IIASA Conference '07
Global Development:
Science and Policies for the Future

 

Selected Confirmed Speakers

akasaka

KIYOTAKA AKASAKA
Under-Secretary-General
for Communications and Public Information, United Nations

Congratulatory Address

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Serrano

ROSALIA ARTEAGA SERRANO
former President and Vice-President, Republic of Ecuador

"Natural Resources - A Shared Responsibility"

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barnevik

PERCY BARNEVIK
Chairman, Hand in Hand International, UK

"Mobilization of the World's Extremely Poor People
into Entrepreneurship and Job Creation"

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Brito

LIDIA BRITO
former Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Mozambique

"Science and Technology for Sustainable Development:
A Southern Perspective"

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chipeta

MAFA E. CHIPETA
FAO
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

"Redefining the Rio Agenda: Agriculture, Forestry and Environment in the Era of Bioenergy"

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Dieckmann

"The Global Fisheries Crisis: Acknowledged Causes
and Elusive Cures"

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Dottori

FRANK A. DOTTORI
former President & CEO
Tembec Inc.
Canada

"Why Did the Stone Age End?"

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Ekman

BO EKMAN
Chairman
Tällberg Advisors, Tällberg Foundation
Sweden

"Making the Transition from Business as Usual
to Business as Sustainability: A Systems Problem"

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fischer

HEINZ FISCHER
Federal President of Austria

Host Country Address

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Gaidar

YEGOR T. GAIDAR
Former Acting Prime Minister
Director, Institute for the Economy in Transition
Russia


"Key Risks for Global Development Stability"

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goujon

"Human Capital is the Key to Global Development"

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gruebler

"Coping with Uncertainties"

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hahn
JOHANNES HAHN
Federal Minister
for Science and Research
Austria

Host Country Address

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hordijk
LEEN HORDIJK
Director, IIASA

Welcome Address

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Zhenghua

JIANG ZHENGHUA
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee
of the National People's Congress
People's Republic of China

"To Establish a Sustainable and Harmonious World"

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Jorgensen

STEEN JORGENSEN
Director, Social Development Department; Chair, Social Development Sector Board, World Bank

"New Frontiers in Social Policy -
Human Security in a Fragile World"
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max-neef

MANFRED A. MAX-NEEF
Alternative Nobel Prize Winner
Former Presidential Candidate
Rector of Universidad Austral de Chile

"From Knowledge to Understanding"

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mcgonigal

JANE MCGONIGAL
Resident Game Designer, Institute for the Future
Institute for the Future, Palo Alto, USA


"Collective Intelligence Games for Global Development"

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McGregor

ALLISTER MCGREGOR
Director, ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries, University of Bath, UK

"Wellbeing and its Challenges
to International Development"

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mokhele

KHOTSO MOKHELE
Former 1st President
National Research Foundation
South Africa

"What Will It Take for the Developing World to Extricate Itself from Under-development?"

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mackellar

"Health and Global Development: Trends and Uncertainties; Challenges and Responses"

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naki


"The Changing World: Energy, Climate and Social Futures"

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nilsson

STEN NILSSON
Deputy Director and Leader
Forestry Program
IIASA

"The Three Fs: Food, Fiber and Fuel"

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ollila

JORMA J. OLLILA
Chairman of the Boards
Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia
Finland

"Towards a Sustainable World: A Corporate Perspective"

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Olson

BERIT OLSSON
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sweden


Can Low Income Countries Develop without their own Scientific Community?

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pacala

STEPHEN W. PACALA
Petrie Professor of Biology & Director, Princeton Environmental Institute, USA

"Equitable Solutions to Greenhouse Warming: on the Distribution of Wealth, Emissions and Responsibility Within and Between Nations."

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Parikh

KIRIT S. PARIKH
Member
Planning Commission
Government of India

"Beyond a Hunger Free World"

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patt

"Geo-information Systems for Global Development"

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Pronk
JAN PRONK
Former Minister of Environment
Former Special Representative of the Secretary General
Head of Mission, UN Mission in Sudan
The Netherlands

"Development and Conflict"
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Reisen

HELMUT REISEN
Councellor, OECD Development Centre, France

"The Asian Giants' Integration into the World Economy: What Does it Mean to the Poor and the Rich?"

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rodriguez

CARLOS MANUEL RODRIGUEZ
Former Minister of Environment
and Energy, Costa Rica


"Can We Save the Tropical Forests?"

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Sachs

JEFFREY D. SACHS
Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University, USA


"The World at 2050"

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Schellling

THOMAS SCHELLING
Nobel Laureate (Economics, 2005)
USA


"Managing Nuclear Proliferation"

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Wagner

"Clean Air and Development"

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Winkler
HANS WINKLER
State Secretary for European and International Affairs, Austria

Host Country Address

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yueh

LINDA YUEH
Fellow in Economics, University of Oxford
Visiting Professor, London Business School, UK

"Laws, Institutions, Social Capital
and Economic Development."

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Concluding discussion chair:

davis
GED DAVIS
Co-President
Global Energy Assessment
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Rapporteurs:


correll
ROBERT W. CORELL

Manager, Global Change Program The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, USA
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lutz WOLFGANG LUTZ
Leader, World Population Program IIASA
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white ANDY WHITE
Coordinator
Rights and Resources Initiative
USA
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oneill BRIAN O'NEILL
Leader, Population & Climate Change Program
IIASA
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sarah SARAH STAVETEIG
Ph.D. Candidate,
University of California,
Berkeley, USA
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Moderator:

troy

MICHAEL TROY
TCC, International Coordinators/Producers
Austria

 

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