08:00–08:15

Welcome Address and Opening Ceremony
Nils Remmel, ISC Team Member
Prof. Dr. Peter Gomez, President, University of St. Gallen

 

08:15–08:25

Chairman
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach
Vice-Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

 
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08:25–08:45

Public Responsibility - Sold Out
Ruth Metzler-Arnold
Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department
of Justice and Police, Switzerland

 
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09:00–09:20

Europas Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in einer globalisierten Welt
Dr. Martin Bartenstein
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour, Republic of Austria

 
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09:35–09:55

India - Registering Robust Growth in Uncertain Times
N. K. Singh
Member, Planning Commission - Government of India

 
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10:40–11:00

North Korea's Nuclear Programme and the Inter-Korean Political Process; Their Impact on the Stability of the Korean Peninsula
Prof. Dr. HAN Seung-soo
Former President of the General Assembly, United Nations; Member of the National Assembly,
Republic of Korea

 


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11:15–11:35

The Power of Financial Markets
Marcel L. Ospel
Chairman, UBS AG

 
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11:50–12:10

Corporate Strategies in Times of Uncertainty
Jens Alder
Chief Executive Officer, Swisscom AG

 
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14:15–14:35

It's Alive: The Coming Convergence of Information, Biology, and Business
Christopher Meyer
Vice President and Director, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Center for Business Innovation

 

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Television and the Development of Our Societies. A Part of the Problems - A Part of the Solutions
Carlos Abad Rico
General Manager, Sogecable, S.A.

 

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Regulation and Telecommunications
Jens Alder
Chief Executive Officer, Swisscom AG

 
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How Can a Venture Company Get a Chance for New "Ubiquitous Net" Industry?
Toru Arakawa
President and Chief Executive Officer, ACCESS CO., LTD

Dr. Tomihisa Kamada
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, ACCESS CO., LTD

 

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Financial Services: Technology Supporting Empathy
Toon Bullens
Managing Director, Interpolis Re

 
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Uncertainty as a Daily Challenge
Dr. Herbert Demel
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Magna Steyr AG

 
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Successful Growth - Through Leadership and Acquisitions
Ulrich Graf
President and Chief Executive Officer, Kaba Holding AG

 
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Living in Good Company: Individual and Corporate Character
Stephen K. Green
Group Chief Executive Officer des., HSBC Holdings plc

 
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''Think Space" - A Concept of Cross Intelligent Knowledge-Generation
Prof. Dr. Manfred Fassler
Founder and Partner, CCID Center for Media, Knowledge Cultures, Imagination and Development at the J. W. Goethe-University Frankfurt (Main)

Cyrill Gutsch
Founder and Partner, CCID Center for Media, Knowledge Cultures, Imagination and Development at the J. W. Goethe-University Frankfurt (Main)

 

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Can We Still Talk Strategy? What to Do When Previous Paradigms Fail?
Prof. J. Carlos Jarillo
Professor of Corporate Strategy, HEC, University of Geneva

 

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Sustainability Ventures - Reviving the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Dr. David Lindley
Chairman, Ocean Power Delivery Ltd

Roland Pfeuti
Senior Portfolio Manager Energy, SAM Sustainable Asset Management

Dr. Rolf Wüstenhagen
Vice Director, Institute for Economy and the Environment, University of St. Gallen

 

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A British View of the Transatlantic Relationship
Charles Moore
Editor, The Daily Telegraph

 
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The International Community and the New Security Threats: The Case of Former Yugoslavia
Dr. Wolfgang Petritsch
Former High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations (Geneva)

 

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Tax Competition, Information Sharing and Financial Privacy
Dr. Richard W. Rahn
Chairman, Institute for Global Economic Growth

Prof. Dr. Gebhard Kirchgässner
Director, Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research, University of St. Gallen

 

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Lessons form Global Failure of Corporate Governance
Joel Stern
Managing Partner, Stern Stewart & Co.

 

17:30–19:00

Intercultural Dialogue
Prof. Martin Riesebrodt
Associate Professor of Sociology and in the Divinity School, University of Chicago

Prof. Dr. Bassam Tibi
Professor for International Relations, Georg-August-University of Göttingen

Moderator: David Ignatius
Associate Editor, The Washington Post

 
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17:30–19:00

Restoring Confidence in Capital Markets
Stephen K. Green
Group Chief Executive Officer des., HSBC Holdings plc

Moderator: Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach
Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

 
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17:30–19:00

Principles of Corporate Leadership
Dr. Urs Landolf
Managing Partner, Corporate Tax, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG

Prof. Dr. Winfried Ruigrok
Director, Research Institute for International Management, University of St. Gallen

Moderator: Tim Dickson
Executive Director, European Business Forum

 
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17:30–19:00

Creation of Values - A Managerial Challenge
Dr. Herbert Demel
President and Chief Executive Officer, Magna Steyr AG

Prof. Dr. Günter Müller-Stewens
Director, Institute of Management,
University of St. Gallen

 
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19:30

Dinner Night of the Canton of St. Gallen

 

19:30

An Evening on Lake Constance