OECD Forum 2008: Session Summaries and Speeches

Tuesday 3 June  / Wednesday 4 June

 

Tuesday 3 June

Opening Session

 

Moderator: David Eades, Presenter, BBC World News

Agustín Carstens, Secretary of Public Finance and Credit, Mexico - Speech

Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD - Speech

 Our generation’s responsibility                                                                               

 

What Role for Biofuels?

 

Moderator: Aart de Geus, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Eduardo Leão de Sousa, Executive Director, UNICA, Brazil - SpeechPresentation (pdf 3.6Mb)

José Lopez, Executive Vice-President, Nestlé

Stefan Tangermann, Director, Trade and Agriculture, OECD

 Good for consumers?                                                                                                         

 

Global Innovation, IPR and Growth


Moderator: John Thornhill, Editor, European Edition, Financial Times

Alison Brimelow, President, European Patent Office - Presentation

Laurent Cohen-Tanugi, Chair, "Europe in the Global Economy" Task Force, France

Soumitra Dutta, Dean of External Relations, INSEAD, France

Pedro Lichtinger, President, European Pharmaceutical Operations, Pfizer

Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

 Rewarding ideas                                                                                                    

 

Sustainable Cities

 

Moderator: David Eades, Presenter, BBC World News

Tasneem Essop, Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Western Cape, South Africa

Geneviève Ferone, Vice-President, Sustainable Development, Veolia Environnement

Michel Le Sommer, Engineer, Le Sommer Environnement, France - Presentation (pdf 2.6Mb)

Hideaki Oda, Councillor to the President, Japan Water Forum

Mario Pezzini, Deputy Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD

 Microcosms for change                                                                                           


Innovation and Climate Change

 

Moderator: Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times

Asit K. Biswas, President, Third World Centre for Water Management

David Foster, Executive Director, Blue Green Alliance, United States

Lorents Lorentsen, Director, Environment, OECD - Speech

Steve Westwell, Executive Vice-President and Group Chief of Staff, BP

 Getting the prices and policies right                                                                                            

 

Jobs and Growth

 

Moderator: John P. Martin, Director, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD

Geoffrey I. Gallop, Professor and Director, Graduate school of Government, University of Sydney, Australia - Presentation

Marie-Louise Knuppert, Confederal Secretary, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions - Presentation

Enrico Letta, Member of Parliament, Italy

Dennis J. Snower, President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO, 20-first

 Middle-class fears                                                                                                       


Sovereign Wealth Funds

 

Moderator: Carolyn Ervin, Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD

Xiqing Gao, President & Chief Investment Officer, China Investment Corporation

Jean-Daniel Gerber, State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Switzerland

Kristin Halvorsen, Minister of Finance, Norway - Presentation

Giandomenico Magliano, Director-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy

Jean-Paul Villain, Head, Strategy Unit, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

  A positive force?                                                                                                       

Book Launch: OECD  OECD Work on Meeting the Climate Challenge

 

Shardul Agrawala, Climate Change Division, Environment Directorate, OECD - Presentation (pdf 1.3Mb)

Robert Wisser, Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, OECD and Jan Corfee-Morlot, Head of Climate Change Division, Environment Directorate, OECD - Presentation (pdf 0.8Mb)

 Environment and adaptation                                                                                 

 

New Challenges in a New Cycle

 

Moderator: Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Director, CEPII, France

Rodrigo de Rato, Senior Managing Director, Lazard


Of Ice, Bears and Markets in the Silicon Age

 

Moderator: Gérard Nicaud, Senior reporter, Le Figaro, France

Alain Hubert, Chairman, International Polar Foundation - Speech

 

Nuclear Energy – What Part of the Solution to Climate Change?

 

Moderator: Jeremy Webb, Editor-in-Chief, New Scientist, United Kingdom - Speech

Luis Echávarri, Director-General, Nuclear Energy Agency, OECD - Speech

Philippe Esper, President, Eurotradia International, France - Speech

Helga Kromp-Kolb, Professor, BOKU University, Austria - Speech

Jean-Pol Poncelet, Senior Vice-President, Sustainable Development and Continuous Improvement, AREVA

Sir Crispin Tickell, Director, Policy Foresight Programme, James Martin Institute, Oxford University, United Kingdom

  Nuclear’s moment?                                                                                              

 

Health, Innovation and the Economy

 

Moderator: Iain Gillespie, Head, Biotechnology, OECD

Cristina Garmendia, Minister of Science and Innovation, Spain

John P. Hearn, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International), University of Sydney, Australia

