Tuesday 28 - Wednesday 29

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Tuesday 28 May

07:45 - 09:00	Registration

09:00 - 10:00

Forum Opening Session

Keynote Speakers	Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD
	& His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon, Norway
Moderator	Siri Lill Mannes, Managing Director, SpeakLab AS

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break

OECD Better Life Presentation

Speakers	Martine Durand, Director of Statistics and Chief Statistician, OECD
	Anthony Gooch, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, OECD

10:30 - 13:30

IdeaFactory - What Energy Choices for a Sustainable Future?

	Separate Registration Required
Speakers	Christiane Bögemann-Hagedorn, Head, Civil Society and Economy Department, Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development, Germany
	Nikos Charalambides, Executive Director, Greenpeace Greece
	Céline Charveriat, Director of Advocacy and Campaigns, Oxfam International
	Marie-Louise Knuppert, Vice President, TUAC; Elected Confederal Secretary, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO-DK)
	Andrey Kuzyaev, Vice-President, OAO 'LUKOIL'; President, LUKOIL Overseas Holding Ltd
	Nick Mabey, CEO & Founding Director, E3G
	Kåre Riis Nielsen, Director for Public Affairs and Communication, Novozymes
	Carlo Sinatra, Founder, Legal Representative and Member, Global Sustainable Social Energy Program (GSSEP)
	Ernst U. Von Weizsäcker, Co-Chair, International Resource Panel, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

10:30 - 12:00

The 21st Century Production Revolution

Scene Setting	Andrew Wyckoff, Director, Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
Moderator	Jean-Marc Vittori, Editorial Writer, Les Échos, France
Speakers	Luisa Deplazes Delgado, Member of the Executive Board, Chief Human Resources Officer, SAP AG
	Tim Groser, Minister, Trade, New Zealand
	Annegrethe Jakobsen, Global Head of Public Affairs, Novozymes

What's Up with Banks?

Scene Setting	Adnan Bali, CEO, Isbank, Turkey
	& Carolyn Ervin, Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD
Moderator	Axel Threlfall, Lead Anchor, Reuters
Speakers	Alexei Kudrin, Dean of School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St Petersburg State University, Russian Federation
	Philippe Lamberts, Member, European Parliament
	Joris Luyendijk, News Correspondent, The Guardian
	Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

SMEs - Backbone of the Economy

Scene Setting	Sergio Arzeni, Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development, OECD
Moderator	Alexandrine Bouilhet, Deputy News Editor, Le Figaro, France
Speakers	Dominique Bocquet, Author, Les Révolutions discrètes de l'OCDE
	San Ko, CEO, TIDE Institute, Korea
	Heather McGregor, Columnist, Financial Times Weekend
	Doug Richard, Founder, School for Creative Start-Ups
	Randolf Rodenstock, Vice-Chair, Executive Board, BIAC; Managing Partner, Optische Werke G. Rodenstock GmbH & Co. KG

12:00 - 13:30

Food for Thought - The Power of One

	Separate Registration Required
Moderator	Shiv Malik, Journalist and Author, The Guardian
Speakers	Laurence Evans, President, International, Edelman Berland
	His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon, Norway
	Cristián Larroulet, Minister of the Presidency, Chile
	Daphni Leef, Social Activist
	Dirk Van der Maelen, Member of Parliament, Belgium
	Didier Mamma, Director, Technology and Innovation, SAP
	Loretta Minghella, Director, Christian Aid
	Tim Noonan, Director, Campaigns & Communications, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
	Sabine Stricker-Kellerer, Senior China Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
	Justin Wedes, Activist and Member, Occupy Wall Street

