The 38th St. Gallen Symposium
University of St. Gallen
Switzerland
15–17 May 2008

Global Capitalism – Local Values

Speakers of the 36th St. Gallen Symposium
Prof. Dr. Asaf Savas Akat
Professor of Economics
Istanbul Bilgi University
Istanbul

Simon Anholt
Independent Government Advisor
London

Keiichiro Asao
Member of the House of Councillors
Tokyo

Paul S. Atkins
Commissioner
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C.

Susanne Biedenkopf-Kürten
Head of European Department
ZDF German Television
Mainz

Matthew R. Bishop
Chief Business Writer, U.S.
The Economist
New York

Dr. Christoph Blocher
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal
Department of Justice and Police of Switzerland
Berne

Christian Böllhoff
Chief Executive Officer
Prognos AG
Basle

Daniel Borel
Chairman
Logitech International SA
Romanel-sur-Morges

Martha Z. Carnes
U.S. Energy Leader
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Houston

Dr. Valentin Chapero Rueda
Chief Executive Officer
PHONAK AG
Stäfa

Dr. CHEN Hong
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
The Hina Group Inc.
Beijing

Prof. Dr. James Davis
Professor of Political Science
University of St. Gallen
St. Gallen

Peter Day
Business Correspondent
BBC News
London

Prof. Dr. Utz-Hellmuth Felcht
Chairman of the Board of Management
Degussa AG
Dusseldorf

Carl Ferenbach
Managing Director
Berkshire Partners LLC
Boston

Prof. Dr. Christoph Frei
Professor of Political Science
University of St. Gallen
St. Gallen

Robert Friedman
International Editor
Fortune
New York

Jean-Daniel Gerber
Director
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Swiss Confederation
Berne

Jamshyd N. Godrej
Chairman & Managing Director
Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Ltd.
Mumbai

Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach
Vice Chairman
Goldman Sachs International
London

Dr. Richard Hausmann
President and Chief Executive Officer
Siemens Ltd., China
Beijing

Joakim Helenius
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Trigon Capital Group
Tallinn

Thomas Hoehn
Partner, Head of Economics Europe
PricewaterhouseCoopers
London

Prof. Dr. Danuta Hübner
Commissioner for Regional Policy
European Commission
Brussels

Takatoshi Kato
Deputy Managing Director
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Washington, D.C.

Harinder Kohli
President & Chief Executive Officer
Centennial Group
Washington, D.C.

Prof. Akira Kojima
Chairman
Japan Center for Economic Research
Tokyo

John C. Kornblum
Chairman
Lazard & Co. GmbH
Berlin

Dr. Jan Kulczyk
President
Kulczyk Holding S.A.
Warsaw

Haruhiko Kuroda
President
Asian Development Bank
Manila

Christine Lagarde
Minister of Foreign Trade of France
Paris

Lord Levene of Portsoken
Chairman
Lloyd's
London

Torger Lien
President & Chief Executive Officer
Nord Pool ASA
Lysaker

Erkki Liikanen
Governor
Bank of Finland
Helsinki

Dr. Herbert I. London
President
Hudson Institute
Washington, D.C.

François-Xavier de Mallmann
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs International
London

Sergio Marchionne
Chief Executive Officer
Fiat S.p.A.
Torino

Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Chairperson & Managing Director
Biocon India Ltd.
Bangalore

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

Thomas D. Meyer
Chief Executive Officer & Country Managing Director
Accenture AG
Zurich

Thierry Moulonguet
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Renault S.A.
Boulogne Billancourt

Ronald Nehring
Vice Chairman
California Republican Party
San Diego, California

Prof. Yasuaki Onuma
Professor of International Law
University of Tokyo
Tokyo

Dr. Can Paker
Chairman of the Board
Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
Istanbul

Michael Pragnell
Chief Executive Officer
Syngenta AG
Basel

Sushil K. Premchand
Chairman
Premchand Group
Mumbai

Prof. Dr. Gilbert J. B. Probst
Director MBA
University of Geneva
Geneva

Erkki Raasuke
Chairman of the Management Board
Hansabank Group
Tallinn

Dr. J. Friedrich Sauerländer
Chairman
Swissmetal Group
Dornach

James J. Schiro
Chief Executive Officer
Zurich Financial Services
Zurich

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

Urs W. Schöttli
Foreign Correspondent for China
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Tokyo

Dr. Sachio Semmoto
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
eAccess Ltd.
Tokyo

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

Dr. Veit Sorger
Chairman
Federation of Austrian Industry
Vienna

Clive Tobin
Chief Executive Officer
XL Insurance
London

Peter R. Voser
Chief Financial Officer
Royal Dutch Shell plc
The Hague

Werner Wenning
Chairman of the Board of Management
Bayer AG
Leverkusen

James Wilsdon
Head of Science and Innovation
Demos
London

Martin Wolf
Associate Editor & Chief Economics Commentator
The Financial Times
London

ZHAO Ai
Director General
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Office of Leading Group for Western Region
Development of the State Council
Beijing

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