The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2014
Berlin Economic Forum 2014-24: Sustainable Economies, Sustainable Technologies, Sustainable Industries
Berlin; November 8th - 12th, 2014
Held Parallel to the Berlin Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Held Parallel to the Berlin Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
| Saturday, 8.11.2014 | |
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| 10:00 | The Hon. Dirk Niebel Welcome Address |
| 10:20 | The Hon. George Papaconstantinou (Former Minister for Finance of Greece) Europe Since the Wall: Economic Integration and Diversity |
| 10:40 | Prof. Richard B. Davies (Vice-Chancellor, Swansea University) Sustainable Economies, Sustainable Technologies, and Sustainable Industries |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:30 | Dorji Phuntsho (CEO, Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan) Sustainability from the Lens of Gross National Happiness: Its Challenges in Implementation |
| 12:00 | The Hon. Mirko Cvetkovic (Former Prime Minister of Serbia) Beyond the Post-Cold War |
| 12:30 | Lord Jack McConnell (Former First Minister of Scotland) Keynote Address |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Alessandro Pansa (Former CEO, Finmeccanica) Resilience of Industry and Sustainability of Technology in a Competitive World |
| 14:20 | Christian Leitz (Head, Corporate Responsibility Management, UBS AG) From Non-Governmental to Governmental in Sustainability … in Banking |
| 14:40 | Minister Ali Hassan Bahdon (Minister of Communication of Djibouti) Keynote Address |
| 15:00 | MP Ögmundu Jonasson Member of the Parliament of Iceland |
| 15:20 | Prof. Patrick Watson (Chairman, Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission) Linking Tourism Flows and Biological Biodiversity in Small Island Developing State: Evidence from Panel Data |
| 16:00 | Break |
| 16:20 | Nancy Pedot (CEO, Comptoir des Cotonniers) Perspectives of a Global Business Woman |
| 16:40 | Roger Newman (Senior Vice President, Tech Mahindra) Jugaad - A Very Indian Approach to Sustainability |
| Sunday, 9.11.2014 | |
| 10:00 | The Hon. Staffan Nilsson (Former President, the European Economic and Social Committee) A Europe With Less and Lower Walls |
| 10:20 | Swapan Kumar Bala, FCMA (CEO, Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd.) Sustainable Economies, Sustainable Technologies, and Sustainable Industries from the Perspectives of Bangladesh and South Asia. |
| 10:40 | The Hon. Bertie Ahern (Former Prime Minister of Ireland) Keynote Address |
| 11:00 | Aleksandar Damjanovic (Chairman of the Committee on Economy of Montenegro) The Western Balkans and EU: By Straightening Regional Cooperation Towards the Goal |
| 11:20 | Carlo Mazzi (Chairman of Prada S.p.A.) Keynote Address |
| 11:40 | Prince Luitpold of Bavaria (CEO of König Ludwig GmbH) Keynote Address |
| 12:00 | The Hon. Governor Azeema Adam (Governor, Maldives Monetary Authority) Innovative Policies for Sustainable Development |
| 12:20 | Ahmad A. Alzabin (Vice Chairman & CEO, ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Company) Sustaining Aviation Industry Growth Through Aircraft Leasing |
| 12:40 | Petra Wadström (CEO, Solvatten AB) Safe and Warm Water with Solvatten- A Valuable Saving Instrument |
| 13:00 | Mirjam Ernst (Sustainability Manager at Volksbank AG, Austria) Making Sustainability Work: Banking, Economic Crisis and Sustainability |
| 13:20 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Daniela Lulache (CEO, SN Nuclearelectrica SA) The New European Paradigm of Sustainability |
| 14:20 | The Hon. Anna Diamantopoulou (Former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities; Former Greek Minister for Development) “Wir sind das Volk” |
| 14:40 | Carina Geber-Teir (Chief Communications Officer, OP-Pohjola Group) Sustainable Mission: Born to be Owned by Customers |
| 15:00 | Nondas Cl. Metaxas (CEO, Cyprus Stock Exchange) The Role of Stock Exchanges for Sustainable Industries and Economic Growth |
| 15:20 | Silvio De Girolamo (Group Chief Internal Audit & CSR Officer, Autogrill) Not Only Reporting; Towards Sustainable Management - How the Reporting Can Improve the Companies and the Society |
| 15:40 | Radu Toia (Vice President, S.I.F. Transilvania S.A.) Romania’s Economic Growth through Sustainable Agriculture and Tourism (case study: SIF TRANSILVANIA SA) |
| 16:10 | Break |
| 16:20 | Anette Bickmeyer (Vice President, Sustainability Management, EON AG) Conflict of Aims: CO2 Reduction, Coal Sourcing and a Clean Supply Chain |
| 16:40 | Bernhard Schwager (Head Sustainability Office, Corporate Communications, Brand Management, and Sustainability, Robert Bosch GmbH) Sustainability Strategies of Business Shown by the Example of Bosch |
| 17:00 | The Hon. Dr. Supachai Panichpakdi (7th Director-General of the World Trade Organization) Keynote Address |
| Monday, 10.11.2014 | |
| 10:00 | Dr. Gerhard Prätorius (Director of CSR and Sustainability, Volkswagen AG) Volkswagen Group - Sustainability on Core Strength |
| 10:20 | Eleonora Giada Pessina (Group Sustainability Officer, Pirelli & C. SpA) Sustainability as a Multinational Management Model: the Pirelli Case |
| 10:40 | Daniel Winteler (Manging Director, Miroglio S.p.A.) Drive the Sustainable Change |
| 11:00 | Mokhtar Mehiri (CEO, Intermetal Tunisia) From Mecanic Processing to Digital Technology and Interactivity “Dividing Wall” |
| 11:20 | Break |
| 11:40 | Jørgen Hallundbæk (CEO, Welltec ) Can a Safer and more Sustainable Approach Provide an Economic Upside? |
| 12:00 | Minister Besim Beqaj (Minister of Finance of Kosovo) Keynote Address |
| 12:20 | Taavi Heikkilä (CEO, SOK Corporation) S Group in the Middle of Big Change of Retail" |
| 12:40 | Moremi Marwa (Chief Executive Officer, Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange) Capital and the Sustainable Economies in the Context of Developing Economies |
| 13:00 | Break |
| 14:00 | Amb. Delia Domingo Albert (Former Foreign Minister of the Philippines) Breaking Borders: Building the ASEAN Community |
| 14:30 | Dr. Philipp Mißfelder (Foreign Policy Speaker of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group) Sustainable Foreign Policy in 21 Century |
| 15:00 | Mohammed Abdulwahab Nass (CEO Bahrain Flour Mills Company) An Agenda For Corporate Sustainability and Related Risks - A Business Case |
| 15:30 | Fadi Khalaf (Secretary General, Arab Federation of Exchanges) Arab Stock Exchanges - Overview & Opportunities |
| 16:00 | Rashed Al Balooshi (CEO, Abu Dhabi Securities) |
| 16:30 | Rashid Bin Ali Al-Mansoori (CEO, Qatar Stock Exchange) |
| 17:00 | Reception |
| 18:00 | Archim. Emmanuel Sfiatkos (Representative of the Orthodox Bishops in Germany) Keynote Address |
| Tuesday, 11.11.2014 | |
| 13:30 | Dr. Joachim Pfeiffer (MdB, Economics and Energy Speaker of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group) “Agenda 2030: From Consolidation to Innovation - Setting the Course for Sustainable Growth” |
