The 2010 Annual Bertelsmann Foundation Conference
Opportunities in Crisis 2: Defining New Avenues of Growth - The Newseum, Washington, DC - Thursday, 22 April 2010
This one-day event focuses on the financial crisis and the potential for using the downturn as a catalyst for social, economic and financial-sector reform. International, high-level representatives of government, business, academia and the media gather to debate and discuss options for global cooperation on reforms that lay the foundation for sustainable growth.
Confirmed participants include:
- Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Finance Minister, Bahrain
- Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution and co-Founder, AOL
- Vishakha Desai, President, Asia Society
- Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University
- James M. Flaherty, Finance Minister, Canada
- Caio Koch-Weser, Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank
- Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center
- Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization
- HSH Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein
- Katharine Weymouth, Publisher, The Washington Post and CEO, Washington Post Media
A complete agenda is available by clicking the “agenda” icon in the column on the right side of this page.
Live-streaming of the conference is available (9:00am-5:00pm Washington, DC time).
Our online coverage will also feature commentary by prominent bloggers worldwide:
- Karen Feinberg, USA
- Isaac Mao, China
- Victor Ngeny, Kenya
- Sonam Ongmo, Bhutan
- Ulrike Reinhard, Germany
- Nicolas Tereschuk, Argentina
To view their blogs, click HERE.
Information on the Bertelsmann Foundation’s 2009 conference is available HERE.
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"Opportunities in Crisis 2" Conference – individual session recordings
wider format more audio and videosConference Reports
Pre-Conference Reception Yields High Hopes for Broad Dialogue Bertelsmann Foundation: The Benefits of Investing in Our Youth during Times of Crisis Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan: Soul Mates? Innovation, With A Little Government Help The School of Hard Knocks: Educating Our Way out of the Financial Crisis Size Doesn’t Matter – The Financial Crisis Hits Liechtenstein Trade Is The Key to Unlock Development The Student Becomes the Master in Managing Economic Crisis The G20’s Full Plate The Feminine Mystique
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