The Global Agenda 2011

The Global Agenda 2011

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November 10th 2011 - November 11th 2011
  • The Dorchester, London

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AN EXCLUSIVE DINNER AND BOARDROOM MEETING

The Economist's Global Agenda Meeting is much more than a simple get-together of global leaders from many fields. Those invited to participate represent the cream of global business, politics and thought-leadership. Invitees range from heads of $1 billion-plus global corporations to prize-winning academics and senior policymakers.

Alongside The Economist’s Editor-in-Chief will be four other members of his senior editorial team who will lead the discussion of the topics that are dominating the boardroom and world economy - a debate of great minds on key business, political and economic issues. In the spirit of The Economist, the meeting focuses on a free and open exchange of ideas. 

Last year, the proceedings were kicked off by the Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, UK Government, who gave a keynote at the dinner. The meeting closed the next day with an interview with Justin King, Chief Executive of Sainsbury's.

The Global Agenda has two parts: a dinner on Thursday November 10th, with a specially invited speaker, followed by a meeting from 08.30-13.15 on Friday November 11th.

Click herefor a summary of last year's discussions.

 

Who attends?

Now in its 8th year, this pretigious event gathers the world's most influential business leaders, senior policy-makers and thinkers from economics and academia.

PAST ATTENDEES INCLUDE:

Chief Executive Officer, Admiral Group
Chief Executive Officer, Alfred McAlpine
Chairman, Alliance & Leicester
Executive Chairman, Alliance Boots
Chief Executive Officer, Amec
Chief Executive, Amlin
Chief Executive Officer, Anglian Water
Chairman, ARM Holdings
Chief Executive, Associated British Foods
Chief Executive, Atkins
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Autonomy Corporation
Chief Executive Officer, Aviva
Chairman, BAE Systems
Chairman, Bank of England
Chief Executive, Barclays
Chairman, BBC Trust
Chairman, BG Group
President, Boeing UK
Chief Executive, Bradford & Bingley
Chief Executive Officer, British Telecom
Chief Executive Officer, Cable & Wireless Worldwide
Chairman, Carillion
Chairman , Centrica
President, European Markets, Cisco
Chief Executive Officer, CMP Medica
Chairman, CNP Assurances
President, Confederation of British Industry
President, Dow Europe
Group Chief Executive, DS Smith
Chief Executive Officer, DTZ Holdings
Ambassador, Embassy of the United States of America
European Union Ambassador to the United States, European Commission
Chairman, Eversheds
Chairman and President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Chief Executive, Financial Times
Chief Executive Officer, Fortis Bank
Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment, French Government
Chairman, Friends Provident
Group Chief Executive Officer, Friends Provident
Non- Executive Chairman, Greggs
Chairman, Hays
Chief Executive, Hitachi Capital
Chairman, ICAP
Chief Executive Officer, Intertek Group
Chief Executive Officer, Investec Asset Management
Chief Executive Officer, J Sainsbury
Group Chief Executive Officer, Kingfisher
UK Chairman and Senior Partner, KPMG
Chief Executive Officer, lastminute.com
Chief Executive, Liberty International
Chief Executive Officer, Logica
Professor of European Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science
Chairman, London Stock Exchange
Chairman, Lonmin
Chief Executive, Marks & Spencer
Secretary of State For Europe, Ministry of Defence
Chairman and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Group Chief Executive, National Express Group
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Oxbridge Capital
Chief Executive Officer, Paragon Group
Chief Executive Officer, QinetiQ Group
Chairman, Regus Group
Chairman, Resolution
Chief Executive, Resolution Asset Management
Chief Executive, Rio Tinto
Chairman, Rolls-Royce
Chairman, Royal Bank of Canada Europe
Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell
Chief Executive, RPS Group
Group Chief Executive, Savills
Chairman, Scottish Power
Chairman, Severn Trent
Chairman, Smith & Nephew
Chief Executive, Spectris
Chairman, Tate & Lyle
Chief Executive, Tesco
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Penguin Group
Chief Executive Officer, The Restaurant Group
Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, UBS Global Asset Management
Chief Executive, UK Trade and Investment
Group Chief Executive Officer, Unipart Group
Chief Executive, Whitbread
Chief Executive Officer, Xchanging