Confirmed 2008 Summit Speakers

Heads of State

Shaukat AzizFormer Prime Minister of Pakistan
Prime Minister Jan Peter BalkenendePrime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
President Ólafur Ragnar GrímssonPresident of the Republic of Iceland
President Bharrat JagdeoPresident of the Republic of Guyana
President Bingu wa MutharikaPresident of the Republic of Malawi
President José Ramos-HortaPresident, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Prime Minister Ivo SanaderPrime Minister of the Republic of Croatia
President Manuel ZelayaPresident of the Republic of Honduras

Diplomatic and Non-Governmental Leaders

Dr. Jacques DioufDirector-General, FAO UN
Dr. Parvez AhmedFormer Chair, Council on American-Islamic Relation
Dr. Seth BerkleyPresident, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Graciana del CastilloAssoc. Director, Center on Capitalism and Society
Antonio Maria CostaExecutive Director, UNODC
Amir DossalExecutive Director, UN Office for Partnerships
Jane GoodallFounder, Jane Goodall Institute
Dr. Allan GoodmanPresident, Institute Of International Education
Dr. William HaseltineChairman, Haseltine Global Health
Stephen HeintzPresident, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Fred MednickFounder, Teachers Without Borders
Luis Moreno-OcampoProsecutor, International Criminal Court
Nicholas NegroponteFounder and Chairman of One Laptop per Child
Kenneth RothExecutive Director, Human Rights Watch
Warren SachAssistant Secretary-General, Controller, UN
Guy SebbanSecretary General, Intl. Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Ismail SerageldinDirector of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
K.A. TaipaleSenior Fellow, World Policy Institute
Ann VenemanExecutive Director, UNICEF
Jimmy WalesFounder, Wikipedia
Jennifer WindsorExecutive Director, Freedom House
Dr. Kandeh YumkellaDirector-General, UNIDO

Innovators from the Academic World

Professor Thomas MaloneProfessor of Management, MIT Sloan School
Robert BeauregardProfessor of Urban Planning, Columbia University
Lord Paul BewChair of Irish politics, Queen's Uni., Belfast
Homi BhabhaDirector, Humanities Center at Harvard University
Dr. Colin BlakemoreProfessor of Neuroscience, Oxford University
Richard BullietProfessor of Middle Eastern History, Columbia
Dr. Andrea CalifanoProfessor of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia
John Henry ClippingerSenior Fellow, Harvard Law School
Dr. Antonio DamasioProfessor of Neuroscience, USC
Padma DesaiProfessor of Economics, Columbia University
Vishakha DesaiPresident and CEO, Asia Society
Dr. Peter FonagyProf. of Psychoanalysis, University College London
Dr. Majid FotuhiDirector, Center for Memory and Brain Health
Dr. Howard GardnerProfessor of Cognition and Education, Harvard
Dr. Eric KandelProfessor of Biochemistry, Columbia University
Dr. Nancy KanwisherProfessor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, MIT
Dr. Pradeep KhoslaProfessor and Dean of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
Vladimir KvintPresident, Intl Academy of Emerging Markets
Dr. Itamara V. LochardSenior Researcher, The Fletcher School
Dr. Leonard MlodinowProfessor of Physics, Caltech
Sir Paul NursePresident, The Rockefeller University
Dr. Stephen PacalaProf. of Ecology and Evolutionary Bio, Princeton
Arvind PanagariyaProfessor of Economics, Columbia University
Edmund PhelpsProf. of Political Economy, Columbia University
Dr. Michael PratherProfessor of Earth System Science, UC Irvine
Dr. Lisa RandallProfessor of Physics, Harvard University
Falguni SenProfessor of Management, Fordham University
Dr. Richard SilbersteinProfessor of Neuroscience, Swinburne University
Dr. John SteinProfessor of Neuroscience, Oxford University
Evgeny VelikhovPresident, Russian Research Center, Kurchatov Inst
Dr. Linton Wells IITransformation Chair, National Defense University
Dr. Torsten WieselProfessor of Neurobiology, Rockefeller University
Dr. Larry YoungProfessor of Neurobiology, Emory University
Jonathan ZittrainProfessor of Law, Harvard Law School

