Global Competitiveness Forum - Saudi Arabia - Bruce Fenton
The Global Competitiveness Forum ("GCF") is an annual meeting of top business executives, international political leaders, selected intellectuals, and academics who share an interest in global competitiveness. For the 2008 GCF, Saudi Arabia celebrated its new ranking in terms of "ease to do business" --rated as 23rd country worldwide and 1st in the Middle East and in the Arab world. Saudi Arabia has also greatly improved rankings by the World Bank and the World Economic Forum. In 2007, more than 500 of these key leaders participated in the first annual GCF which included a keynote address by Bill Gates of Microsoft.The event is held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia right before the Davos Economic Forum.In 2008 and under the patronage of H.M. King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, the forum gathered 1,000 internationally recognized leaders. The program is designed to create a discussion platform for experts, corporate leaders, political leaders, NGOs, academics and other stakeholders.GCF Speakers included the following people: Mohamed Ali AlabbarChairman of Emaar Properties PJSCJames (Jim) F. AlbaughExecutive Vice President, The Boeing CompanyPresident and Chief Executive OfficerIntegrated Defense SystemsH.E. Amr Al-DabbaghGovernor & Chairman, SAGIAKhalid Al GosaibiMinister of Economy and Planning, Government of the Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaHE Eng. Khalid Abdullah Almolhem Director General, Saudi AirlinesHE Dr. Mohammed Al-SuwaiyelPresident, King Abdullaziz City for Science and TechnologyHenry AzzamCEO Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) - Deutsche BankMr. Alan L. BoeckmannChairman of the Board & CEO, Fluor CorporationDr. Werner BrandtMember of the Executive Board & Chief Financial Officer, SAP AGDr. Gro Harlem Brundtlandformer Prime Minister of Norway & former Director General of the World Health Organization. Special Envoy on Climate Change for the United NationsProf. Herwig BrunnerDirector of the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology, Professor at the University of StuttgartMr. John T. Chambers Chairman & CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc.Mr Victor ChuChairman, First Eastern Investment GroupMr. Dick EvansPresident & CEO, Alcan Inc.Mr. Bruce Fenton Founder & Managing Director, Atlantic Financial IncMr. Mark B. Fuller Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Monitor GroupGail D. Fosler President and Chief Economist The Conference BoardProf. Stéphane Garelli Professor at IMD and at the University of Lausanne, Director World Competitiveness CenterMr. German GrefRF Minister of Economic Development and TradeAnant GuptaFounding Partner and CEO, HCLMr. Jean-Michel HalfonArea President Canada / Latin America / Africa / Middle-EstDr. Axel Claus HeitmannChairman of the Board of Management, LANXESS AGHE Eng. Mohamed Jamil Ahmed MullaMinister of Information and Communication TechnologyMr. Tapani Järvinen President & CEO, OutotecMr Lee Yi ShyanMinister of State for Trade and IndustryRepublic of SingaporeMr. Franklin Pitcher Johnson, JR.Founding Partner Asset Management CompanyProf. Michio KakuTheoretical physicist, best-selling author & popularizer of scienceMr. Younghoon David Kim Chairman, Daesung Group Mr. Nemir A. Kirdar President & CEO, Investcorp.Mr. Mikael MäkinenPresident & CEO, CargotecSir Terence MatthewsChairman, Wesley CloverMr. Hartmut Mehdorn Chairman of the Management Board & CEO, DB AGMr. Yasuyuki Nambu Group CEO of Pasona Group is from Japan and its official site is original Japanese site http://www.pasona.co.jpEnglish... site is also available http://www.pasona.co.jp/englis... Aref NaqviExecutive Vice Chairman & CEO, Abraaj CapitalProf. Jane NelsonSenior Fellow & Director of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard UniversityDr. Michael E. Porter Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business SchoolAzim PremjiChairman, WiproDr. John QuelchSenior Associate Dean, Harvard Business School. Dr. Hector de J. Ruiz Chairman & CEO, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Mr. Frank John Sixt Executive Director & Group Finance Director, Hutchison Whampoa LimitedMr. Don Thornhill Chairman, National Competitiveness Council of IrelandMr. Nigel Turner CEO, BMIProf. Laura Tyson Professor, Haas Business and Public Policy Group at the University of California Berkeley Dr. Daniel Vasella, M.D. Chairman & CEO, Novartis AG.H.E. Dr. Hashim Yamani Minister of Commerce and IndustryPhilip YeoSpecial Advisor for Economic Development
Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: April 4, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Author: BruceFenton
Length: 07:20
Rating: 4.50
Views: 15302
Tags: Arab Arabia bank Competitiveness Davos development East economy Forum Global IMF Middle Riyadh Saudi WEF world
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futurama2506 (August 8, 2008 at 5:47 pm)
i'm not muslim, but islam is not evil. they're just being pushed around by extremists.
smartzazi (August 7, 2008 at 2:07 am)
well.. i've lived in Saudi Arabia and i've lived in the US.. and i really really prefer the "undemocratic" life of Saudia than the democratic life of the US..its so simple as this>>the middle class of saudia is equal to the high class of the US.. BELIEVE ME
hyrys (July 22, 2008 at 6:40 pm)
stephane garelli is cool!!!!
justiniom02 (July 17, 2008 at 2:02 am)
Absolutely right. I couldn't help cracking up when listening to these American "consultants" gushing obsequious praise for "The Kingdom". Just one of many examples of what and who the Saudis purchase with their oil money.
ourearthhome (June 18, 2008 at 1:04 am)
It would be interesting to see some of these "foreign" countries really learn to be competitive to the point they eat our 1st world lunch. They may learn the magic of untaxing productive activity while relying heavily on community created land and natural resource values to fund their governments and thereby stay out of the way of real "free enterprise". We would then have to learn from them what our entrenched and vested interests, both private business and governments, merely talk about.
OneTrackMindKSA (June 16, 2008 at 5:51 am)
well said, so true
gabrielg01 (June 14, 2008 at 7:46 pm)
The Kingdom is a feudal, utterly undemocratic country. There is nothing common between the culture of the Kingdom and the USA, except that America needs to buy the Kingdom's oil. The people talking in this video are sellouts. They are there praising and sucking up to the Saudis for business purposes.
Pieniadzo (May 11, 2008 at 1:41 pm)
if Ron Paul doesn't win the election there will be possibly a destabilization in the region, which will stop the economic development of Arab countries watch?v=L3gQfz8GC0o
NZJenn (April 10, 2008 at 10:57 am)
sasktank - Flaming heck, that IS cheap, doubt I could get anything like that for such a reasonable price in NZ, Australia or the UK! Dubai is pretty cool, I love living here and all the friends that have visited keep coming back. It is definitely worth a visit and I can recommend living here too!
sasktank (April 9, 2008 at 6:44 am)
my place is 7 acres ,river,forest,mountain--$40.000----western canada---so im biased to good prices----but for a modern city dubai is probably good priced---it sure looks cool there---fun to visit |
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