Global Redesign Series — What Is the Basis of a New Social Compact?
Collaborative governance, corporate responsibility and soft regulation were at the core of the social compact between business and society until the economic crisis.
What shared values will underpin economic systems in the post-crisis world?

• Aron Cramer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), USA; Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Consumption
• Timothy P. Flynn, Chairman, KPMG International, USA; Mentor of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions
• Sir Mohammad Jaafar, Chairman and Managing Director, Kuwaiti Danish Dairy Company, Kuwait
• Stuart Popham, Senior Partner, Clifford Chance, United Kingdom

Chaired by

• Rui Chenggang, Director and Anchor, China Central Television, People’s Republic of China; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Journalism

Global Redesign Series — Managing Global Risks
Global risks manifest themselves at any time, as evidenced by the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the H1N1 influenza outbreak less than a year from each other.
What global risks need urgent attention, and how can they be mitigated?

• Erwann Michel-Kerjan, Managing Director, Center for Risk Management and Decision Processes, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA; Young Global Leader
• Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Global Institutional Governance
• Peer M. Schatz Chief Executive Officer, Qiagen, Germany; Global Agenda Council on Emerging Multinationals
• Geoffrey B. West, President and Distinguished Professor, Santa Fe Institute, USA
• Robert S. Zeigler, Director-General, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines

Chaired by

• Rafael Ramirez, James Martin Senior Research Fellow in Futures, Oxford Institute for Science, Innovation & Society, 21st Century School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Strategic Foresight

Management Lessons from the Great Recession
The decline of global growth in 2008 and 2009 has been deemed the “great recession” given the synchronized nature of an unprecedented decline in real GDP and a contraction in emerging economies.
What have been the most important management lessons from the downturn for global companies?

• Maurice Lévy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Group, France; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum
• Arif M. Naqvi, Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, Abraaj Capital, United Arab Emirates; Global Agenda Council on Global Capital Flows
• James J. Schiro, Group Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Group Management Board, Zurich Financial Services, Switzerland; Mentor of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions
• Sun Hong, Chairman, Dalian Port (PDA) Company, People’s Republic of China

Chaired by

• Hellmut Schütte, Emeritus Professor of INSEAD, Distinguished Professor of China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), People’s Republic of China

The Global Downturn and the Developing World
The World Bank estimates that a 1% decline in growth rates of developing countries traps an additional 20 million people in poverty.
What measures can lessen the impact of the global recession on the developing world?

• Lim Guan Eng, Chief Minister of Penang, Malaysia
• Mahmoud Safwat Mohieldin, Minister of Investment of Egypt
• Sha Zukang, Undersecretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), United Nations, New York
• Hanna Tetteh, Minister of Trade, Industry, Private Sector and Presidential Special Initiatives of Ghana
• Luis Carlos Villegas Echeverri, President, Asociacion Nacional de Industriales – Andi, Colombia
• Zhang Xiaoqiang, Vice-Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission, People’s Republic of China

Chaired by

• Gideon Rachman, Associate Editor, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Global Institutional Governance

Financing Global Growth: Time for a New Paradigm?
Governments — through guarantees, asset purchases and lending facilities — have provided over US$ 8 trillion to support the banking sector and continue to promote lending; yet, for many, corporate credit is still unavailable.
As the rules of international finance are rewritten, how will companies fund future global growth?

• Rashad Y. Janahi, Managing Director and Board Member, Abu Dhabi Investment House, United Arab Emirates
• Ronald Kent, Executive Vice President, Head of International Listings, NYSE Euronext, United Kingdom
• Li Yang, Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), People’s Republic of China
• Luis Guillermo Plata, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism of Colombia; Young Global Leader
• Christopher Rodrigues, Chairman, International Personal Finance, United Kingdom
• Levin Zhu, President and Chief Executive Officer, China International Capital Corporation, People’s Republic of China

Chaired by

• Stephen Engle, China Correspondent, Bloomberg News, People’s Republic of China

Welcome to the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2009

• Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
• Xia Deren, Party Secretary, Dalian CPC Municipal Committee, People’s Republic of China

Opening Plenary with Premier Wen Jiabao

• Wen Jiabao, Premier of the People’s Republic of China

Chaired by

• Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

Preventing the Next Great Backlash
The Global Risk Report 2009 warns of dramatic deterioration of fiscal balances in G8 and other economies that will put major stress on healthcare and social security systems.
What are the implications for business and the global recovery process?

