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The OECD Forum 2006 Highlights magazine

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Who spoke at OECD Forum 2006?

Public figures

Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister, Greece; Gheorghe Copos, Deputy Prime Minister, Romania; Duck-soo Han, Deputy Prime Minister, Korea; Mark Vaile, Deputy Prime Minister, Australia; George Alogoskoufis, Minister of Economy and Finance, Greece; Ingrid Antonijevic, Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction, Chile; Phil Goff, Minister for Trade, New Zealand; Mukhisa Kituyi, Minister of Trade and Industry, Kenya; Paula Lehtomäki, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Finland; Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan; Rachid Talbi El Alami, Minister-Delegate to the Prime Minister, Morocco; Karien van Gennip, Minister for Foreign Trade, Netherlands; Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Mayor, City of Madrid, Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank; Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel; Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization; Anne O. Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Business leaders

Efthymios N. Christodoulou, Chairman, Hellenic Petroleum, Greece; Yves-Thibault de Silguy, Senior Executive Vice President of International Relations, SUEZ; Patrick De Smedt, Chairman, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa; Dara Duguay, Director, Financial Education Program, Citigroup; Marc Litzler, Deputy CEO, Calyon; Nicholas Nanopoulos, CEO, Eurobank EFG, Greece; Michael P. Wareing, CEO, KPMG International; Grey Fairfield Warner, Senior Vice President for Latin America, Merck & Co. Inc.; Dominique de Boisseson, Chairman & CEO, China Investment Co. Ltd., Alcatel; Giorgio Magistrelli, Secretary-General, European Chamber of Commerce in China

Trade union leaders

Kenneth V. Georgetti, President, Canadian Labour Congress; John Monks, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation; John J. Sweeney, President, American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations

Civil society personalities

Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics, Columbia University, US; Gonzalo Fanjul Suárez, Head of Research, Intermón Oxfam, Spain; William G. Knight, Commissioner, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada; Bassma Kodmani, Director, Arab Reform Initiative; Huguette Labelle, Chair, Transparency International; Sheri Xiaoyi Liao, President, Global Village of Beijing, China; Thomas C. Nelson, Chief Operating Officer, AARP; Güven Sak, Director, Economic Policy Research Institute, Turkey

Journalists

Françoise Crouïgneau, Chief International Editor, Les Echos; Luca de Biase, Information Technology and Science Editor, Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy; David Eades, Presenter, BBC World; Hamish McRae, Associate Editor, The Independent, United Kingdom; Didier Pourquery, Editorial Director, Metro, France; Alison Smale, Managing Editor, International Herald Tribune; John Thornhill, Editor, European Edition, Financial Times; Vivienne Walt, Reporter, Time

The agenda of OECD Forum 2006?

• Solving global economic imbalances
• Optimising the contribution of financial markets to economic growth
• Reaping the full benefits of technology and innovation
• Managing the successful integration of China and India into the world economy
• Creating jobs in the 21st century 
• Ensuring that trade and investment are effective and ethical motors for development

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The OECD Forum offers excellent partnership opportunities for corporate and philanthropic sponsors, and knowledge and media partnerships.  More information about Forum partnerships.

Who comes to the OECD Forum?

Decision-makers, thought-leaders, opinion-makers and news-breakers from some 80 countries.