Programme of the OECD Forum 2005

Monday 2 May 2005

8:00–9:00 Registration
9:00–9:30
Globalisation and Development: French Public Opinion

(Room 2 with retransmission to Room 8)

Moderator: Olivier Chaduteau, Managing Partner, Day One, France

Brice Teinturier, Deputy Director-General, TNS Sofres, France

9:30–10:15
Opening Session

(Room 2 with retransmission to Room 8)

Moderator: Lord Alan Watson of Richmond, Chairman Europe, Burson-Marsteller

Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD

Mona Sahlin, Minister for Sustainable Development, Sweden

10:30–12:30
Health and Development

(Room 2)

Moderator: Lisa Bryant, Journalist, Voice of America

Harry Jeene, Director of Programmme Development, African Medical and Research Foundation

Karim Laouabdia, Director, Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, Médecins Sans Frontières

Mary Malete, President, Federation of Unions of South Africa

Julian Morris, Director, International Policy Network, United Kingdom

Per Wold-Olsen, President, Human Health - Europe, Middle East and Africa, Merck & Co., Inc.

Investment and Energy (High Level Roundtable)

(Room 3 with retransmission to Room 8)

Moderator: Peter Kemp, Editor, Petroleum Intelligence Weekly

Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD

Thierry Desmarest, Chairman and CEO, Total

Mona Sahlin, Minister for Sustainable Development, Sweden


* List of Roundtable participants at the end of the programme

12:30–14:30 Lunch
13:45–14:30
Book Launch: OECD Factbook

(Room 3)

Enrico Giovannini, Chief Statistician and Director, Statistics Directorate, OECD
14:30–16:00
Sharing the Benefits of Globalisation

(Room 2)

Moderator: Philippe Manière, Director General, Institut Montaigne, France

Lionel Fontagné, Director, Centre for Future Studies and International Information, France

Irma A. Gómez Cavazos, Assistant Minister for Economic Relations and International Co-operation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico

Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director, Oxfam International

Clyde V. Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute, United States

Creative Societies, Dynamic Economies

(Room 3)

Moderator: Alan Riding, Journalist, New York Times

Anne Garrigue, Deputy Secretary-General, Asia Presse Club, France

Harold Hyman, Foreign Policy Expert, Radio Classique, France

Susan Napier, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Texas, United States

Tsutomu Sugiura, Director, Marubeni Research Institute, Japan

Unlocking the World's Energy Potential

(Room 8)

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 Kazakhtan to France

Eivind Reiten, President and CEO, Hydro

16:00–16:30 Coffee Break
16:30–18:00
Europe's Economy: Which Way to Lisbon?

(Room 3)

Moderator: Pierre Rousselin, Vice-Director, Editorial Department for International Affairs, Le Figaro, France

Jean-Philippe Cotis, Chief Economist, OECD

Stefan Löfven, Deputy President, The Swedish Metalworkers' Union

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

Financing for Development

(Room 8)

Moderator: Richard Manning, Chair, OECD's Development Assistance Committee

Ahmad Mohamed Ali, President, Islamic Development Bank

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

Gunvor Kronman, Chairperson, Development Policy Committee, Finland

Global Energy Mix

(Room 2)

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

Sir Crispin Tickell, Chancellor, Kent University, United Kingdom

18:00 Reception

Tuesday 3 May 2005

8:00–9:30 Registration
9:00-9:30
Keynote Address

(Room 2 with retransmission to Room 8)

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

(Room 3)

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

9:45-10:45
Keynote Address

(Room 2 with retransmission to Room 8)

Moderator: Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD

Göran Persson, Prime Minister, Sweden

Thierry Breton, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry, France

11:00–12:30
Corporate Social Responsibility

(Room 8)

Moderator: Alison Maitland, Management Writer, Financial Times

Giovanni Daverio, General Director, Family, Social Affairs and Corporate Responsibility, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Italy

Yves-Thibault de Silguy, Senior Executive Vice-President, SUEZ

Patricia Feeney, Executive Director, Rights and Accountability in Development, United Kingdom

Thomas Östros, Minister for Industry and Trade, Sweden

Fritz Verzetnitsch, President, ÖGB - Austrian Federation of Trade Unions

Development and Information Technology

(Room 3)

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

Mody Guiro, Secretary-General, Senegal National Confederation of Workers

Maledh Marrakchi, General Director, Ministry of Communication Technologies, Tunisia

L. Martin van der Mandele, President, Rand Europe

Climate Change and Energy

(Room 2)

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

12:30–14:00 Lunch
12:30–14:00
Special Session Organised by “E-REFLEXION” The Future of Socially Responsible Investment?

(Room 8)

Samuel Rouvillois, Philosopher, Club e-reflexion, France
14:00–15:30
Combating Counterfeiting

(Room 3)

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

Jim Thomson, CEO, The Centre for Mental Health, United Kingdom

Paul Vandoren, Director ad interim, Directorate General for Trade, European Commission

Globalisation, Outsourcing and Structural Adjustment

(Room 2)

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

John J. Sweeney, President, American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations

Karien van Gennip, Minister for Foreign Trade, Netherlands

Beyond the Millennium Development Goals

(Room 8)

Moderator: Didier Pourquery, Editorial Director, Metro, France

Michel Clerc, President, Right to Energy Association-SOS Futur, France

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

Ami R. Mpungwe, Deputy Chairman, Namitech East Africa Ltd., Tanzania

15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–18:00
Raising Ambitions for the Doha Development Agenda

(Room 2)

Moderator: Floyd Norris, Journalist, International Herald Tribune

Steve Ruey-Long Chen, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Chinese Taipei

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

Dipak Patel, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia

Rachid Mohamed Rachid, Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry, Egypt

Jim Sutton, Minister forTrade Negotiations, New Zealand

Ignacio Walker, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile

Globalisation of Higher Education

(Room 8)

Moderator: Chris W. Brooks, Director, Public Affairs and Communications Directorate, 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

18:00 Farewell Reception

List of Roundtable Participants - Investment and Energy, Monday 2nd May, 10:30

(Room 3)

Mohammad Al Sabban, Senior Economic Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia

George R. M. Anderson, Deputy Minister, Natural Resources, Canada

Bertrand Barré, President, European Nuclear Society

Salvador Beltrán del Rio, Director General for International Affairs, Ministry of Energy, Mexico

Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics, Columbia University, United States

Emmanuel de Corte, Deputy Director, Ministry of Energy, Belgium

Padma Desai, Director, Center for Transitional Economies, Columbia University, United States

Harry Duynhoven, Associate Minister of Energy, New Zealand

Michel Gabrysiak, CEO, Finance Foundation

Eystein Gjelsvik, Deputy Head, Economic & Social Affairs Department, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director, Oxfam International

Emmanuel Lechypre, Associate Editor, L'Expansion, France

Giandomenico Magliano, Director General for Multilateral Economic and Financial Co-operation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy

Sergei Mikhaylov, Department Deputy Director, Ministry of Industry and Energy, Russian Federation

Thorvald Moe, Deputy Secretary-General, Ministry of Finance, Norway

Salih Pasaoglu, Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey

Clyde V. Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute, United States

Eivind Reiten, President and CEO, Hydro

Christian Stoffaës, Chairman, Centre for Future Studies and International Information, France

Sir Crispin Tickell, Chancellor, Kent University, United Kingdom

Noé Van Hulst, Director, Long-Term Co-operation and Policy Analysis Office, International Energy Agency

Lord Alan Watson of Richmond, Chairman Europe, Burson-Marsteller

Jeremy Webb, Editor, New Scientist, United Kingdom
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