World Leadership Forum 2008
Event offered by:The Foreign Policy Association
Event Details
- Date:
- Tuesday, September 23, 2008
- Wednesday, September 24, 2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM - Location:
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The St. Regis
2 East 55th Street
New York, NY
- Event type
- Lecture / Panel
Event Transcripts and Video
Hosted by the Foreign Policy Association and coinciding with the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly, the annual World Leadership Forum brought key policy makers together for two days of events, including panels on the global economy and energy security.
Watch panel I: The Word from Wall Street
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
PricewaterhouseCoopers
300 Madison Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City
MORNING SESSION
8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:50 a.m. Welcoming Remarks by
Brendan P. Dougher, Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Panel I: THE WORD FROM WALL STREET
From the sub-prime crisis to bank failures, where is Wall Street headed? Leading experts from Wall Street give a comprehensive assessment.
Moderated by: Brendan P. Dougher, Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
James E. Glassman, Director U.S. Economic & Policy Issues Research, JPMorganChase
William N. Goetzmann, Professor of Finance and Director, Yale University International Center for Finance
Henry Kaufman, President, Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc.
Gary Parr, Deputy Chairman, Lazard Group LLC.
10:15-11:15 a.m. Panel II: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
With record energy and food prices and growing volatility in global financial markets, what is the outlook for the U.S. and global economies? How will geo-economics affect U.S. foreign policy?
Moderated by: Theodore Roosevelt IV, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers
Marc Chandler, Global Head of Currency Strategy, Brown Brothers Harriman, Associate Professor, NYU
Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
William W. Priest, Chief Executive Officer, Epoch Holding Corporation
Paul Sheard, Global Chief Economist, Lehman Brothers
LUNCHEON PROGRAM
Venue: Waldorf-Astoria (49th Street and Park Avenue)
Hilton/Empire Room
12:00 p.m. Keynote Address by
H.E. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of The Government of Spain
12:30 p.m. Luncheon in honor of H.E. Lech Kaczynski, President of The Republic of Poland
AFTERNOON SESSION
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers – 300 Madison Avenue at 42nd Street
2:30 p.m. PANEL III: ENERGY SECURITY
How will trends in energy use and acquisition influence the future of international relations? What role will energy security play in shaping the foreign policy of the United States, and how will the growing energy needs of developing countries such as China and India affect international oil markets.
Moderated by: John D. Hofmeister, Former President, Shell Oil Company
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy
Ashok Gupta, Program Director Air & Energy, Natural Resources Defense Council
Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future
Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, Correspondent, The Economist
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
3:30 p.m.
H.E. Abdullah Gül, President, The Republic of Turkey
“WLF 2008 Dinner”
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The Pierre
5th Avenue at 61st Street, New York City
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. dinner with keynote address by
H.E. Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister, The Netherlands
 
H.E. Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister, The Netherlands
H.E. Abdullah Gül, President, The Republic of Turkey
The Hon. David A. Paterson, Governor, State of New York
Jean Charest, Premier of Québec
Felipe Calderon, President, Republic of Mexico
Panel II: Global Economic Outlook
Panel III: Energy Security
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