OECD Forum 2008: Previous OECD Forums

Watch the slide shows of the Forum 2007

Monday 14 May and 15 Tuesday May

 

Previous OECD Forums

The Highlights from the 9 OECD Forums.

Forum 2007: “Innovation, Growth and Equity”
Forum 2006: "Balancing Globalisation"
Forum 2005: "Fuelling the Future"
Forum 2004: "Health of Nations"
Forum 2003: "Grow, Develop and Prosper"
Forum 2002: "Taking Care of the Fundamentals: Security, Equity, Education and Growth"
Forum 2001: "Sustainable Development and the New Economy"
Forum 2000: "Partnerships in the New Economy"

 

Speakers from recent OECD Forums

Business:

Nani Beccalli-Falco, CEO, GE International; Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Nestlé; Daniel Bouton, CEO, Société Générale; Jean-Philippe Courtois, CEO, Microsoft EMEA;
Thierry Desmarest
, CEO, Total; Pierre Gadonneix, CEO, EDF; Jean-Pierre Garnier, CEO, GSK;
Francisco González Rodríguez
, Chairman and CEO, BBVA, Spain; Anne Lauvergeon, CEO, Areva; 
Marc Litzler
, CEO, Calyon, France; Francis Mer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, SAFRAN;
Gérard Mestrallet, CEO, Suez; Eivind Reiten, CEO, Hydro; Michael Wareing, CEO, KPMG International;  Stefan Oschmann, President Europe, Merck.

 

Public Figures:

Akira Amari, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan; Pier Luigi Bersani, Minister for Economic Development, Italy; Thierry Breton, Finance Minister, France; Laura Bush, First Lady, United States;
Helen Clark
, Prime Minister, New Zealand; Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel;  Duck-soo Han, Deputy Prime Minister of Finance and Economy, Korea; Martin Hirsch, High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty, France; Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister, Greece; Humayun Akhtar Khan, Minister for Commerce, Pakistan; Bernard Kouchner, Minister for Foreign Affairs, France; Pascal Lamy, Director General, WTO;
Göran Persson, Prime Minister, Sweden; Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, Mayor, City of Madrid; 
Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape, Minister of Economy, Mexico; Pedro Solbes, Deputy Prime Minister, Spain; Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health, United States; Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank; Mark Vaile, Deputy Prime Minister, Australia; Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister, Belgium;
Piotr G. Woźniak, Minister of Economy, Poland.  

 

Civil Society:

Dominique Baudis, President, Arab World Institute; Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor, Columbia University; 
Asit K. Biswas, President, Third World Centre for Water Management; Richard Descoings, Director, Sciences Po; Soumitra Dutta, Dean of External Relations, INSEAD; Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group; Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director, Oxfam International; Huguette Labelle, Chair, Transparency International; Claude Martin, President, WWF; Bernard Ramanantsoa, Dean, HEC, France; Bruno Rebelle, Programme Director, Greenpeace International; Mary Robinson, Executive Director, Ethical Globalisation Initiative; Marie Smith, President, AARP.

 

Trade Unions:

Tine Aurvig-Huggenberger, Vice-President, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions; Kenneth Georgetti, President, Canadian Labour Congress; Mary Malete, President, Federation of Unions of South Africa; 
John Monks
, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation; Guy Ryder, General Secretary, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions; John Sweeney, President, AFL CIO.

 

Media: 

Alan Beattie, World Trade Editor, Financial Times; Françoise Crouïgneau, Chief International Editor, Les Echos; Davis Eades, Presenter, BBC World; Emmanuel Lechypre, Associate Editor, L’ExpansionSerge Marti, Chief Editor, Le MondeHamish McRae, Associate Editor, The Independent
Alison Smale, Managing Editor, IHTChristine Ockrent, Journalist, France Télévision; François Roche, Director, Foreign Policy, French Edition; Pierre Rousselin, Vice-Director, Editorial Department for International Affairs, Le FigaroJohn Thornhill, Editor, European Edition, Financial Times;
Jean-Marc Vittori
, Editorial Writer, Les Echos; Martin Wolf, Associate Editor, and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times.

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