Speakers

The conference featured several high-level speakers, including internationally recognised leaders and government representatives, members of the European Parliament as well as speakers from civil society, think tanks, industry, and key institutions such as the World Bank and the United Nations.

Conference Speakers

  • Hans-Gert Pöttering (President of the European Parliament);
  • José Manuel Barroso (President of the European Commission);
  • Joaquín Almunia (European Commissioner for Economic & Monetary Affairs);
  • HE Chief Emeka Anyaoku (President, WWF);
  • Rui Baleiras (State Secretary for Regional Development, Portugal);
  • Pervenche Berés (Chair, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament);
  • Pier Paolo Cento (State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Finance, Italy);
  • Stavros Dimas (European Commissioner for Environment);
  • Bruno S. Frey (Professor of Economic Policy and Non-Market Economics, University of Zurich);
  • Kristalina Georgieva (Director, World Bank);
  • Enrico Giovannini (Chief Statistician, OECD);
  • Hazel Henderson (Club of Rome);
  • Ashok Khosla (Co-President, Club of Rome);
  • Carole M. Laible (President and Chief Operating Officer, Domini Social Investments);
  • David Grant Lawrence (Director, European Commission, DG Environment);
  • Tony Long (Director of European Policy Office, WWF);
  • Timo Mäkelä (Director, European Commission, DG Environment);
  • Lothar Meinzer (Director, BASF);
  • Nicole Notat (President, Vigeo);
  • Pier Carlo Padoan (Deputy Secretary General, OECD);
  • Stephen Pursey (Head of the ILO Integration Department, International Labour Organization);
  • Walter Radermacher (President, Federal Statistical Office of Germany);
  • Miloslav Ransdorf (Vice Chair, Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, European Parliament);
  • Hans Rosling (Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute, Sweden);
  • Giulio Santagata (Minister for the Implementation of the Government Programme, Italy);
  • Jerome Vignon (Director, European Commission, DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities);
  • Patrick Viveret (Cours des Comptes, France);
  • Anders Wijkman (Member of the European Parliament).
 

Simultaneous translation was also provided (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish into English, French and German).

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