The 40th St. Gallen Symposium

6–7 May 2010


Entrepreneurs – Agents of Change

Programme: Thursday, 7 May 2009
08:00–15:30
16:00–17:30
18:00–19:30

Keynote Sessions  
08:00–15:30
08:15–08:30
Welcome Address and Opening Ceremony
Can Schnigula (DE)
ISC Team Member

Prof. Dr. Ernst Mohr (DE)
President, University of St. Gallen
08:30–08:40
Chairman's Statement
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach (GB)
Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
08:40–09:00
Limits to the Revival of Boundaries – A Swiss Perspective
Dr. Hans-Rudolf Merz (CH)
President of the Swiss Confederation
09:15–09:35
The World Is Dangerously Curved
David M. Smick (US)
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Johnson Smick International, Inc. (JSI)
09:50–10:35
BREAK
10:35–10:55
Government in the Post-Crisis World: Will Larger Be Better?
Tharman Shanmugaratnam (SG)
Minister for Finance of Singapore
11:10–12:10
New Boundaries for the Financial Industry – Between High Expectations and Grave Concern
Dr. Paul Achleitner (AT)
Member of the Board of Management, Allianz SE

Brady W. Dougan (US)
Chief Executive Officer, Credit Suisse
12:10
LUNCH
13:45–14:05
Leadership of Financial Institutions: New Challenges in the Era of the State
Dr. Shumeet Banerji (US)
Chief Executive Officer, Booz & Company
14:20–15:20
Creating Industrial Future
Maurício Novis Botelho (BR)
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Embraer S.A.

John Elkann (IT/US)
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Fiat S.p.A.
Work Sessions (Parallel)  
16:00–17:30
1)
There Is an Opportunity in Every Crisis – Towards a Sustainable Framework for the Global Financial Sector
Dr. Paul Achleitner (AT)
Member of the Board of Management, Allianz SE
2)
The Role of Fundamental Research for the Economy and Our Society
Prof. Torsten Åkesson (SE)
President of the CERN Council, CERN – European Organization for Nuclear Research
3)
Rationality vs. Behavioural Economics
Prof. Dr. Robert Aumann (IL)
Center for Rationality and Department of Mathematics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
4)
Taking off from Brazil
Maurício Novis Botelho
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Embraer S.A.
5)
The Dream of an International Financial Communication Language: Will IFRS Replace the Tower of Babel?
Philippe Danjou (FR)
Board Member, International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
6)
Unlimited Energy?
Wolfgang Dehen (DE)
Member of the Managing Board & Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Sector, Siemens AG
7)
The Importance of Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies
Ajit Gulabchand (IN)
Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan Construction Company
8)
The Future of Microfinance: Dating Greta Gabo, Marrying Doris Day
Mary Ellen Iskenderian (US)
President & Chief Executive Officer, Women's World Banking
9)
Internet in Anyone's Pocket – Going Forward Behind Globalisation
Dr. Tomihisa Kamada (JP)
President & Co-Chief Executive Officer, ACCESS Co., Ltd.
10)
Falling Fertility and the Return of Patriarchy in a Post-Global Economy
Phillip Longman (US)
Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
11)
International Co-operation in Financial Crises: One for All and All for One or Everyman for Himself?
Prof. Geoffrey Miller (US)
Stuyvesant P. Comfort Professor of Law, Director, Center for the Study of Central Banks, New York University School of Law
Special Sessions (Parallel)  
18:00–19:30
A)
Reflections on the Economic Crisis – Social, Moral as well as Economic

Shumeet Banerji (US)
Chief Executive Officer, Booz & Company

Riz Khan (GB)
Anchor, Al Jazeera International

Chairman: Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach (GB)
Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
B)
Environmental Boundaries to Economic Development

Raj Singh (US)
Member of the Executive Committee & Chief Risk Officer, Swiss Re

Dr. Volker Trautz (DE)
Chief Executive Officer, LyondellBasell Industries

Prof. Hiroshi Watanabe (JP)
President & Chief Executive Officer, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Chairman: Sir Partha Dasgupta (GB)
Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics & Fellow of St Johns College, University of Cambridge
C)
Deutschland im Jahr 2009 – eine Lagebeurteilung

Dr. Mathias Döpfner (DE)
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Axel Springer AG

Leonhard Fischer (DE)
Chief Executive Officer, RHJ International SA (Private Equity)

Chairman: Dr. Thomas Borer-Fielding (CH)
Member of the Board of Directors, Renova Management AG
 


The official programme will be followed by Dinner Nights.
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