08:30–08.35

Chairman
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach
Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

 
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08:35–08:55

Education - Investment in Human Capital
Prof. Dr. WU Qidi
Vice Minister for Education, The People’s Republic of China

 
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09:10–10:25

Growth as an Entrepreneurial Challenge
Dr. Gunter Thielen
Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer, Bertelsmann AG

Wolfgang Mayrhuber
Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Lufthansa AG

 
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11.00–12.15

Award Ceremony of the ISC Wings of Excellence Award
Panel with the Winners of the ISC Wings of Excellence Award, Ravi Raunyiar, Peter G. Kirchschläger, and Xin Dong.

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Gilbert J.B. Probst
Director MBA, HEC, University of Geneva

Ravi Rauniyar

Peter Kirchschläger

XIN Dong

 



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14:00–14:10

Chairperson
Christine Lagarde
Chairman of the Executive Committee, Baker & McKenzie

 
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14:10–15:40

Transatlantic Community of Values - Obligation or a Matter of Course?
Dr. Josef Joffe
Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit

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

Rockwell A. Schnabel
Ambassador of the USA to the European Union

 

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The Secret of Innovation Behind the Coffee Bean - How Tchibo Breaks the Rules
Dieter Ammer
Chief Executive Officer, TCHIBO Holding AG

 

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14)

What Are Viable Business Models for Basic Research?
Stefan Arn
Chief Executive Officer, AdNovum Informatik AG

Prof. Michel Zai
Chief Executive Officer, etoy

 
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15)

No Limits to Growth? No Limits to Growth!
Dr. Erich Becker-Boost
Author

Prof. Gernot Klepper
Head of Research Department “Environmental and Resource Economics”, Kiel Institute for World Economics

 
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16)

The Strategic Options for Switzerland in the Process of European Intergration
Prof. Dr. Franz Blankart
Former State Secretary, Swiss Ministry of Public Economy,
Limited Partner, Mirabaud & Cie

 

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17)

The Importance of Education for Prosperity
Prof. Dr. Ernst Buschor
Vice President, Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH)

 
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18)

The Role of the Multinational Corporation in Development
Debra L. Dunn
Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Global Citizenship, Hewlett-Packard Corporation

 
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19)

Is the Euro-Stagnation Inevitable?
Claudio Generali
Chairman, Banca del Gottardo

 
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20)

Global Brand Management - How to Revitalise a Brand
Herbert Hainer
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board, adidas-Salomon AG

 
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21)

CEE Europe´s Growth Engine or Mezzogiorno
Willi Hemetsberger
Member of the Managing Board, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG

 
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22)

The Challenges to Growth in the Infocommunications Sector
Dr. Géza László
Chief Executive Officer, Antenna Hungária Rt.

 

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23)

What Is Changing in the Asian Business Environment?
Jeff MacCorkle
Managing Director Greater China, Arthur D. Little China Ltd

 
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24)

Challenges of Growth to the Chinese Economy
Urs Schöttli
Foreign Correspondent for China, Neue Zürcher Zeitung

 
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Competitive Economic Systems: The Responsibility of Companies
Dr. Wilfried Stadler
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Investkredit Bank AG

 

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18:15–19:45

Proactive Leadership in Times of Entrepreneurial Crisis Management
Andreas Schmid
Chairman of the Board, Barry Callebaut AG

Peter Voser
Chief Financial Officer, ABB Ltd.

Moderator: Peter Day
Business Correspondent, BBC News

 

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18:15–19:45

The Moral Dilemmas Facing the Whistle Blower: The Lessons I Learnt at Enron - Are They Valid for Others?
Sherron S. Watkins
Former Vice President, Enron Corporation

Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach
Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

 

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18:15–19:45

The Oriental Challenge - Hopes and Realities in the Face of Conflicting Western and Islamic Value Systems
Dr. Hans-Peter Raddatz
Scholar for Islamic Studies and Author

Prof. Dr. Udo Steinbach
Director, German Institute for Middle East Studies

Moderator: Urs Schöttli
Foreign Correspondent for China, Neue Zürcher Zeitung

 

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20:00

International Buffet