6 October
10 am – 1 pm

Panel on "Strengthening entrepreneurship in developing countries: The potential of the diaspora"

Panelists:

♦ Mr. Rajat Gupta, Senior Partner Worldwide
   McKinsey and Co.

♦ Mr. Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, Executive Director
   African Foundation for Development (AFFORD)

♦ Ms. Molly Pollack, Executive Director
   Chile Global

♦ Ms. Lisa Curtis, Private Sector Adviser
   UK Department for International Development (DFID)

♦ Ms. Wanja Michuki, Chief Executive Officer
   Highland Tea Company

9 October
10 am – 12 pm

Keynote address on "The Future of Globalization: Growing complexities and challenges and search for solutions" by Dr. Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge

12 October
3 pm – 5 pm

Briefing on the outcome of the 2006 Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the Bretton Woods Institutions in Singapore

Speakers:

♦ Mr. Masood Ahmed, Director, External Relations
   International Monetary Fund

♦ Mr. Kevin Kellems, Acting Vice-President, External Affairs
   Communications and United Nations Affairs, The World Bank

18 October
3 pm – 5 pm

Panel on "Social Policy in an Era of Globalisation"

Panelists:

♦ Professor Laura Tyson, Dean
   London Business School

♦ Professor Kaushik Basu, C. Marks Professor of International Studies
   and Professor of Economics, Cornell University, New York

♦ Dr. Michal Rutkowski, Director, Human Development Department
   Middle East and North African Region, The World Bank

20 October
3 pm – 5 pm

Panel discussion on "Scaling up of aid flows"

Lead discussant:

♦ Ms. Benu Schneider, Chief
   Debt, Finance and Systemic Issues Unit
   Financing for Development Office, UN-DESA

Panelists:

♦ Mr. Louis Kasekende, Chief Economist
   African Development Bank

♦ Mr. Elliot Harris, Policy Review Department
   International Monetary Fund

♦ Ms. Nora Lustig, Director of the Poverty Group
   Bureau of Development Policy, United Nations Development Program

23 October
3 pm – 5 pm

Panel on "Innovative Finance to Combat Climate Change"

Panelist:

♦ Professor Robert N. Stavins
   Harvard University

30 October
3 pm – 5 pm

Panel on "Negotiating Doha"

Panelists:

♦ Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director-General
   World Trade Organization, Geneva

♦ Mr. Gary Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow
   Institute for International Economics, Washington D.C.

♦ Dr. Carlos M. Correa
   University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

1 November
10 am – 1 pm

Panel on "Energy Security and its Implications for the Future"

Panelists:

♦ Dr. Daniel Yergin, Chairman and Co-Founder
   Cambridge Energy Research Associates

♦ Mr. Masanori Kobayashi, Senior Policy Researcher
   Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan

♦ Mr. Kui-nang Mak, Chief, Energy and Transport Branch,
   Division for Sustainable Development, DESA

3 November
10 am – 1 pm

Panel on "E-Government for Participation and Inclusion"

Panelists:

♦ Professor Ann Macintosh, Director, International Teledemocracy Centre,Z
   Napier University, United Kingdom

♦ Mr. Nam-Seok Kim, Assistant Minister for the e-Government
   Headquarters, Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs,
   Republic of Korea

♦ Mr. Abraham Sotelo Nava, Head of the E-government and Technology
   Policy Unit, Ministry of Public Function, Mexico

♦ Mr. Ivar Tallo, Director, e-Governance Academy, Estonia

♦ Mr. Guido Bertucci, Director, Division for Public Administration and
   Development Management, DESA

10 November
10 – 11:30 am

Launch of the "International Human Solidarity Day"

Keynote speaker:  Mr. Lech Walesa, Nobel Peace Prize winner,
founder of the Solidarity movement in Poland

Venue:  Trusteeship Council Chamber

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