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Who will participate
The second Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 will bring together 1500 leaders from over 60 countries.
Mentors
A select group of business leaders with extensive international experience in building global businesses from the World Economic Forum’s Partner and Members will act as mentors. |
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| James H. Quigley, Global Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte |
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Thomas Enders, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus SAS |
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| James S. Turley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ernst & Young |
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Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited
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| Peter Bakker, Chief Executive Officer, TNT NV |
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Yang Yuanqing, Chairman of the Board, Lenovo |
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| Jiang Jianqing, Chairman of the Board, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited |
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Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr, Global Chief Executive Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
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Khalid Abdulla Janahi, Chairman, Ithmaar Bank, Bahrain
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Frank Ning Gaoning, Chairman, COFCO, People's Republic of China |
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William R. Rhodes, Senior Vice-Chairman, Citigroup; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Citibank NA, Citi
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Ministers, Forward-thinking Leaders of Regions and Mayors of Cities
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| Abdel Azim Wazir, Mayor of Cairo, Egypt |
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Jacques Wallage, Mayor of Groningen, Netherlands |
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| Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana, India |
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Margaret Spellings, US Secretary of Education |
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| Bilegt Tudev, Governor and Mayor of Ulan Bator, Mongolia |
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Oumarou Fadil, Mayor of Douala, Cameroon |
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| Chung Woo-Taik, Governor of Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea |
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Maqbool Ali Sultan, Minister of Commerce and Industry of Oman |
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| Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Manpower, Singapore |
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Shaun McGrath, Mayor of Boulder, City of Boulder, USA |
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| Kapil Sibal, Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences of India |
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Troels Lund Poulsen, Minister of the Environment of Denmark |
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| Huang Xingguo, Mayor of Tianjin, People’s Republic of China |
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Xia Deren, Mayor of Dalian, People’s Republic of China |
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| Félix Arturo González Canto, Governor of Quintana Roo, Mexico |
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John R. Baird, Minister of Environment of Canada |
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| Jean-Daniel Gerber, State Secretary for Economic Affairs of Switzerland |
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Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, Mayor of Kigali, Rwanda |
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| Jerzy Kropiwnicki, Mayor of the City of Lodz, Poland |
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Babatunde Raji Fashola, Governor of Lagos, Nigeria |
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| Henrietta H. Fore, Administrator, US Agency for International Development (USAID), and Director, US Foreign Assistance, Washington DC |
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Zhang Ping, Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission, People’s Republic of China |
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| Jean-Louis Schiltz, Minister of Information and Communication of Luxembourg |
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Mustafa Kamal Syed, Mayor of Karachi, Pakistan |
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| Alonso Salazar, Mayor of Medellín, Colombia |
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Pape Diop, Mayor of Dakar, Senegal |
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| Christian Sautter, Deputy Mayor of Paris, Economic Development and International Attractiveness, France |
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Xu Zongheng, Mayor of Shenzhen, People's Republic of China |
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| Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Minister of Foreign Relations and Religion of Costa Rica |
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Rachid M. Rachid, Minister of Trade and Industry of Egypt |
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| Reinhard Wieczorek, Head of Department of Labour and Economic Development, City Hall of Munich, Germany |
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Park Wan-Su, Mayor of Changwon City, Republic of Korea |
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Abridged List of Participants
Already over 700 participants representing 78 countries have registered. Half are the CEO / Chairman of the foremost global companies (Forum Partners and Members) and the fastest growing New Champion companies.
See the current abridged list of participants including CEO's of the world's up-and-coming business champions, CEO's of the most influential global companies - World Economic Forum Members and Partners and other invited guests.
Also joining the Annual Meeting of the New Champions:
- Champions from the Forum’s community of Young Global Leaders
- The world’s best and brightest Technology Pioneers
- Leaders from China’s newly appointed government
- Editors and publishers from the worlds top media outlets
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