Observer Magazine - Daily Summary
Forum 2005 Speeches
Monday May 2, 2005
Globalisation and Development: French Public Opinion
- Moderator: Olivier Chaduteau, Managing Partner, Day One, France
- Brice Teinturier, Deputy Director-General, TNS Sofres - Presentation available (French, PDF, 300kb)
Opening Session
- Moderator: Lord Alan Watson of Richmond, Chairman Europe, Burson-Marsteller - Speech available (PDF, 17kb)
- Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD - Speech available (PDF, 40kb)
- Mona Sahlin, Minister for Sustainable Development, Sweden - Speech available (PDF, 34kb)
Health and Development
- Moderator: Lisa Bryant, Journalist, Voice of America
- Harry Jeene, Director, Program Development, African Medical and Research Foundation - Speech available (PDF, 12kb)
- Karim Laouabdia, Director, Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, Médecins Sans Frontières - Speech available (PDF, 19kb)
- Mary Malete, President, Federation of Unions of South Africa - Speech available (PDF, 14kb)
- Julian Morris, Director, International Policy Network, United Kingdom
- Per Wold-Olsen, President, Human Health - Europe, Middle East and Africa, Merck & Co., Inc. - Speech available (PDF, 24kb)
Investment and Energy
- Moderator: Peter Kemp, Editor, Petroleum Intelligence Weekly
- Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD
- Thierry Desmarest, Chairman and CEO, Total - Speech available (PDF, 38kb)
- Mona Sahlin, Minister for Sustainable Development, Sweden
- Christian Stoffaës, Chairman, Centre for Future Studies and International Information, France - Speech available (PDF, 49kb)
Book Launch: OECD Factbook
Sharing the Benefits of Globalisation
- Moderator: Philippe Manière, Director General, Institut Montaigne, France
- Lionel Fontagné, Director, Centre for Future Studies and International Information, France - Speech available (PDF, 11kb)
- Irma A. Gómez Cavazos, Assistant Minister for Economic Relations and International Co-operation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico - Speech available (PDF, 20kb)
- Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director, Oxfam International - Speech available (PDF, 20kb)
- Clyde V. Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute, United States
Creative Societies, Dynamic Economies
- Moderator: Alan Riding, Journalist, New York Times
- Anne Garrigue, Deputy Secretary-General, Asia Presse Club, France - Speech available (PDF, 34kb)
- Harold Hyman, Foreign Policy Expert, Radio Classique, France
- Susan Napier, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Texas, United States - Speech available (PDF, 34kb)
- Tsutomu Sugiura, Director, Marubeni Research Institute, Japan - Speech available (PDF, 96kb)
Unlocking the World’s Energy Potential
- Moderator: Emmanuel Lechypre, Associate Editor, L'Expansion, France
- David L. Aaron, Director, Centre for Middle East Public Policy, Rand Corp
- Padma Desai, Director, Center for Transitional Economies, Columbia University, United States
- Dulat Kuanyshev, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to France - Speech available (PDF, 40kb)
- Eivind Reiten, President and CEO, Hydro - Speech available (PDF, 47kb)
Europe’s Economy: Which Way to Lisbon?
- Moderator: Pierre Rousselin, Vice-Director, Editorial Department for International Affairs, Le Figaro, France
- Jean-Philippe Cotis, Chief Economist, OECD - Speech available (PDF, 41kb)
- Stefan Löfven, Deputy President, The Swedish Metalworkers' Union - Speech available (PDF, 20kb)
- Hamish McRae, Associate Editor, The Independent, United Kingdom
- John Monks, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation
- Maria Joao Rodrigues, President, European Commission's Advisory Group for Social Sciences
- Jan-Host Schmidt, Director, Directorate for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission - Speech available (PDF, 32kb)
Financing for Development
- Moderator: Richard Manning, Chair, OECD's Development Assistance Committee
- Ahmad Mohamed Ali, President, Islamic Development Bank - Speech available (PDF, 26kb)
- Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics, Columbia University, United States
- Ruth Jacoby, Director-General for International Development Co-operation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
- Masahiro Kawai, Professor of Economics, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Japan - Speech (PDF, 80kb) and Table (PDF, 30kb) available
- Gunvor Kronman, Chairperson, Development Policy Committee, Finland - Speech available (PDF, 57kb)
Global Energy Mix
- Moderator: Jeremy Webb, Editor, New Scientist, United-Kingdom
- Pierre Gadonneix, Chairman and CEO, EDF, France
- Anne Lauvergeon, Chairman of the Executive Board, AREVA
- Bruno Rebelle, International Programme Director, Greenpeace International - Speech available (PDF, 31kb)
- Sir Crispin Tickell, Chancellor, Kent University, United Kingdom - Speech available (PDF, 34kb)
Tuesday, 3 May 2005
Keynote Address
- Moderator: Constance A. Morella, Ambassador of the United States to the OECD
- Martin Jahn, Deputy Prime Minister, Czech Republic
