Global Competitiveness Forum: Program

Welcoming & Networking – 08:00 - 8:50

PANEL SESSION (MAIN PLENARY) – 09:00 - 10:15

Innovation as a Means of Competitiveness

Innovation is about change, often unpredictable change, and breaking new ground in a new way. It’s how businesses grow and nations build diverse and sustainable economies. Innovation is therefore an essential ingredient to growth. As the global economy grinds forward and the world becomes smaller and more interdependent, with greater stresses being placed on populations and the earth, the most competitive companies and nations will be those that innovate. Find out more »

PANEL SESSION (MAIN PLENARY) – 10:15 - 11:30

Innovation in Healthcare

Some estimates suggest that the world’s population is set to increase to 50% by 2050. A major part of this growth will happen in emerging economies, characterized by large rural and dispersed populations, relatively low incomes, and inadequate access to healthcare. At the same time, people are living longer everywhere but chronic diseases are on the increase. In some parts of the world, the question isn’t healthcare, it’s survival, and in others, there are subtleties in the various forms of technologies and treatments available. If healthcare is the treatment and prevention of illness, what are the innovations needed, what are the health concerns, and what is being done around the world to ensure better and more accessible healthcare? Find out more »

PANEL SESSION (SIDE PLENARY) – 10:15 - 11:30

Creativity at Work

According to a report by UNCTAD, the creative economy is an emerging concept dealing with the interface between creativity, culture, economics, and technology. The potential for these industries (these include museums, visual arts, design, architecture) to generate socio-economic growth and development is being validated by GDP and employment numbers. However, in a post-recession world, these industries are among the first to be affected by cuts in government spending and policy reform. Find out more »

Coffee Break – 11:30 - 11:45

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PANEL SESSION (MAIN PLENARY) – 11:45 - 01:00

Capital: Wanted

Capital investment is the life blood of economic growth. Without capital, innovation cannot be supported. The global financial crisis severely disrupted cross-border capital flows and siphoned off the availability of capital for investment worldwide. How will the capital markets recover and begin investing in growth once again? Find out more »

Lunch Program – 01:00 -02:00

Most Competitive Youth Initiative

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PANEL SESSION (MAIN PLENARY) – 02:00 - 03:15

Contact: Learning from Outer Space

Psychological and socio-cultural assumptions and preconceptions constrain us to a large extent, and shape our views of the universe so that we are inclined to find what we are looking for, and fail to see what we are not. Using knowledge gained from research in the fields of Ufology and the search for extraterrestrial life, what might we possibly learn about hindrances to innovation in other areas of inquiry? Find out more »

KEYNOTE SPEECH – 03:15 - 03:35

Nassim Taleb: The Black Swan

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Coffee Break – 03:35 - 03:50

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PANEL SESSION (MAIN PLENARY) – 03:50 - 05:05

Shifts in the Energy Landscape

There is perhaps no sector of the global economy more fundamental to the future than energy, or is there a sector of the global economy with a more complex and controversial set of variables to negotiate. With the technological advances, environmental impact, and renewable energy development, energy has increasingly risen as a hot topic on every major agenda. What are the technological, sociological and political innovations required toward creating a future where energy security and harmony are established components? Find out more »

PANEL SESSION (SIDE PLENARY) – 03:50 - 05:05

Driven By Purpose

If there are heroes, there are needs. Continuing population growth, rising energy demands and costs, increasing global inequity and poverty, increasing global competitiveness, and the growing impact of climate change means a new generation of innovative and influential leaders must arise to create solutions to these challenges. Find out more »

Program

Welcoming & Networking – 08:00 - 8:50

PANEL SESSION (MAIN PLENARY) – 09:00 - 10:15

PANEL SESSION (MAIN PLENARY) – 10:15 - 11:30

PANEL SESSION (SIDE PLENARY) – 10:15 - 11:30

Coffee Break – 11:30 - 11:45

PANEL SESSION (MAIN PLENARY) – 11:45 - 01:00

Lunch Program – 01:00 -02:00

PANEL SESSION (MAIN PLENARY) – 02:00 - 03:15

KEYNOTE SPEECH – 03:15 - 03:35

Coffee Break – 03:35 - 03:50

PANEL SESSION (MAIN PLENARY) – 03:50 - 05:05

PANEL SESSION (SIDE PLENARY) – 03:50 - 05:05

KEYNOTE SPEECH – 05:05 - 05:25