Alpbach Competitive Debate: Globalisation and Free Trade
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in englischer SpracheThe Alpbach Competitive Debate marks the conclusion of the Alpbach Debate Workshop, which trains scholarship holders in the art of debating. 8 students will get the opportunity to compete in front of a jury for a unique reward: the two winners of the competitive debate will get a chance to participate as speakers at the Economic Symposium’s Alpbach Debate on August 29, 2017.
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Pascal LAMY
Former Director General, WTO - World Trade Organization; President, Paris Peace Forum; President emeritus, Jacques Delors Institute, Paris
| 1981-1983 | Advisor, Minister of Economy and Finance, Jacques Delors, Paris |
| 1983-1985 | Deputy Head of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy's cabinet, Paris |
| 1985-1994 | Head of Cabinet of the President of the European Commission Jacques Delors Cabinet, and his "sherpa" at the G-7/G-8, Brussels |
| 1994-1999 | Recovery of the French Bank Crédit Lyonnais, then Chief Executive Officer, Paris |
| 1999-2004 | Commissioner for Trade under the presidency of Romano Prodi, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2005-2013 | Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Geneva |
| since 2015 | Interministerial delegate for the preparation of the French candidature for the Universal Exhibition 2025 |
| since 2016 | President of the French Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) |
| Chair of the European group of experts in charge of evaluating the impact of EU research funding | |
| since 2018 | Chair of the Paris Peace Forum |
Genevieve PONS
Director, Brussel's Office, Institut Jacques Delors; Former Director, WWF European Policy Office, Brussels
| 1989-1991 | Member, Environment Team, Legal Service, European Commission, Brussels |
| 1991-1995 | Member, Cabinet of the President, European Commission, Brussels |
| 1995-2010 | Senior Manager, Head of several units, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2010-2011 | Head, Simplification and Administrative Burden Reduction Unit, Secretary-General, European Commission, Brussels |
| since 2011 | Honorary Director, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2011-2013 | Judge, Administrative Court of Appeal, Paris |
| 2013-2015 | Director, Legal Service, ILO - International Labour Organization, Geneva |
| 2015-2017 | Director, WWF European Policy Office, Brussels |
| since 2017 | Director, Institut Jacques Delors, Brussel's Office |
Dipl.-Kfm. Dr. Claus J. RAIDL
Vice President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
| 1970-1971 | Senior assistant, Institute for Applied Social and Economic Research |
| 1971-1974 | Worked in banking and for a certified public accountant, provided consultancy services to the OECD on international tax law and multinational corporations |
| 1974-1981 | Österreichische Volksfürsorge Allgemeine Versicherung AG |
| 1981-1982 | Member of the Executive Board, Wiener Holding Ges.m.b.H. |
| 1982-1986 | Member of the Executive Board, ÖIAG (Österreichische Industrieverwaltungs AG) |
| 1986-1988 | Deputy Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President, VOEST-ALPINE AG |
| 1988-1992 | Deputy Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President, VOEST-ALPINE STAHL AG |
| 1993-1994 | Member of the Executive Board, AUSTRIAN INDUSTRIES AG |
| 1991-2010 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM AG |
| 2007-2010 | Member, Executive Board, voestalpine AG |
| 2008-2018 | President, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna |
| since 2012 | Vice President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna |
Richard NGO
Debating Trainer, The Oxford Union, Oxford
| 2008-2012 | Secondary School, King's College, Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2009-2012 | Winner, Winter Debating, Auckland Junior Premier, Auckland Debating Championships; semifinalist at New Zealand all-high-school championship |
| 2011-2012 | Volunteer Tutor, Disadvantages New Zealand Secondary Schools |
| 2012-2013 | Part-time Tutor, NumberWorks and Words |
| 2013-2016 | Part-time university consultant and tutor, Crimson Consulting |
| 2013-2017 | Finalist at 7 UK debating Tournaments |
| 2014-2017 | Student, Computer Science and Philosophy, University of Oxford |
| 2014 | Entrepreneurship Intern, Lockify tech startup |
| 2015 | Research and Development Intern, Medidata |
| 2016 | Researcher, York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis |
| Winner, Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Debate | |
| 2016-2017 | Debating trainer, The Oxford Union, Oxford |
| 2017 | Representative for Oxford, World Championship |