Food for Thought - The Male Factor

	Separate Registration Required
Moderator	Pamela Druckerman, Journalist and Author
Speakers	Willem Adema, Senior Economist, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD
	Rohini Anand, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo
	Celia de Anca, Director, Center for Diversity in Global Management, IE Business School
	Ronnie L. Goldberg, Executive Vice President and Senior Policy Officer, United States Council for International Business (USCIB)
	Catherine Hakim, Social Scientist and Author
	Herminia Ibarra, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEAD
	Ulf Kristersson, Minister for Social Security, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden
	Heather McGregor, Columnist, Financial Times Weekend
	Kaori Sasaki, Founder & CEO, ewoman, Inc.; Founder & CEO, UNICUL International, Inc.
	Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister, Women's Rights and Government Spokesperson, France

Panel with Lunch - Learning to Listen

	Separate Registration Required
Scene Setting	Romina Boarini, Head of Section, Well-Being and Progress,OECD
	Lorena Sanchez, Better Life Index Project Manager, OECD
Moderator	Soumitra Dutta, Dean, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, United States
Speakers	Laurent Cousin, Group Senior Vice President, Marketing Offer, Research & Development, Sodexo
	Burkhard Gnärig, Executive Director, Berlin Civil Society Center
	Nele Leosk, Program Director, ICT in education, e-Governance Academy, Estonia

13:30 - 13:45	Coffee Break

13:45 - 15:15

The Asian Century

Moderator

Tetsuya Jitsu, Deputy Chief Editorial Writer, NIKKEI, Japan

Panel 1: Global Value Chains & Asian Partners

Speakers	Michael Cole, Chief Operations Officer, Kia Motors Europe
	Craig Emerson, Minister, Trade and Competitiveness, Australia

Panel 2: Meeting the Needs of Growing Middle Classes

Speakers	Sunjoy Joshi, Director, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), India
	Lu Mai, Secretary-General, China Development Research Foundation (CDRF)
	Anne-Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, United States, Princeton University, United States

The Unemployees

Scene Setting	Sigbjørn Johnsen, Minister, Finance, Norway
Moderator	Jarle Roheim Håkonsen, News Anchor and Political Scientist, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK)
Speakers	Ricardo Ibarra, President, Spanish Youth Council (CJE)
	Konstantinos Kyranakis, President, Youth of the European People's Party
	Frédéric Massé, Vice-President, EMEA Government Relations, SAP
	Peter Matjašic, President, European Youth Forum (YFJ)
	Emilie Turunen, Member, European Parliament

Old Politics, New Politics

Scene Setting	Rolf Alter, Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD
Moderator	A. Craig Copetas, Correspondent-at-Large, Quartz
Speakers	John Keane, Professor, Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, The University of Sydney, Australia
	Cristián Larroulet, Minister of the Presidency, Chile
	Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director, Transparency International

15:15 - 16:45

Austerity vs. Growth: A False Dilemma?

Scene Setting	Bruce Stokes, Director, Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center
Moderator	Paul Taylor, European Affairs Editor, Thomson Reuters
Speakers	Robert Johnson, Executive Director, Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)
	Vladimir Mau, Rector, Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Service (RANEPA)
	Adam S. Posen, President, Peterson Institute for International Economics
	Philip Stephens, Associate Editor, Financial Times
	Richard Trumka, President, TUAC; President, AFL-CIO
	Yanis Varoufakis, Professor of Political Economy, University of Texas at Austin, United States

The New Societal Contract

Moderator	Shiv Malik, Journalist and Author, The Guardian
Speakers	Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister, Norway; Director-General (emeritus), World Health Organization; Vice Chair, Executive Committee, UN Foundation; Member, The Elders
	Diane Coyle, Vice-Chairman, BBC Trust; Visiting Research Fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University, United Kingdom
	Michel Landel, CEO and Member of the Board of Directors, President of Executive Committee, Sodexo
	Subramanian Rangan, Professor of Strategy and Management, INSEAD
	Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)

From School to Work

Scene Setting	Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director and Special Adviser on Education Policy to the Secretary-General, OECD
Moderator	Hugh Carnegy, Paris Bureau Chief, Financial Times
Speakers	David Hoey, Chief Executive Officer, WorldSkills International
	Ida Kreutzman, Member of the Board, Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU)
	Ben Lyons, Co-Director, Intern Aware
	Phil O'Reilly, Vice-Chair, BIAC; Chief Executive Officer, BusinessNZ
	Michael Spence, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, The University of Sydney, Australia