John Rother, Group Executive Officer, Policy and Strategy, AARP, United States - Speech

Michel Vounatsos, President, MSD-France

Elaine M. Wolfson, Founding President, Global Alliance for Women's Health

 Medical benefits                                                                                     

 

Partnerships for Tackling Climate Change

 

Moderator: Peter Kemp, Editorial Director, Energy Intelligence, United Kingdom

Kristin Halvorsen, Minister of Finance, Norway - Speech

Gyehyun Kwon, Vice-President, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Sylvie Lemmet, Director, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, UNEP

Pierre Liautaud, Vice-President, Western Europe Region, Microsoft EMEA - Speech

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

 A condition of progress                                                                                             

 

Climate Change: Mobilising Political Will

 

Moderator: Doris Leuthard, Minister of Economic Affairs, Switzerland

H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco - Speech (in French)

Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD - Speech

Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC - Speech

Phil Goff, Minister of Trade, New Zealand - Speech

 

Wednesday 4 June

 

Keynote Speech: Reflections on the Financial Markets Correction

 

Moderator: Françoise Crouïgneau, Chief International Editor, Les Echos, France

Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank - Speech

 Towards better management, supervision and transparency                                                                                           

 

Climate Change and Finance

 

Moderator: Jean-Marc Vittori, Editorial Writer, Les Echos, France

Bernard Clerfayt, Deputy Minister of Finance, Belgium

Jan H. Keppler, Professor of Economics, Paris-Dauphine University, France - Speech

James P. Leape, Director-General, WWF International

Doris Leuthard, Minister of Economic Affairs, Switzerland

Alain Massiera, Deputy CEO, Calyon

 Funding a low carbon future                                                                                             

 

Financing Infrastructure

 

Moderator: Michael Oborne, Director, Advisory Unit on Multidisciplinary Issues, OECD - Speech

Agustín Carstens, Secretary of Public Finance and Credit, Mexico

Andrew Hunter, Head, Macquarie Europe

Richard Lavergne, Secretary-General, Observatoire de l’énergie, France

Pierre Lortie, Senior Business Advisor, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (Montreal), Canada - Speech

Hamish McRae, Associate Editor, The Independent, United Kingdom - Speech

 Bridging the funding gap                                                                                        

 

Education: A Good School for Every Community

 

Moderator: Barbara Ischinger, Director, Education, OECD

John Bangs, Assistant Secretary, Education and Equal Opportunities, National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom - Presentation

Donald MacLeod, Editor, Education Guardian, United Kingdom

Philippe Manière, Director, Institut Montaigne, France

Holger Rupprecht, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Brandenburg, Germany

Cecilia Tortajada, President, International Water Resources Association

 Closing knowledge divides                                                                                         

 

Open Markets for Trade and Investment

 

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

Sharan Burrow, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions - Speech

Glen Hodgson, Senior Vice-President, The Conference Board of Canada - Speech

Luc Lamprière, Executive Director, Oxfam France, France

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

                                                                                        

 

Financial Market Turbulence

 

Moderator: Robert Kuttner, Co-Editor, The American Prospect - Speech

Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Deputy Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD - Speech

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

Jan Frait, Head, Financial Stability, Czech National Bank - Speech

Susan George, Board Chair, Transnational Institute

Learning from a crisis                                                                                              

 

Future Challenges for the Multilateral Trading System

 

Moderator: Anthony Gooch, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, OECD

Simon Crean, Minister of Trade, Australia

Phil Goff, Minister of Trade, New Zealand - Speech

Anne-Marie Idrac, State Secretary, Foreign Trade, France

Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director­-General, WTO

James P. Leape, Director-General, WWF International

Beatriz Leycegui, Undersecretary for International Trade Negotiations at the Ministry of Economy, Mexico

Néstor Edgardo Stancanelli, Deputy Secretary, International Economic Negotiations, Argentina - Speech

Securing the right agreement                                                                                           

 

Education and Sustainable Development

 

Moderator: Asit K. Biswas, President, Third World Centre for Water Management

Francisco J. Lozano, Co-ordinator, Sustainable Campus Programme, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

Hideaki Oda, Councillor to the President, Japan Water Forum - Speech

Bernard Ramanantsoa, Dean, HEC, France

Daigee Shaw, President, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Chinese Taipei - Speech

Dennis Tirpak, Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Thierry Touchais, Executive Director, International Polar Foundation

A growing subject                                                                                                    

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