Speakers

Keynote speakers for the Forum include the following:

Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary General, United Nations

Mr. Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Prime Minister, Denmark

Mr. Lipponen, Prime Minister, Finland

Mr. Carlos Abascal, Secretary of Labour, Mexico

Ms. Mahani Zainal Abidin, University of Malaya

Mr. Michel Barde, SG, Fédération des Syndicats Patronaux

Ms. Adrienne Bird, Chief Director, HRD and Careers Services, Department of Labour, South Africa

Mr. Roberto Bissio, Coordinator of Social Watch, Third World Institute, Montevideo

Lord Bill Brett, Vice-Chairman of the Governing Body of the ILO

Ms. Patricia Bullrich, Argentina Labour Minister

Prof. Frank den Butter, Free University, Netherlands

Prof. J.M. Camargo, Economics Department, Pontifical Catholic University, Brazil

Mr. Manuel Castells, University of Berkeley

Mr. Pascal Couchepin, Minister for Economic Affairs, Switzerland

Mr. John Daniel, Assistant Director General, UNESCO

Mr. Alain Dumont, Directeur de l'Education et de la Formation, MEDEF, France

Ms. Vedna Essoo, Economist, Mauritius Employers Federation

Mr. John Evans, General Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD

Mr. Jeff Faux, President of the Economic Policy Institute, US

Ms. Maria Carmen Ferreira, National Director of Employment, Ministry of Labour, Uruguay

Mr. José-Maria Figueres, Managing Director, Global Agenda, World Economic Forum

Mr. Daniel Funes de Rioja, Vice-Chairman of the Governing Body of the ILO

Prof. Bernard Gazier, University of Paris

Mr. Anthony Giles, Research Director of NAFTA's Commission on Labor Cooperation

Mr. Bruno Giussani, Journalist and author

Mr. Nirmal Jain, CEO, Tata Info-Tech

Mr. Phil Jennings, General Secretary, Union Network International

Mr. Bill Jordan, General Secretary, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

Mr. Anthonis Kastrissianakis, Director, EU Commission

Mr. Neil Kearney, General Secretary, International Textile Garment Leather Workers' Federation

Mr.W. Kiboro, Chairman, Federation of Kenyan Employers, Kenya

Ms. Veronica Kofie, Head, International Department of Ghana Trade Union Congress (GTUC)

Ms. Miroslava Kopicova, Director, National Training Fund, Prague, Czech Rep

Ms. Anne Knowles, Chief Executive, New Zealand Employers' Federation

Mr. John Langmore, Director, Social Policy and Development, UN

Mr. Bruno Lanvin, Executive Secretary of DOT Force, The World Bank

Mr. Allan Larsson, former Minister of Finance, Sweden, former Director General of DGV, European Commission

Mr. A.D. Lazar, Assist. Deputy Minister for Strategic Policy and HRD, Canada

Dr. M. Leonard, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Queens University of Belfast, UK

Mr. Manuel Marfan, former Minister of Finance, Chile

Mr. Tom Niles, President, United States International Business Council (USCIB)

Mr. Ormala, Director of Technology Policy, Nokia Group, Finland

Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director-General Designate, World Trade Organization and Former Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand

Mr. François Perigot, President, International Organisation of Employers

Mr. Dirk Pilat, Senior Economist, Economic Analysis and Statistics Division, OECD

Prof. F. Prokopov, Moscow State University

Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Karnataka Planning Commission, India

Mr. Robert Reich, Brandeis University, Former U.S. Secretary of Labour

Ms. Nancy Riche, Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Labour Congress

Mr. Rubens Ricupero, SG, UNCTAD

Mr. Jozef Ritzen, VP Human Development Network, World Bank

Prof. Maria Joao Rodriges, Portuguese PM's Coordinator of European and National Policies

Mr. Paul Ryan, Kings College, Cambridge University

Mr. Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, India

Mr. Dato Ahmad Mokhtar Selat, Deputy Secretary-General, ASEAN

Dr. Noordin Sopiee, Chairman and CEO, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia

Mr. Krassen Stanchev, Executive Director, Institute of Market Economics, Bulgaria

Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, Stanford University

Mr. Robert Taylor, Former Employment Editor of the Financial Times

Mr. A.L. Tou, Chairman of the Governing Body of the ILO and Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security, Burkina Faso

Mr. Van der Veer, President, Shell International B.V.

Ms. Ruzena Vintrova, Adviser, Dept. for Economic Strategy, Czech Republic

Ms. Mia de Vits, General Secretary, FGTB

Mr. Wang, Director of Employment, Ministry of Labour, Shanghai

Ms. Julie Weeks, Managing Director, National Foundation for Women Business Owners

Mr. Zhang Zuoji, Minister of Labour, China