08:00–08:05

Chairman
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach
Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

 
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08:05–09:15

Is Old Business New Business?
Dr. Sachio Semmoto
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, eAccess Ltd.

Werner Wenning
Chairman of the Board of Management, Bayer AG

 
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09:15–09:35

The Ascent of the Pacific Region: Consequences for the Atlantic Business Community
James J. Schiro
Chief Executive Officer, Zurich Financial Services

 

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10:30–12:15

Award Ceremony of the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award and Panel with the Awardees
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Gilbert J.B. Probst
Director MBA, University of Geneva

Maximilian Freier
London School of Economics and Political Science

CHEN Yeshan
National University of Singapore

William Edward English
Duke University

Elidor Mehilli
University of Princeton

 

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13:45–13:50

Chairman
Mark C. Medish
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

 
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13:50–15:30

The Global Division of Labour: Economic and Business Prospects
Jamshyd N. Godrej
Chairman & Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Ltd.

Dr. Ulf M. Schneider
President & Chief Executive Officer, Fresenius AG

Prof. Dr. Dennis J. Snower
President, The Kiel Institute for the World Economy

 

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The Convergence of Global Regulatory Structures in the Corporate Environment
Paul S. Atkins, Commissioner
Securities and Exchange Commission

John C. Kornblum
Chairman, Lazard & Co. GmbH

 

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Global Skills Shortages
Christian Böllhoff
Chief Executive Officer, Prognos AG

 
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14)

Shifting Powers in the Oil and Gas Industry
Martha Z. Carnes
US Energy Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers

 
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15)

What to Expect from US Politics?
Prof. Dr. Christoph Frei
Professor for Political Science, University of St. Gallen

Ronald Nehring
Vice Chairman, California Republican Party

 
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16)

Managing Innovation in China: Scenarios and Strategic Options from a Foreign Investor’s Perspective
Dr. Richard Hausmann
President & Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Ltd., China

 

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17)

Differences in Relative Economic Growth Rates of Major OECD and Asian Emerging Market Economies: Implications for the Future Shape of the World Economy
Harinder Kohli
President & Chief Executive Officer, Centennial Group

 


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18)

Success Factors for Building up and Leading Foreign Companies in Turkey
Dr. Can Paker
Chairman of the Board, Turkish Economic and Social StudiesFoundation (TESEV)

 

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19)

The European Healthcare System: From Public Service to Private Growth Market
Dr. Ulf M. Schneider
President & Chief Executive Officer, Fresenius AG

 

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20)

Tomorrow’s World: Emerging Markets, Emerging Opportunities
Clive Tobin
Chief Executive Officer, XL Insurance

 

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21)

From Membership to Citizenship - Prospects of a European Identity
Chaired by outstanding contributors to the student competition

William Edward English
Student of Political Science, Duke University

Claudia Schmidt
Student of Sociology, Psychology, Communication Studies, University of Augsburg

 




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Building Bridges: An Eastern European Perspective on Further European Integration
Chaired by outstanding contributors to the student competition

Plamen Nikolov
Student of Economics, Fordham University

András Szirkó
Student of International Relations, Corvinus University

 




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18:15–19:45

How Can the Global Economy Benefit from the Dynamics of the Asian Markets?
Jean-Daniel Gerber
Director, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Switzerland

Mark C. Medish
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

Sushil K. Premchand
Chairman, Premchand Group

Chairman: Robert Friedman
International Editor, Fortune

 

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18:15–19:45

The Conflicting Attitudes Towards Technological Progress
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Chairperson & Managing Director, Biocon India Ltd.

Michael Pragnell
Chief Executive Officer, Syngenta AG

James Wilsdon
Head of Science and Innovation, Demos

Chairman: Peter Day
Business Correspondent, BBC News

 
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18:15–19:45

Resources Provision as a Strategic Dimension of Corporate Management
Prof. Dr. Utz-Hellmuth Felcht
Chairman of the Board of Management, Degussa AG

Prof. Akira Kojima
Chairman, Japan Center for Economic Research

Chairman: Urs W. Schöttli
Foreign Correspondent for China, Neue Zürcher Zeitung

 

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20:00

International Buffet