15:30 - 18:30

IdeaFactory - Trust

	Separate Registration Required
Speakers	Edgardo Angara, Vice-Chair, Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC)
	Alessio J. G. Brown, Executive Director, Global Economic Symposium (GES), Visiting Research Economist, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
	Soumitra Dutta, Dean, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, United States
	Tuur Elzinga, Senator, Parliamentary Assembly, Netherlands; Member, Council of Europe
	James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government and Business Relations, The University of Texas at Austin, United States
	Burkhard Gnärig, Executive Director, Berlin Civil Society Center
	Anne-Catherine Husson-Traoré, CEO, Novethic
	Sigrid Jacobsen, Chairman, Tax Justice Network - Norway
	Lee Newman, Dean, School of Social & Behavioural Sciences, IE Business School
	Mark Rollinger, Chief Legal Officer, Sodexo
	Robert G. Romasco, President, AARP
	Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director, Transparency International

16:45 - 17:00	Coffee Break

17:00 - 18:30

Trade in Value Added: The World Factory

Scene Setting	Ken Ash, Director, Trade and Agriculture, OECD
Moderator	Bruce Stokes, Director, Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center
Speakers	Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
	Arancha Gonzalez, Chief of Staff, World Trade Organization (WTO)
	Daisuke Hiratsuka, Executive Vice-President, Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO)
	Peter M. Robinson, President and CEO, United States Council for International Business (USCIB)

Out with the Old, in with the New

Scene Setting	Dirk Pilat, Deputy Director, Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
Moderator	Jie-Ae Sohn, President & CEO, Arirang TV
Speakers	Peter Bale, Vice-President & General Manager, CNN International Digital
	Patrice Bula, Executive Vice President, responsible for the Strategic Business Units, Marketing, Sales & Nespresso, Nestlé S.A.

18:30 - 20:00

Reception and Video Competition Award

Keynote Speaker	Sigbjørn Johnsen, Minister, Finance, Norway
Master of Ceremony	Siri Lill Mannes, Managing Director, SpeakLab AS

Wednesday 29 May

07:45 - 09:00	Registration

09:00 - 10:30

Addressing Inequalities for a More Inclusive Society

Scene Setting	Stefano Scarpetta, Interim Director, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD
Speakers	Yoonsun Cho, Minister, Gender Equality and Family, Korea
	Diane Coyle, Vice-Chairman, BBC Trust; Visiting Research Fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University, United Kingdom
	Enrico Giovannini, Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Italy
	Felipe Larraín, Minister, Finance, Chile
	Rodrigo Martin, CEO & Chair of the Administrative Council, Randstad Spain and Latin America; Member, Advisory Board to the Executive Board, Randstad Holding
	William Spriggs, Chief Economist, AFL-CIO
	Ngaire Woods, Dean, Blavatnik School of Government; Founder and Director of the Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Too Big to Pay Tax?

Scene Setting	Pascal Saint-Amans, Directeur, Centre de politique et d'administration fiscales, OECD
Moderator	Vanessa Houlder, Tax Correspondent, Financial Times
Speakers	Luc Frieden, Minister, Finance, Luxembourg
	Loretta Minghella, Director, Christian Aid
	William Morris, Senior International Tax Counsel & Director Global Tax Policy, General Electric; Chair, Taxation and Fiscal Policy Committee, Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC)
	Fleur Pellerin, Minister delegate, SMEs, Innovation, and the Digital Economy, France

Women of Influence

Moderator	Joohee Cho, Seoul Bureau Chief and Correspondent, ABC News
Speakers	Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister, Norway; Director-General (emeritus), World Health Organization; Vice Chair, Executive Committee, UN Foundation; Member, The Elders
	Litha Musyimi-Ogana, Commissioner for Gender, African Union
	Anne-Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, United States, Princeton University, United States