Shaping Public Opinion on Globalisation and Development: Role of the Media
- Moderator: Olivier Chaduteau, Managing Partner, Day One, France
- Thierry Guerrier, Deputy Director, France Info
- Jan Lund, Foreign Policy Editor, Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, Denmark
- Ibrahim Seaga Shaw, Correspondent in France, Africa Week Magazine, United-Kingdom
Keynote Address
- Moderator: Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD
- Göran Persson, Prime Minister, Sweden - Speech available (PDF, 30kb)
- Thierry Breton, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry, France - Speech available (PDF, 33kb)
Corporate Social Responsibility
- Moderator: Alison Maitland, Management Writer, Financial Times
- Yves-Thibault de Silguy, Senior Executive Vice-President, SUEZ
- Patricia Feeney, Executive Director, Rights and Accountability in Development, United Kingdom
- Giovanni Daverio, General Director, Family, Social Affairs and Corporate Responsibility, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Italy
- Thomas Östros, Minister for Industry and Trade, Sweden - Speech available (PDF, 24kb)
- Fritz Verzetnitsch, President, ÖGB - Austrian Federation of Trade Unions - Speech available (PDF, 18kb)
Development and Information Technology
- Moderator: Tor Tolstrup, Commentator, Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, Denmark
- Jean-Philippe Courtois, CEO, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa
- William J. Drake, President, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - Speech available (PDF, 30kb)
- Mody Guiro, General Secretary, Senegal National Confederation of Workers
- Maledh Marrakchi, General Director, Ministry of Communication Technologies, Tunisia - Speech available (PDF, 47kb)
- L. Martin van der Mandele, President, Rand Europe
Climate Change and Energy
- Moderator: Spencer Reiss, Contributing Editor, Wired Magazine, United States
- Mohammad Al Sabban, Senior Economic Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia
- Corrado Clini, Director-General, Ministry for Environment and Territory, Italy
- Eystein Gjelsvik, Deputy Head, Economic & Social Affairs Department, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
- Lars G. Josefsson, CEO, Vattenfall AB, Sweden - Speech available (PDF, 30kb)
Special Session Organised by "E-REFLEXION"
The Future of Socially Responsible Investment?
- Samuel Rouvillois, Philosopher, Club e-reflexion, France
Combating Counterfeiting
- Moderator: Stephen Pollard, Health Programme Director, Centre for the New Europe
- Jeffrey B. Kindler, Vice-Chairman, Pfizer
- Kunio Mikuriya, Deputy Secretary-General, World Customs Organization - Speech available (PDF, 56kb)
- Jim Thomson, CEO, The Centre for Mental Health, United Kingdom - Speech available (PDF, 26kb)
- Paul Vandoren, Director ad interim, Directorate General for Trade, European Commission - Speech available (PDF, 33kb)
Globalisation, Outsourcing and Structural Adjustment
- Moderator: Jean-Marc Vittori, Editorial Writer, Les Échos, France
- Carl Bennet, Chairman of the Board, Getinge AB, Sweden
- Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics, Columbia University, United States
- Tain-Jy Chen, President, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Chinese Taipei - Speech available (PDF, 28kb)
- John J. Sweeney, President, American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations
- Karien van Gennip, Minister for Foreign Trade, Netherlands - Speech available (PDF, 14kb)
Beyond the Millennium Development Goals
- Moderator: Didier Pourquery, Editorial Director, Metro, France
- Michel Clerc, President, Right to Energy Association-SOS Futur, France - Speech available (PDF, 38kb)
- John Evans, General Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD
- Susan George, Vice-President, ATTAC
- Paula Lehtomäki, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland - Speech available (PDF, 33kb)
- Ami Mpungwe, Deputy Chairman, Namitech East Africa Ltd., Tanzania
Raising Ambitions for the Doha Development Agenda
- Moderator: Floyd Norris, Journalist, International Herald Tribune
- Steve Ruey-Long Chen, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Chinese Taipei - speech available (PDF, 32kb)
- Alfredo Vicente Chiaradia, Secretary of Trade and International Economic Relations, Argentina
- Mukhisa Kituyi, Minister of Trade and Industry, Kenya
- Thomas Östros, Minister for Industry and Trade, Sweden - speech available (PDF, 46kb)
- Dipak Patel, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia
- Rachid Mohamed Rachid, Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry, Egypt
- Jim Sutton, Minister for Trade Negotiations, New Zealand
- Ignacio Walker, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile - speech available (PDF, 32kb)
Globalisation of Higher Education
- Moderator: Chris W. Brooks, Director of Public Affairs and Communications, OECD
- Rachid Benmokhtar, President, Al Akhawayn University, Former Minister of Education, Morocco
- Arnoud De Meyer, Deputy Dean, INSEAD, France
- Richard Descoings, Director, Sciences Po Paris, France
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