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Who will participate
The second Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 will bring together 1500 leaders from over 80 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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| Peter Bakker, Chief Executive Officer, TNT NV |
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James H. Quigley, Global Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte |
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| Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr, Chief Executive Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers International |
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William R. Rhodes, Senior Vice-Chairman, Citigroup; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Citibank NA, Citi
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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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| Frank Ning Gaoning, Chairman, COFCO, People's Republic of China |
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Ruben K. Vardanian, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Troika Dialog Group |
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Khalid Abdulla Janahi, Chairman, Ithmaar Bank, Bahrain
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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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Ministers, Forward-thinking Leaders of Regions and Mayors of Cities
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| Chen Guoying, Mayor of Tangshan, People's Republic of China |
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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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| Tang Aijun, Mayor of Huhhot, People's Republic of China |
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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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Hiroshi Nakada, Mayor of Yokohama, Japan |
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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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Mykhaylo Fatyeyev, Vice-Mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine
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| Jean-Daniel Gerber, State Secretary for Economic Affairs of Switzerland |
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Lawrence Kego Masha, Minister of Home Affairs of Tanzania |
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| Jerzy Kropiwnicki, Mayor of the City of Lodz, Poland |
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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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| Christos Folias, Minister of Development of Greece |
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Xu Zongheng, Mayor of Shenzhen, People's Republic of China |
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| Christian Sautter, Deputy Mayor of Paris, Economic Development and International Attractiveness, France |
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Park Wan-Su, Mayor of Changwon City, Republic of Korea
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| Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Minister of Foreign Relations and Religion of Costa Rica |
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Sheng Guangzu, Minister of China Customs of the People's Republic of China |
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| Reinhard Wieczorek, Head of Department of Labour and Economic Development, City Hall of Munich, Germany |
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Chen Zhu, Minister of Health of the People's Republic of China
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| Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón, Mayor of Federal District, Mexico |
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William A. Halter, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, USA |
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Li Yingjie, Mayor of Shenyang, People's Republic of China
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Huang Fangfang, Mayor of Nanning, People's Republic of China |
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| Zhang Bingsheng, Mayor of Taiyuan, People's Republic of China |
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Edordo Croci, Commissioner for Environment and Urban Mobility, City of Milan, Italy |
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| Chen Guoying, Mayor of Tangshan, People's Republic of China |
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Zhang Xiaolian, Mayor of Harbin Municipal People's Government, People's Republic of China
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Vincent van Quickenborne, Minister of Enterprise and Administrative Reform of Belgium
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Knox H. White, Mayor of Greenville, USA |
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| John Hutton, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform of the United Kingdom |
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Xie Xuren, Minister of Finance of the People's Republic of China
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| Troels Lund Poulsen, Minister of the Environment of Denmark |
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Marat Safiullin, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation |
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Rustam N. Minnikhanov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan
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Dai Xianglong, Chairman, National Council for Social Security Fund, People's Republic of China
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| Mikhail Maximov, First Deputy Chairman and Minister of Economy and Labour, Government of the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation |
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Abridged List of Participants
Over 1300 participants representing 88 countries have registered. More than 35% are 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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