World Leadership Forum 2009
Event offered by:Foreign Policy Association
Event Details
- Date:
- Wednesday, September 23, 2009
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM - Location:
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TIAA-CREF Building
730 Third Avenue between 45th and 46th St
New York, NY
- Event type
- Lecture / Panel
Event Transcripts and Video
Hosted by the Foreign Policy Association and coinciding with the United Nations General Assembly, the World Leadership Forum is one of the foremost public forums on global affairs. Over the years, chief executive officers, heads of government and state, investors and policy makers have participated to discuss and exchange views on global trends and issues that will shape business and foreign policy agendas.
Read/Download Remarks by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Read/Download Transcript: U.S. and Global Economic Outlook
Read/Download Transcript:The Word From Wall Street
Wednesday, September 23rd
MORNING SESSION
TIAA-CREF
730 Third Avenue bet. 45th & 46th Street
New York City
8:30 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:00 am Welcome Remarks
Roger W. Ferguson
President and CEO, TIAA-CREF and former Vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
9:15-10:30 am The Word from Wall Street
Moderator: James P. Dougherty
Partner, Great Hill Partners
Panelists:
Archibald Cox, Jr.
Chairman, Barclays Americas
Dr. Henry Kaufman
President & CEO, Henry Kaufman & Company Inc. and Author, The Road to Financial Reformation
William W. Priest
CEO & CIO, Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
Mark Chandler
Global Head of Currency Strategy, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
10:30-10:45 am Coffee Break
10:45-12:00 pm U.S. and Global Economic Outlook
Moderator: Theodore Roosevelt IV
Managing Director, Barclays Capital
Panelists:
Abby Joseph Cohen
Chair, Investment Policy Committee, Goldman Sachs
Brian Fabbri
Chief Economist, Americas, BNP Paribas
Larry Kantor
Managing Director, Head of Research, Barclays Capital
Luncheon Program
Waldorf-Astoria
301 Park Avenue at 49th Street
Grand Ballroom
12:30-2:00 pm Luncheon in Honor of H.E. Kevin Rudd
Prime Minister of Australia
Afternoon Session
TIAA-CREF
The Wharton Auditorium 17th floor
730 Third Avenue between 45th and 46th Street
2:30 -3:30 pm The New Energy Paradigm
Moderator: John Hofmeister
Founder and CEO, Citizens for Affordable Energy
Panelists: Robert E. Curry, Jr.
Commissioner of the New York State Public Service Commission
Dan Esty
Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment, Yale Law University
Yury Gogotsi
Director, A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute, Drexel University
David Mohler
Vice president and Chief Technology Officer, Duke Energy
3:30-4:30 pm Cybersecurity: Threats and Responses
Moderator: James P. Dougherty
Partner, Great Hill Partners
Panelists:
Michael Cote
Chief Executive Officer, Secureworks
Sarwar A. Kashmeri
Strategic Communitcations Advisor, Author and Host, "Global Currents" podcast
Timothy Brown
Vice President and Chief Architect for Security Management, CA, Inc.
4:30-5:45 pm Women's Health and the Development Agenda
co-sponsored by World Affairs Council of Connecticut (WACCT) in collaboration with the United Nations Foundation, the International Women's Health Coalition, and Pfizer External Medical Health
Moderator:
Ann Curry
NBC news journalist and news anchor
Panelists:
Rachel Mayanja
UN Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAG)
Susan Blumenthal
Director, Health and Medicine Program
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC)
Rt. Honorable Dimeji Bankole
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nigeria
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland
former Director-General of the World Health Organization and former Prime Minister of Norway
5:45 pm Reception