Participating Members from the International Business Community

Lex FenwickCEO, Bloomberg Ventures
Craig R BarrettChairman, Intel Corporation
Stanley BergmanChairman and CEO, Henry Schein Inc
David BoiesChairman, Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP
Harold BursonFounding Chairman, Burson-Marsteller
Stewart ButterfieldCo-Founder, Flickr.com
Kaj den DaasChairman, Philips Lighting North America
Edward DolmanCEO, Christie’s International
David FentonFounder and CEO, Fenton Communications
Morel FourmanCEO, Gaiasoft
Jeffrey FriedbergChief Trust Architect, Microsoft
Alan HassenfeldChairman, Hasbro Inc
Lord Michael HastingsGlobal Head of Citizenship and Diversity, KPMG
Robert HormatsVice Chairman, Goldman Sachs
Dr. Mohan KaulDirector-General, Commonwealth Business Council
Leonid MakaronPresident, Pronto-Moscow
Dr. Amit MitraSecretary General, FICCI
Dambisa MoyoHead of Econ. Research for Africa, Goldman Sachs
Craig NewmarkFounder, Craigslist
Richard O’Neill President, The Highlands Group
Alayne ReesbergReesberg Partners LLC
John RendonCEO and President, the Rendon Group
Richard RobbCEO, Christofferson, Robb & Company
Marko SaravanjaFounder and CEO, Regenesys
Henry SilvermanChairman & CEO, Realogy Corporation
John StudzinskiSenior Managing Director, Blackstone Group
Martin VarsavskyFounder and CEO, FON
Jody WestbyCEO, Global Cyber Risk LLC

Pioneers in Global Media

Lane GreeneInternational Correspondent, The Economist
David AndelmanEditor, World Policy Journal
Matthew BishopChief Business Writer, The Economist
Juan Luis CebriánEditor in Chief, El Pais
Raghida DerghamSenior Diplomatic Correspondent, Al Hayat
Riz KhanTV host, Al Jazeera English
Jared KushnerPublisher, New York Observer
Femi OkeEditor and Anchor, NPR's The Takeaway
Michael OreskesManaging Editor for US News, Associated Press
Ned ParkerBaghdad Correspondent, LA Times
Bill RoedyChairman and CEO, MTV Networks International
Vijay VaitheeswaranCorrespondent, The Economist
Ali VelshiSenior Business Correspondent, CNN
Lally WeymouthSenior Editor, Newsweek
Dr. Gino YuCo-founder, PolyU MERECL

Key Figures in the Arts

Jacques d’AmboiseFounder, National Dance Institute
Louise Blouin MacBainChairman, Louise Blouin Media
Richard MeierPresident, Richard Meier & Partners
Gerard MortierDirector General, Opéra National de Paris
Susan RobbArtist
Axel RugerDirector, Van Gogh Museum
Sir Salman RushdieAuthor
Peter SellarsTheatre director and Professor of Arts and Culture
Paul Warwick ThompsonDirector, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Juan Ignacio VidarteDirector General, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Dedicated Public Officials

Akwasi Osei-AgyeiMinister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Ghana
H.E. Mr. Nizar BarakaDeputy Minister for Econ & Gen Affairs, Morocco
Dr. Ashwani KumarMinister of State for Commerce and Industry, India
Rajeev ChandrasekharMember of Parliament, President of FICCI, India
Michael GreenCo-Author, Philanthrocapitalism
Bert KoendersMinister of Development Cooperation, Netherlands
Mitchell LandrieuLieutenant Governor, Louisiana
Lord Mark Malloch-BrownUK Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN
B.J. PandaMember of Parliament, India
Sheikha Lubna Al QasimiMinister for Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates
N.K. SinghMember of Parliament, India