industries (SEV), Greece
Rainer Geiger, OECD Co-Chair, South East Europe Investment Compact, OECD
Gerlando Genuardi, Vice President, European Investment Bank
Michael Mozur, Deputy Special Co-ordinator, Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe |
Energy and the economy
(Room 2)
Moderator: Didier Pourquery, Editorial Director, Metro, France
Phillipe Bénédic, Resident Director General, Asian Development Bank, Germany
Efthymios N. Christodoulou, Chairman, Hellenic Petroleum, Greece
Padma Desai, Director, Center for Transitional Economies, Columbia University, United States
David Feickert, Consultant in industrial relations, ergonomics and energy, United Kingdom
David Knapp, Senior Editor, Energy Intelligence Group, United States |
Investment for Development
(Room 3)
Moderator: Luis Eduardo Escobar, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Chile
Gonzalo Fanjul Suárez, Head of Research, Intermón Oxfam, Spain
Fukunari Kimura, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Japan
Chen-en Ko, President, Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research, Chinese Taipei
Ulysses Kyriacopoulos, Former Chairman, Federation of Greek Industries (SEV), Greece
Giorgio Magistrelli, Secretary-General, European Chamber Of Commerce in China |
| 15:30–15:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:45–17:15 |
Financial education
(Room 3)
Moderator: Margaret Hollinger, Paris Bureau Chief, Financial Times
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Dara Duguay, Director, Financial Education Program, Citigroup, United States
Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD
William G. Knight, Commissioner, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada |
Structural adjustment and social cohesion
(Room 2)
Moderator: Lord Alan Watson of Richmond, Chairman Europe, Burson-Marsteller
Iordanis Aivazis, Chief Financial Officer, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE), Greece
Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics, Columbia University, United States
Ana Isabel Leiva Diez, State Secretary of Territorial Co-operation, Ministry of Public Administration, Spain
Philippe Manière, Director-General, Institut Montaigne, France |
Creating jobs in the 21st century
(Room 8)
Moderator: Lionel Fontagné, Director, Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales, France
Anne O. Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
John P. Martin, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD
Basile J. Neiadas, CEO, OPAP SA, Greece
Thomas C. Nelson, Chief Operating Officer, AARP, United States
John J. Sweeney, President, American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations |
| 17:15–18:15 |
Keynote Speech
(Room 2 with retransmission to Room 3 and Room 8)
Moderator: Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD
Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister, Greece |
| 18:15 |
Reception |
Tuesday 23 May 2006
| 8:00–9:00 |
Registration |
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9:30-10:15 Keynote Speech
(Room 2 with retransmission to Room 3)
Moderator: Françoise Crouïgneau, Chief International Editor, Les Echos, France
Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel |
9:00-10:30 Access to education
(Room 8)
Moderator: Ali Dogramaci, Rector, Bilkent University, Turkey
John Bangs, Assistant Secretary, Education & Equal Opportunities, National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom
Georges Haddad, Director, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO
Bernard Hugonnier, Deputy Director, Directorate for Education, OECD
Vernon Johnson, Senior Vice President, Educational Development, Whitney International University System, United States
Dina Kawar, Ambassador, Jordanian Embassy to France
Wusheng Zhang, President, Tianjin Academy of Educational Science, China |
| 10:30–12:00 |
Innovation and economic growth
(Room 8)
Moderator: Jean-Marc Vittori, Editorial Writer, Les Échos, France
John P. Hearn, Vice President, University of Sydney, Australia
Hamish McRae, Associate Editor, The Independent, United Kingdom
Karien van Gennip, Minister for Foreign Trade, Netherlands
Grey Fairfield Warner, Senior Vice President for Latin America, Merck & Co. Inc. |
Financial markets and growth
(Room 3)
Moderator: John Thornhill, Editor, European Edition, Financial Times, United Kingdom
Kenneth V. Georgetti, President, Canadian Labour Congress
Inge Kaul, Special Policy Adviser, Office of Development Studies, UNDP
Huguette Labelle, Chair, Transparency International
Marc Litzler, Deputy CEO, Calyon |
China: governing for development
(Room 2)
Moderator: Vivienne Walt, Reporter, Time, United States
Ying Chen, Deputy Director-General, China Enterprise Confederation
Dominique de Boisseson, Chairman & CEO, China Investment Co. Ltd., Alcatel
José de Sales Marques, President, Institute of European Studies of Macau
Yves-Thibault de Silguy, Senior Executive Vice President of International Relations, SUEZ
Sheri Xiaoyi Liao, President, Global Village of Beijing, China |
| 12:00–14:00 |
Lunch |
| 13:00–14:00 |
China and the OECD - Book launch
(Room 3)
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| 14:00–16:15 |
Doha Development Agenda
(Room 2 with retransmission to Room 8)
Moderator: Liz Alderman, Business Editor, The International Herald Tribune
Ingrid Antonijevic, Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction, Chile
Phil Goff, Minister for Trade, New Zealand
Jennifer A. Hillman, Commissioner, United States International Trade Commission
Mukhisa Kituyi, Minister of Trade and Industry, Kenya
Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization
Paula Lehtomäki, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Finland
Néstor Stancanelli, Deputy Secretary, International Economic Negotiations, Argentina
Mark Vaile, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Trade, Australia |
Regional integration and development in the Middle East
(Room 3)
Moderator: Güven Sak, Director, Economic Policy Research Institute, Turkey
Rainer Geiger, Deputy Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD
Bassma Kodmani, Director, Arab Reform Initiative, France
Johannes F. Linn, Wolfensohn Initiative Executive Director, The Brookings Institution, United States
Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
El Sayed Torky, Advisor to the Minister’s Office for International Relations, Ministry of Investment, Egypt |
| 16:15 |
Farewell Reception |
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