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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Professor and Chair, Quantum Physics, Collège de France, France
PhD, Ecole Normale Supérieure. Formerly, Teacher: Ecole Polytechnique; Stanford University; Harvard University; Yale University; Université Pierre ...
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Japan
1970, degree, Waseda University, Tokyo. Since 1970, with Takeda: 1993, President, TAP Pharmaceuticals, Chicago; 1995, President, TAP Holdings, ...
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Director, Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA
PhD in Economics, Cornell University, US. 1985-91, Professor of Economics, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion; 1988-91, Visiting ...
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Distinguished Professor and Director Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA
1977, degree in Chemistry, University of Sydney, 1981, PhD in Chemistry, University of Chicago; 1997, Doctorate in Science, University of Sydney. ...
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Editorial Director, Harvard Business Review, USA
Formerly, with Forrester Research, CNN Money, Business 2.0 and PC World. First online hire of Harvard Business Review and last six years leading ...
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Director-General, Ministry of Justice, Sweden
Graduate in Law, Stockholm University. 1990, joined Ministry of Justice of Sweden: various positions related to migration in government offices; ...
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Professor of Drama and Performance and Director, People's Palace Projects, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom
Artistic Director, People's Palace Projects. For 20 years, created arts-based human rights projects, Britain and Brazil. Other projects include: ...
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer, NGP Energy Capital Management, USA
1985, BA in Politics (Hons), Princeton University; 1989, MBA, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; Arjay Miller Scholar. 1985-87, ...
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Safran Group, France
1970, graduate, Ecole Polytechnique; 1975, graduate, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace. 1984, joined Snecma as Head, ...
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Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chairman, South Pole Carbon, Switzerland
More than 11 years as social entrepreneur. Has founded and led both the myclimate foundation and South Pole Carbon to become successful ...
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Director-General, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
Most scientific work has focused on study of electron-positron reactions, the development of experimental techniques, and construction and ...
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Governor of Colorado, USA
Master's in Geology, Wesleyan University. Geologist, entrepreneur and brewpub pioneer. 1981, joined Buckhorn Petroleum. 1988, opened The Wynkoop ...