• John Bryant, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Operation Hope, USA; Young Global Leader; Global Agenda Council on Poverty & Development Finance
• Margery Kraus, President and Chief Executive Officer, APCO Worldwide, USA
• Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Professor of International Political Economy, Institute for Management Development International (IMD), Switzerland; Global Agenda Council on the Future of China
• Ben J. Verwaayen, Chief Executive Officer, Alcatel-Lucent, France; Mentor of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions
• Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia

Chaired by

• Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World News, United Kingdom

Recalibrating Global Demand
Few prognosticators predicted the sub-prime collapse, and even fewer economists forecasted that global demand would fall so dramatically in the wake of the financial crisis.
What are the systemic risks, industry dynamics and normative changes affecting global demand today?

• David Dollar, Economic and Financial Emissary to the People’s Republic of China, US Department of the Treasury; Global Agenda Council on Trade
• Ilian Mihov, Professor of Economics, Novartis Chaired Professor of Management and the Environment, INSEAD, Singapore
• Vincent Van Quickenborne, Minister of Economy and Reform of Belgium
• Zhang Xiaogang, President, Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation, People’s Republic of China

Chaired by

• Ian A. Goldin, Director, 21st Century School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Global Institutional Governance

The Global Economic Outlook
The International Monetary Fund now projects that global growth will return next year at 2.5%, provided that the now recovering financial system is truly on the mend.
As fiscal and monetary options narrow, particularly in the West, what will be the global economic outlook, and is the financial crisis truly behind us?

• Miranda S. Goeltom, Acting Governor of Bank Indonesia
• H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Essa Al Khalifa, Chief Executive, Bahrain Economic Development Board, Bahrain; Young Global Leader
• Antony Leung, Senior Managing Director and Chairman of Greater China, Blackstone Group (HK), Hong Kong SAR
• Stephen S. Roach, Chairman, Asia, Morgan Stanley, Hong Kong SAR
• Heizo Takenaka, Director, Global Security Research Institute, Keio University, Japan; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; Global Agenda Council on Economic Imbalances
• Zhu Min Group Executive Vice-President, Bank of China, People’s Republic of China

Chaired by

• Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Systemic Financial Risk

The Global Dimensions of China’s Domestic Growth
With per capita GDP at US$ 2,000, Chinese incomes are currently about one-tenth of those of Americans; yet, expectations are that the country will eventually overtake the United States as the world’s consumer of last resort.
How will China’s future growth and consumption affect trade patterns, commodity markets and investment flows worldwide?
This session will share key findings from the Resource Summit organized at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions to provide a long-term sector outlook for metals and minerals.

• Welber Barral, Secretary of International Trade of Brazil
• Jon M. Huntsman Jr, US Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China
• David Li Daokui, Director and Mansfield Freeman Professor of Economics, Center for China in the World Economy (CCWE), Tsinghua University, People’s Republic of China
• Xiong Weiping, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aluminum Corporation of China (CHALCO), People’s Republic of China
• Zhao Xiaoyu, Vice-President, Operations, Asian Development Bank, Manila

Chaired by

• Bernard Lo, Presenter, Bloomberg News, Hong Kong SAR

Finding the New Shoots of Growth
As the global economy begins to exit from the deepest recession since World War II, the recovery is expected to follow a different path from those of recent memory.
What, and where, are the new drivers of growth?

• Marwan M. Boodai, Chief Executive Officer, Boodai Corporation, Kuwait
• Liu Jiren, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Neusoft Corporation, People’s Republic of China; Global Agenda Council on Emerging Multinationals
• Deepak Puri, Chairman and Managing Director, Moser Baer, India
• Iqbal Survé, Executive Chairman, Sekunjalo Investments, South Africa
• James S. Turley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ernst & Young, USA
• Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China

Chaired by

• Victor Halberstadt, Professor of Public Economics, Leiden University, Netherlands; Global Agenda Council on International Monetary Systems

The New Champions of Competitiveness
How countries outperform others in terms of maximizing productivity and growth, given their available resources, has been measured by The Global Competitiveness Report for over three decades.
How have some countries managed to improve their productive potential, and what strategies are they using to reinforce their longer-term competitiveness amid the global economic downturn?