10:00 - 10:30

Keynote Address by Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) Chair

Keynote Speaker

Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister, Norway

11:00 - 11:40

Presentation of the "Economic Outlook"

Speakers	Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD
	Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist, OECD

11:45 - 13:00

"Economic Outlook" Debate - Growth and Jobs

Moderator	Ed Conway, Economics Editor, Sky News
Speakers	Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
	Guillermo de la Dehesa, President, Centre for Economic Policy Research
	Pravin J. Gordhan, Minister, Finance, South Africa
	Alan Krueger, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers, United States
	Hyun Oh-seok, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance, Korea
	Álvaro Santos Pereira, Minister of Economy and Employment, Portugal

13:00 - 14:30

Food for Thought - Big Trust

	Separate Registration Required
Moderator	Peter Bale, Vice-President & General Manager, CNN International Digital
Speakers	Boris Azaïs, Director, Industrial Policy Europe Canada, MSD (Merck & Co., Inc)
	David Bessis, Founder and President, tinyclues
	Fernando Blumenschein, Economist, FGV Foundation, Brazil
	Ben Hammersley, United Kingdom Prime Minister’s Ambassador, Tech City
	Colm Harmon, Head, School of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia
	Didier Mamma, Director, Technology and Innovation, SAP
	Eppu Mikkonen, Director of Policy and Programmes, HelpAge International
	Christian Reimsbach-Kounatze, Economist, Information, Communications and Consumer Policy, Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
	Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director and Special Adviser on Education Policy to the Secretary-General, OECD
	Jérémie Zimmermann, Co-Founder & Spokesperson, La Quadrature du Net

Food for Thought - Scars of the Crisis

	Separate Registration Required
Moderator	Lara Marlowe, Paris Correspondent, The Irish Times
Speakers	Ian Hickie, Professor of Psychiatry; Executive Director, Brain & Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Australia
	Bettina Kashefi, State Secretary, Ministry of Employment, Sweden
	Monika Kosińska, Secretary-General, European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)
	Ben Lyons, Co-Director, Intern Aware
	Peter Matjašic, President, European Youth Forum (YFJ)
	Glenda Quintini, Senior Economist, Skills and Youth Policies, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD

Panel with Lunch - Partnerships for Inclusive Growth

	Separate Registration Required
Scene Setting	Jon Lomoy, Director, Development Co-operation, OECD
Speakers	Antônio Carlos Kfouri Aidar, Director of Control, FGV Foundation, Brazil
	Céline Charveriat, Director of Advocacy and Campaigns, Oxfam International
	Wellington Chibebe, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
	Kåre Riis Nielsen, Director for Public Affairs and Communication, Novozymes

14:30 - 15:00	Coffee Break

15:00 - 16:30

The African Renaissance

Scene Setting	Mario Pezzini, Director, Development Centre, OECD
	Erik Solheim, Chair, Development Assistance Committee, OECD
Moderator	Philippe Gélie, Foreign Editor, Le Figaro, France
Speakers	Franck Cohen, President, EMEA, SAP
	Peter Draper, Senior Research Fellow, South African Institute of International Affairs
	Andrey Kuzyaev, Vice-President, OAO 'LUKOIL'; President, LUKOIL Overseas Holding Ltd
	Sizwe Shezi, Chairman, Jacob G Zuma RDP Education Trust

The Enterprising State

Scene Setting	Dirk Pilat, Deputy Director, Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
Moderator	Ola Storeng, Economic Affairs Editor, Aftenposten, Norway
Speakers	Ben Hammersley, United Kingdom Prime Minister’s Ambassador, Tech City
	Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, Department of State, United States
	Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director, European Competitiveness Initiative, INSEAD
	Nele Leosk, Program Director, ICT in education, e-Governance Academy, Estonia
	Giuseppe Scognamiglio, Executive Vice-President, Head Public Affairs, Unicredit