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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Co-Founder, Ze-ze, Israel
BA candidate in Psychology and Film, Tel Aviv University. Social entrepreneur. Co-Founder, ze-ze.org. Member, Steering Committee, Tel Aviv ...
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Chief Operating Officer, Telefonica, Spain
Degree in Economics, Complutense University, Madrid; studies in Economics, Université Libre de Belgique. 1987, with Arthur Young Auditors; 1988, ...
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Minister for Economic Revitalization and Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan
1972, graduate, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University. 1974, Secretary to Masao Amari, Member, House of ...
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Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries, India
Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering, Bombay University; MBA, Stanford University, US. Expertise: management and financing of large projects. ...
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Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations, New York
Studies at Warwick University, Birmingham University and East Anglia University, UK. 1989-94, Chief Executive, Equal Opportunities Commission. ...
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Chief Executive Officer, Intentional Software Corporation, USA
Degree (Hons) in Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia. Entrepreneur active in software, space, energy and technology industries. ...
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Affect and Cognition Laboratory - ACLAB, University of Toronto, Canada
Studies, Vassar College, Yale and Stanford. Currently, Assoc. Professor of Psychology, Canada Research Chair in Cognitive and Affective ...
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Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission, Brussels
1989, MA in Economics, University of Economic Sciences, Hungary; 1993, MA in Development Economics, University of Manchester, UK; PhD in ...
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Chef and Owner, ThinkFoodGroup, USA
Internationally recognized culinary innovator, passionate advocate for food and hunger issues, educator and television personality. Chef and ...
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Master of Requests, Council of State of France, France
Graduate: Institute of Political Sciences, Paris; French Nat'l School of Administration; Edhec Business School. 2002-05, in charge of Economic and ...
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Chairman, Kofi Annan Foundation, Switzerland; Secretary-General, United Nations (1997-2006)
1997-2006, UN Secretary-General, first to emerge from staff; currently, continues to advocate for better policies to meet needs of poorest and ...
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Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art New York, USA
Graduate, Milan Polytechnic School of Architecture. 1987-91, Contributing Editor, Domus magazine; 1992-94, Editor, Abitare. Since 1994, with ...