For the second consecutive year, the World Economic Forum and the Government of Dubai will host the Summit on the Global Agenda from 20 to 22 November 2009. The Summit will bring together over 700 council members of the most innovative and relevant minds from over 90 countries – leaders from academia, business, government and civil society – to address some of the most pressing issues on the global agenda.
Some of the key sessions listed below will be streamed live on Livestream, key quotes will be live tweeted on the Forum’s Twitter feed, and high resolution photos will be available for free download on Pbase.
| Friday 20 November, 10.45 - 11.45 (06:45 - 07:45 GMT) |
Overview and Update on the Network of Global Agenda Councils, the Global Redesign Initiative and the Summit on the Global Agenda.
Welcoming Remarks by
· Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman, Emaar Properties, United Arab Emirates; Co-Chair of the Summit on the Global Agenda
· Lord Malloch-Brown, Senior Adviser, Global Redesign Initiative, World Economic Forum
· Richard Samans, Managing Director, World Economic Forum
Introduction and Moderated by
André Schneider, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, World Economic Forum
| Friday 20 November, 12.00 - 12.30 (08:00 - 08:30 GMT) |
• Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman, Emaar Properties, United Arab Emirates; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Real Estate
• Lord Malloch-Brown, Senior Adviser, Global Redesign Initiative, World Economic Forum
Moderated by
• André Schneider, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, World Economic Forum
| Friday 20 November, 13.15 - 13.45 (09:15 - 09:45 GMT) |
• Sharan Burrow, President, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Belgium; Global Agenda Council on Employment & Social Protection
• Laura M. Cha, Deputy Chairman, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hong Kong SAR; Global Agenda Council on Global Investment Flows
• Suzanne Nora Johnson, Chair, Global Agenda Council on Systemic Financial Risk; Global Agenda Council on Systemic Financial Risk
• Howard Davies, Director, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Global Investment Flows
Moderated by
• Richard Samans, Managing Director, World Economic Forum
| Friday 20 November, 17.00 - 17.45 (13:00 - 13:45 GMT) |
Special Address by
• H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
Introduced and Chaired by André Schneider, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, World Economic Forum
| Saturday 21 November, 13.30 - 14.00 (09:30 - 10.00 GMT) |
• Steve Howard, Chief Executive Officer, Climate Group, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Climate Change
• Caio Koch-Weser, Vice-Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group, Deutsche Bank, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Climate Change
• Pavan Sukhdev, Study Leader, TEEB and Project Leader, Green Economy, United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge; Global Agenda Council on Ecosystems & Biodiversity Loss
Moderated by
• Richard Samans, Managing Director, World Economic Forum
| Sunday 22 November, 12.45 - 13.45 (08:45 - 09:45 GMT) |
Rapporteurs report back on the key outcomes of the six Cluster Dialogues, which will serve as the framework for the Summit Report.
Closing Remarks by
• Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman, Emaar Properties, United Arab Emirates; Co-Chairman of the Summit on the Global Agenda
•André Schneider, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, World Economic Forum
Rapporteurs are
· John J. De Gioia, President, Georgetown University, USA
· Ashraf Ghani, Chairman, Institute for State Effectiveness, USA
· Steve Howard, Chief Executive Office, Climate Group, United Kingdom
· David Kennedy, Director, Institute of Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School, USA
· Suzanne Nora Johnson, Chair, Global Agenda Council on Systemic Financial Risk
· Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP),Rome.
Summit on the Global Agenda 2009..Let us Redefine and Rededicate our Global Minds to unleash the Emerging Opportunities in the Global Arena. All the best to His Excellency Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman, Emaar Properties, United Arab Emirates;and Co-Chairman of the Summit on the Global Agenda for Success.
Posted by: KATHIJA.M | November 13, 2009 at 16:14