Business 2050: Europe’s search for the competitive edge
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Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheWhat is Europe’s competitive edge? Europe lies between the digital superpower of North America and the expansive economies of Asia. Economically strong but politically increasingly instable, the question is where do European businesses need to develop to in order to keep their competitive edge towards 2050?
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Ph.D. Mariana MAZZUCATO
Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, UCL - University College London, and Director, IIPP - Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, London
| 1984-1998 | US Foreign Service Officer |
| 1998-2001 | Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
| 2001-2002 | Associate Director, Policy Planning Staff, US Department of State |
| 2002-2007 | Senior Director for Russia, US National Security Council staff |
| 2011-2017 | Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University |
| since 2007 | Managing Director, Kissinger Associations, Inc. |
Satjiv CHAHIL
Silicon Valley Innovations Advisor, Social Entrepreneur, former Chief Marketing Officer, Apple Inc., former Chief Marketing Officer, HP Inc., San Francisco
| 1968-1971 | Bachelor of Commerce, Punjab University, Chandigarh |
| 1975-1976 | Master of International Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Glendale, Arizona |
| 1976-1979 | Management Position, IBM - International Business Machines Corporation |
| 1979-1988 | General Manager, Strategic Business Unit for multilingual workstations, Xerox |
| 1988-1997 | Positions of Increasing Responsibility, last position held was Member of Executive Management Committee, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, General Manager New Media, Entertainment Industry and Internet Divison, Apple Inc. |
| 1999-2000 | Chief Marketing Officer, Newbridge Networks and Alcatel |
| 2000-2005 | Chief Marketing Officer, Palm, Inc. |
| 2000-2006 | Executive Advisor, BMW Group |
| 2002-2006 | Chairman and Co-Founder, MDM - Mobile Digital Media / Quickoffice, acquired by Google in 2011 |
| 2005-2010 | Senior Vice President Global Marketing, HP - Hewlett-Packard |
| 2011-2014 | Executive Advisor, Sony and San Francisco 49'ers |
| since 2013 | Executive Advisor, Starkey Hearing Technologies |
| since 2015 | Global Marketing and Innovations Advisor, SWAROVSKI |
Carl-Peter FORSTER
Member of the Board, Geely Automobile and Volvo Cars Corporation, Hangzhou and Gothenburg; Chairman, London Taxi Company, Coventry; Chairman, Chemring Plc, Romsey
| Degrees in Economics and Aeronautical Engineering | |
| 1982-1986 | Management Consultant, later Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company |
| 1986 | BMW AG, various positions, the last one as Vice President responsible for the development of the Medium Class BMW model line |
| 1996 | Managing Director BMW South Africa (Pty) Ltd. |
| 1999-2000 | Member of the Board BMW AG, responsible for worldwide manufacturing |
| 2001 | Adam Opel AG, Managing Director and Vice President of General Motors Europe |
| 2004 | President and Chief Operation Officer of General Motors Europe |
| 2006-2009 | President and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors Europe, Group Vice President of General Motors and Member of GM's Global Automotive Strategy Board |
| 2010 | Tata Motors Ltd (including JaguarLandRover), Group Chief Executive Officer until 2011, Member of the Board until 2012 |
| since 2013 | Member of the Board of Volvo Cars Corporation, Gothenburg and Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong |
Shahrzad RAFATI
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BroadbandTV Corp, Vancouver
| 2005 | BSc, Computer Science, University of British columbia |
| since 2005 | Founder, BroadbandTV, Vancouver |
| since 2012 | Co-Founder, Chopra Yoga Center, Vancouver |
Stephen SACKUR
Journalist and Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, London
| 1985 | Bachelor, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, MA |
| John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA | |
| 1986-1990 | Trainee, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, London |
| 1990-1992 | Foreign Affairs Correspondent, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, London |
| 1992-1995 | Correspondent in the Middle East, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, Cairo |
| 1995-1997 | Correspondent in the Middle East, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, Jerusalem |
| 1997-2002 | Correspondent in Washington, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, Washington |
| 2002-2004 | Europe Correspondent, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, Brussels |
| since 2004 | Host, HARDtalk, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation World News, London |
| since 2017 | Honorary Doctor, International Relations, Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Geneva |
