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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Research Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University, USA
CEO, Udacity; Vice-President, Stanford Research Professor. With Google: Google Fellow; co-created Google Street-View; created Google Maps GT ...
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Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil
Studies in Economics, Universidade de Brasília (UnB); PhD in Economics, University of Illinois. Formerly, Senior Adviser, Executive-Director and ...
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Executive Secretary, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Vienna
Over 30 years' experience in int'l disarmament and non-proliferation. 1990, initiated joint organization by Canada and Hungary of Open Skies ...
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Chief Investment Officer, Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom; Co-Chair of the Governors for Investors Industry for 2013
1986-96, focused on investment in Asia; 1996, Managing Director, Investment Management Division, Goldman Sachs. Since 2005, with Wellcome Trust: ...
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Professor, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA
1972, AB in Chemistry and Physics, Harvard College; 1977, PhD in Physiology, University of Cambridge. From 1989: Investigator, Howard Hughes ...
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Chairman, Eskom Holdings, South Africa
1970, BSc, Mathematics & Chemistry, UBLS, Lesotho; 1974, BSc (Hons), Chemical Eng., Univ. of Surrey, UK. Formerly with: UOP Process Division, ...
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Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics, Yale University, USA
Co-Director, Macroeconomic Research Program, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University; research in macroeconomics, finance, ...
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Prime Minister of Poland
Graduate in History, Humanities Faculty, Gdansk University. Formerly: participated in creation of Students' Committee of Solidarity, established ...
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Chief Executive Officer, Leighton Holdings, Australia
Bachelor's in Engineering (Civil), University of Western Australia. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Leighton Holdings; responsible ...
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S. K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global Management, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Former: Chairman, US Council of Economic Advisers; Clinton Nat'l Economic Adviser; Dean, Haas School of Business; Dean, London Business School. ...
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Professor of Management and Director, Center for Leadership and Change, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
PhD, Harvard University. Research Assistant, Eidgenossisches Institut für Schnee und Lawinenforschung, Davos, Switzerland. Teaching, including ...