• Hoang Trung Hai, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
• Yoko Ishikura, Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University, Japan; Global Agenda Council on the Skills Gap
• Mahmoud Safwat Mohieldin, Minister of Investment of Egypt
• Marco Vinicio Ruiz Gutierrez, Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica
• Ramakrishna Sithanen, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Empowerment of Mauritius

Chaired by

• Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World News, United Kingdom

Asia’s Foreign Currency Exposure: Buy, Hold or Sell?
China’s proposal for the International Monetary Fund to create a new reserve currency to lessen global reliance on the US dollar caught many in the financial world by surprise.
As concern builds over the future of the US dollar, how should Asia manage its nearly US$ 4 trillion in foreign currency reserves in the near and long term?
In partnership with the World Economic Forum, CNBC hosts this discussion.

Success versus Survival in a Global Downturn
Companies that can increase profitability as well as enter new markets will not only get through the global recession but will also lead the recovery.
How can firms build and brand their products and services, not just to survive but also to thrive in the current economic environment?

• Pramod Bhasin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Genpact, India
• Yoshihiko Miyauchi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Orix Corporation, Japan
• Vivek Y. Ranadive, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, TIBCO Software, USA
• Sir Martin Sorrell, Group Chief Executive, WPP, United Kingdom; Mentor of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions; Global Agenda Council on Marketing & Branding
• Wang Jianlin, Chairman and President, Dalian Wanda Group, People’s Republic of China

Chaired by

• David Schlesinger, Editor-in-Chief, Thomson Reuters, United Kingdom

Global Redesign Series – Asia’s New Role in Managing the Global Economy
Although Asia has almost US$ 4 trillion in currency reserves, the combined voting rights of Japan, China and India in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are fewer than those of the US and half of EU member states.
As Asia’s influence increases in the IMF, World Bank and World Trade Organization, how will it change the future mandate, leadership and management of such institutions?

• Jaspal S. Bindra, Chief Executive Officer, Asia, Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong SAR; Global Agenda Council on Talent and Diversity
• Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva
• Muhammad Lutfi, Chairman, Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Indonesia; Young Global Leader
• Moon Chung-In, Professor of Political Science, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Korea
• Zhu Min, Group Executive Vice-President, Bank of China, People’s Republic of China

Chaired by

• Hiroko Kuniya, Anchor, Today’s Close-Up, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan

Building a Sustainable Value Chain
The EU highlights that if the rest of the world adopted European lifestyles, the resources of two and a half planets would be needed to support consumption.
As consumption trends towards sustainability in major economies, what will be the future business model for manufacturers and retailers in advanced and developing economies?

• Ed Chan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wal-Mart China, People’s Republic of China
• Chen Yunxian, Mayor of Foshan, People’s Republic of China
• John C. Compton, Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo Americas Foods, PepsiCo, USA
• Michael Kuhndt, Head, UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP), Germany; Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Consumption
• Tarek Sultan Al Essa, Chairman and Managing Director, Agility, Kuwait; Mentor of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions

Chaired by

• Aron Cramer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), USA; Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Consumption

The Next Steps towards a Global Recovery
Although the latest International Monetary Fund estimates predict the world economy will contract by 1.4% in 2009, they also forecast a 2.5% rebound in global growth in 2010.
How can leaders from industry, government and international organizations work together to ensure that key economies make the right decisions on regulatory, trade and investment issues going forward?

• Sharan Burrow, President, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Belgium; Global Agenda Council on Employment & Social Protection
• David Kennedy, Head, Institute on Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School, USA; Global Agenda Council on Global Institutional Governance
• Liu Jiren, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Neusoft Corporation, People’s Republic of China; Global Agenda Council on Emerging Multinationals
• Tarek Sultan Al Essa, Chairman and Managing Director, Agility, Kuwait; Mentor of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions
• Ben J. Verwaayen, Chief Executive Officer, Alcatel-Lucent, France; Mentor of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions
• John Zhao, Chief Executive Officer, Hony Capital, People’s Republic of China; Mentor of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions; Global Agenda Council on the Future of China

Closing Remarks by

• Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
• Xia Deren, Party Secretary, Dalian CPC Municipal Committee, People’s Republic of China

Chaired by

• Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World News, United Kingdom

Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in Asia
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship provides a global platform to promote social entrepreneurship as a means of advancing societies and addressing social issues in an innovative and effective manner.
Introduced by

• Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World News, United Kingdom

Presented by

• Hilde Schwab, Chairperson and Co-Founder, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship