The OECD Forum team would like to thank the 1250 participants who contributed to the session of Forum 2005.

In his report to the Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level, Swedish Minister of Industry and Trade, Thomas Östros, said that "The Forum proved to be a great opportunity to get a sense of the top priority issues of our time".  The full report can be found on the Swedish Government's Web site.

The OECD Forum 2005 Highlights Magazine 

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Keynote addresses were presented by:

Göran Persson, Swedish Prime Minister
Martin Jahn, Czech Republic Deputy Prime Minister
Thierry Breton, French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry

Speakers

Business

Jean-Philippe Courtois, CEO, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa
Thierry Desmarest, Chairman and CEO, Total
Eivind Reiten, President and CEO, Hydro
Jeffrey B. Kindler, Vice-Chairman, Pfizer

Government

Thomas Östros, Swedish Minister for Industry and Trade
Karien van Gennip, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade
Ignacio Walker, Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs
Rachid Mohamed Rachid, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry

Labour

John J. Sweeney, President, AFL- CIO
John Monks, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation
Mary Malete, President, Federation of Unions of South Africa

Civil Society

Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director, Oxfam International
Bruno Rebelle, International Programme Director, Greenpeace International
David L. Aaron, Director, Centre for Middle East Public Policy, Rand Corp

Media

Alison Maitland, Management Writer, Financial Times
Alan Riding, Journalist, New York Times
Jean-Marc Vittori, Editorial Writer, Les Échos, France
Floyd Norris, Journalist, International Herald Tribune

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