World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013
Speakers
The Annual meeting of the World Economic forum involves some 3,000 participants representing all sectors of global society, from business and government to civil society, spiritual and media leaders. The people on these pages appear in the public programme, streamed live and archived on the internet.
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Minister for the Yasuní-ITT Initiative of Ecuador
Diplomat, peace negotiator, humanist and politician. Currently, Secretary of State (minister level), Yasuní-ITT Initiative, which proposes a new ...
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King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Pursued advanced studies at Pembroke College, Oxford and Georgetown University. 1980, enrolled in the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst; 1981, ...
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Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nigeria
Agricultural economist and specialist in African agriculture. Member, MDG Advocacy Group, Immediate Past President, African Association of ...
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President, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
1980, diploma and 1983, Doctorate in Medicine, Geneva University. 1984-92, Faculty positions, Brown University, Providence, US; 1991, Chairman, ...
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Managing Partner, Flagship Ventures, USA
PhD in Biochemical Engineering, MIT. Since 2000, Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Flagship Ventures; concurrently, Senior ...
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Professor of Medicine and Engineering, USC Center for Applied Molecular Medicine, USA
Professor of Medicine and Engineering, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and Viterbi School of Engineering, and Director, ...
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Minister of Economic Integration of Kazakhstan
1982-88, graduate studies, Department of History, Kazakh State University, Almaty; 1996-97, studies in Economics and Finance, Joint Vienna ...
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Prince of Saudi Royal Family; Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia
Studied at Princeton, Cambridge and Georgetown universities. 1972-77, Adviser to Royal Court; 1977, Head, Public Intelligence Department; 2002, ...
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Prince of Monaco
Since April 2005, Chief of State, Principality of Monaco and 32nd Sovereign Prince of Monaco. Also: Duke of Valentinois; Count of Carladès; Baron ...
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Founder and Editorial Director, Of Note Magazine, USA
MA, New York University. Fulbright Fellow. Founder and Editorial Director, ofnotemagazine.org, an online magazine focused on global artists using ...
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President of Azerbaijan
1982, degree then 1985, PhD in History, Moscow State University of International Relations; 1985-90, Lecturer, Moscow State University of ...
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Vice-President and Commissioner in Charge of Competition, European Commission, Brussels
Graduate in Law and Economics, University of Deusto, Bilbao; postgraduate studies at L'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris. 1976, Economist, ...