The Berlin International Economics Congress
An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Roles of Global Politics & Civil Society in International Economics
Congress Speakers
Bendt Bendtsen
Former Danish Minister of Economic and Business Affairs, Former Deputy Prime MinisterProf. Dr. Claudia Kemfert
Head of the department of Energy, Transportation and Environment at the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin (DIW)Dan Jørgensen
MEP, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food SafetyDavorin Kračun
Former Minister for Economic Relations and Development of Slovenia, Former Foreign Minister, Former Deputy Prime MinisterProf. Dr. Dipak R. Pant
Professor of Economics, Head of the Interdisciplinary Unit for Sustainable Economy at Carlo Cattaneo UniversityDominique Voynet
Former French Minister of Planning and EnvironmentDr. Erhard Busek
Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria, Former Minister of Science & Research, Former Minister for Education & Cultural AffairsErna Hennicot Schoepges
MEP; Former Luxembourgian Minister of Culture and Religious AffairsFrançois-Xavier de Donnea
Former Mayor of the City of Brussels, Former Defence Minister of BelgiumGeorgi Pirinski
Deputy Chairperson of the National Assembly and Former Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria, Former Foreign MinisterGerassimos D. Arsenis
Former Minister of Economics of GreeceProf. Dr. Géza Jeszenszky
Former Hungarian Foreign Minister, Former Ambassador to the United StatesHeiner Flassbeck
Former State Minister in the German Ministry of Finance, Director - Division on Globalization and Development Strategies UNCTAD, GenevaHeino Von Meyer
Director, OECD Centre BerlinProf. Dr. Helmut Haussmann
Former Minister of Economics of Germany, Professor of Business ManagementProf. Dr. Henrik Enderlein
Associate Dean and Professor of Political Economy, Hertie School of GovernanceProf. Dr. Inge Kaul
Former Director of UNDP’s Office of Development StudiesDr. Jacques F. Poos
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Former Minister of Finance and of Foreign AffairsJan-Erik Enestam
Former Finnish Minister of the Environment and DefenceKatherine Marshall
Senior Advisor for the World Bank, Visiting Professor Georgetown UniversityKristiina Ojuland
Former Foreign Minister of EstoniaProf. Dr. Ludger Volmer
Former State Minister in the German Ministry of Foreign AffairsProf. Dr. Lufter Xhuveli
Former Albanian Minister of Environment, Forests and Water, Agriculture and FoodDr. Makase Nyaphisi
Embassador of Lesotho to GermanyNiels Helveg Petersen
Former Minister for Economic Affairs of Denmark , Former Minister for Foreign AffairsRainer Eppelmann
Civil Rights Activist. Former Minister for Demobilization and DefenceRenate Künast
Former Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of Germany, Leader of the German Green PartyDr. Rick Van der Ploeg
Former Dutch State Minister of Education, Culture and Science; Professor of Economics, Oxford UniversityProf. Rupert Scholz
Former Minister of Defense of GermanySolomon Isaac Passy
Former Foreign Minister of Bulgaria and Former Chairman-in-Office of the OSCEDr. Susan George
President of the Board of TNI and Honorary President of ATTAC-FranceProf. Dr. Timo Goeschl
Professor and Chair of Environmental Economics, University of HeidelbergTom Ferris
Senior Economics ConsultantDr. Vasile Puşcaş
Former Romanian Minister for European AffairsVolker Hauff
Former German Minister for Research and Technology, Former German Minister of Transport
