About
The annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit brings together 120 leading figures in the areas of science, technology, culture, business, and politics. Over three days, delegates discuss the critical challenges and opportunities presented by globalization at the local and global levels. The Summit is a think-tank forum organized by the Louise Blouin Foundation in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships.
The open, multidisciplinary exchange generated by the Summit allows heads of state, business leaders and scholars to develop new solutions to the challenges posed by poverty, conflict, and economic instability. The Summit’s proceedings are broadcast worldwide on the Internet.
The open, multidisciplinary exchange generated by the Summit allows heads of state, business leaders and scholars to develop new solutions to the challenges posed by poverty, conflict, and economic instability. The Summit’s proceedings are broadcast worldwide on the Internet.

Pascal Lamy
Director-General of the WTO

Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Prosecutor of the ICC

Dr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Managing Director of the IMF

His Excellency Asif Ali Zardari
President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
2009 Delegates Included:
- His Excellency Matti Vanhanen
Prime Minister of Finland - His Excellency Jan Peter Balkenende
Prime Minister of the Netherlands - Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court - Dr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund - Pascal Lamy
Director-General, World Trade Organization - His Excellency Asif Ali Zardari
President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Michael Chertoff
Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security - Ted Turner
Founder and Chairman, Turner Foundation - Alex Katz
Artist - Dr. Frank Moss
Director, MIT Media Lab
2009 Summit Topics:
- Global Futures, Global Risks: Trends, Needs, Opportunities, Crises >
- Prospects: Corporate Culture and Entrepreneurship after the Credit Crunch >
- Global Health: Development Needs, Research Developments >
- Spotlight on Africa: Trade, Security, Economy, Development >
- Global Financial Crisis: Risk, Regulation and Remuneration >
- Digital Technology: Tools for Social Change >
- Socio-biological Perspectives of Neuroscience >
- Education: Cognitive and Digital Tools for the Minds of the Next Generation >
- Emerging Security Challenges >
- Poland in an Era of Globalization: Achievements and Challenges >
- Social Entrepreneurs – The Next Generation of Smart Philanthropists >
- National Targets, Global Challenge: Climate Change, Copenhagen and Beyond >
- MIT Climate Collaboratorium Workshop >
- Innovation, Entrepreneurialism and National Competitiveness in a Global Age >
- Geo-Politics/Geo-Economics of the Middle East: Israel/Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Iran >
- Global Commodity Crunch: Food, Water, Oil, Energy, Trade? >
- Culture Beyond Borders >
- Global Media >
