Key Confirmed 2008 Summit Speakers

Heads of State

The list of Heads of State & Heads of Government will be released in advance of the 2008 Global Creative Leadership Summit

Diplomatic and Non-Governmental Leaders

Bassem I AwadallahChief, Royal Hashemite Court
Antonio Maria CostaUnder-Secretary-General, United Nations
Stephen HeintzPresident, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Henry KissingerPrincipal, Kissinger Associates
Pascal LamyDirector-General, World Trade Organization
Michael LomaxPresident & CEO, United Negro College Fund
Koïchiro MatsuuraDirector General UNESCO
Fred Mednick, FounderTeachers Without Borders
Olara A Otunnu, FounderLBL Foundation for Children
J M PhatakMunicipal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
Guy SebbanSecretary General, International Chamber of Commerce
Kandeh K YumkellaDirector General, UNIDO

Innovators from the Academic World

Colin BlakemoreProfessor of Neuroscience, Oxford University
Richard BullietProfessor of History, Middle East Institute, Columbia University
Andrea CalifanoProfessor of Biomedical Informatics and Cancer Genetics, Columbia University
John Henry ClippingerSenior Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School
Antonio DamasioProfessor and Director, Brain and Creativity Institute, USC
Peter FonagyFreud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Director, UCL
Majid FotuhiDirector, Center for Memory and Brain Health, LifeBridge Health Brain & Spine Institute
Howard GardnerHobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard
Alan E. GoodmanPresident & CEO, Institute of International Education
Eric KandelProfessor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, and Psychiatry, Columbia University
Nancy KanwisherProfessor of Cognitive Neuroscience, MIT
Pradeep KhoslaDean of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Vladimir KvintHead of the Department of Financial Strategy, Moscow School of Economics of The Lomonosov Moscow State University
Leonard MlodinowProfessor and Author, California Institute of Technology
Nicholas NegroponteChairman and Founder, One Laptop per Child
Paul NursePresident, Rockefeller University
Peter SellarsProfessor of World Arts and Culture, UCLA
Ismail SerageldinDirector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
K.A. TaipaleFounder and Executive Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy
Laura D TysonProfessor of Business, UC Berkeley
Gino YuDirector, Mercel
Jonathan ZittrainProfessor of Internet Governance and Regulation, Oxford University

Participating Members from the International Business Community

Jacques AttaliPresident, PlaNet Finance
Craig R. BarrettChairman, Intel Corp
Stanley M. BergamnChairman & CEO, Henry Schein Inc
David BoiesChairman, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Stewart ButterfieldCo-Founder, Flickr
Edward DolemanCEO, Christie’s International
William HaseltineChairman & Chief Executive Officer, Haseltine Associates Ltd
Alan HassenfeldChairman, Hasbro Inc
Michael HastingsGlobal Head of Citizenship and Diversity, KPMG LLP
Robert HormatsVice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
Steve KilleleaFounder, Integrated Research Limited
Craig NewmarkCustomer Service Representative & Founder, Craigslist
Richard O’NeilFounder & President, The Highlands Group
Marko SaravanjaCEO, Regenesys Management
Richard SilbersteinChairman & Chief Executive Officer, Neuro-Insight Pty Lt
Henry SilvermanChairman & CEO, Realogy Corporation
Patrick Soon-ShiongChairman & CEO, Abraxis BioScience Inc
John StudzinskiFounder, Genesis Foundation
William TerlatoPresident & CEO, Terlato Wine Group & Terlato Wines International
Martin VarsavskyFounder, FON Wireless Ltd
Jimmy WalesFounder and President, Wikimedia Foundation Inc
Jody WestbyCEO, Global Cyber Risk LLC

Pioneers in Global Media

David AndelmanExecutive Editor, Forbes.com
Matthew BishopChief Business Writer, The Economist
Juan Luis CebriánCEO, Grupo Prisa
Raghida DerghamColumnist and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Al Hayat
Arianna HuffingtonCo-founder & Editor, The Huffington Post
Riz KhanWorldwide Director & Host, Al Jazeera International
Nicholas KristofOp-Ed Columnist, New York Times
Pat MitchellPresident & CEO, The Paley Center for Media
Femi OkeSenior Editor, WNYC Radio
Bill RoedyVice Chairman, MTV Networks
Lally WeymouthSenior Editor & Special Diplomatic Correspondent, Newsweek

Key Figures in the Arts

Jacques d’AmboiseFounder, National Dance Institute
Richard MeierPrincipal, Richard Meier & Partners Architects
Gérard MortierDirector General, Opéra National de Paris
Susan RobbArtist
Michael RovnerArtist
Salman RushdieAuthor
Charles Saumarez SmithSecretary and Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Arts