Economic conference in Italy
The Ambrosetti Forum organized by The European House – Ambrosetti, a consulting firm – is an annual international economic conference held at Villa d'Este , in the Italian town of Cernobbio on the shores of Lake Como . Since its inception in 1975, the Forum has brought together heads of state, ministers, Nobel laureates and businesspeople to discuss current challenges to the world's economies and societies.[1] [2]
The Forum presents forecasts of economic and geo-political outlooks for the world, Europe and Italy. The forum also analyzes scientific and technological developments and their impacts on the future of business and society.[citation needed
2010 Edition
Speakers
Angelino Alfano – Minister of Justice, ItalyJoaquín Almunia – European Commissioner for CompetitionJosé Maria Aznar – former prime minister, SpainMichel Barnier – European Commissioner for Internal Market and ServicesMaria Bartiromo – anchor, CNBC Fatih Birol – chief economist, IEA (International Energy Agency )Alberto Bombassei – vice president for Industrial Relations, Social Affairs and Welfare, Confindustria, ItalyRaffaele Bonanni – secretary general, CISL, ItalyRenato Brunetta – Minister for Public Administration and Innovation, ItalyGeorge W. Buckley – chairman, president and chief executive officer, 3M , USFabrizio Capobianco – CEO TOK.tv, president and chairman FunambolCheng Siwei – dean, Management School, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Science , China; former vice chairman, Standing Committee, National People’s Congress, ChinaPiercamillo Davigo – judge of the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation
Ferruccio De Bortoli – editor in chief, Il Corriere della Sera
Piero Fassino – member of the Italian ParliamentNiall Ferguson – professor of history, Harvard University Mauro Ferrari – president and chief executive officer, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute , HoustonJean-Paul Fitoussi – president, Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Économiques Carl Benedikt Frey – co-director, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford Mariastella Gelmini – Minister of Education, University and Research, ItalyMáire Geoghegan-Quinn – European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and ScienceYasuchika Hasegawa – president and CEO, Takeda Pharmaceutical , Japan
Abraham Heifets – co-founder and CEO, Atomwise, US
Huang Jing – visiting professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy , National University of Singapore Pietro Ichino – Member of the Senate, ItalyHarold Kroto – Nobel laureate for Chemistry; Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry, Florida State University Christine Lagarde – Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment, FranceAnne Lauvergeon – CEO, Areva ; FranceYves Leterme – prime minister, BelgiumEnrico Letta – Member of the Italian ParliamentLi Yuguang – deputy director, State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China
Edison Liu – executive director, Genome Institute of Singapore Emma Marcegaglia – president, Confindustria , ItalyRoberto Maroni – Minister for Internal Affairs, ItalyMario Monti – president, Bocconi University, ItalyKenneth P. Morse – member, National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (U.S. Department of Commerce ); founding managing director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center; chair in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Competitiveness, Delft University of Technology , Delft, The NetherlandsAmre Moussa – secretary general, League of Arab States Wolfgang Munchau – associate editor, Financial Times
Giorgio Napolitano – president of the Italian Republic – live, in videoconferenceJoaquín Navarro-Valls – president of advisory board, Campus Bio-Medico University , Rome; president, Telecom Italia FoundationTommaso Padoa-Schioppa – president, Notre Europe , FranceCorrado Passera – managing director and CEO, Intesa Sanpaolo , ItalyShimon Peres – president, State of IsraelCharles David Powell – House of Lords , UKit:Federico Rampini – correspondent from the US, La Repubblica Marco Reguzzoni – Member of the Italian Parliament Jonas Ridderstråle – visiting professor, Ashridge Business School (UK); writer, SwedenGianni Riotta – editor in chief, Il Sole 24 Ore Sergio Romano – columnist, Corriere della Sera Nouriel Roubini – professor of economics, Stern School of Business, New York University , USCard. Camillo Ruini – president of the Cultural Project Committee, Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI)
Elena Salgado – Minister for the Economy and Finance, SpainWolfgang Schüssel – former federal chancellor, AustriaHans-Werner Sinn – professor of economics and public finance, University of Munich ; director of CES-Center for Economic Studies (University of Munich); president, Ifo Institute for Economic Research , GermanyPeter Sutherland – president, Goldman Sachs International , UKAntonio Tajani – vice-president, European Commission and European Commissioner for Industry and EntrepreneurshipGiulio Tremonti – Minister for the Economy and Finance, ItalyJean-Claude Trichet – president, European Central Bank Edwin Truman – senior fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics , USMatti Vanhanen – former prime minister, FinlandYanis Varoufakis – Finance Minister of GreeceUmberto Veronesi – director, European Institute of Oncology Jimmy Wales – founder, WikipediaGeert Wilders – Ultra right wing member of parliament, the Netherlands[citation needed 