Global Competitiveness Forum - Saudi Arabia - Bruce Fenton

Video Title :	Global Competitiveness Forum - Saudi Arabia - Bruce Fenton
Description :	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 Alabbar Chairman of Emaar Properties PJSC James (Jim) F. Albaugh Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company President and Chief Executive Officer Integrated Defense Systems H.E. Amr Al-Dabbagh Governor & Chairman, SAGIA Khalid Al Gosaibi Minister of Economy and Planning, Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia HE Eng. Khalid Abdullah Almolhem Director General, Saudi Airlines HE Dr. Mohammed Al-Suwaiyel President, King Abdullaziz City for Science and Technology Henry Azzam CEO Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) - Deutsche Bank Mr. Alan L. Boeckmann Chairman of the Board & CEO, Fluor Corporation Dr. Werner Brandt Member of the Executive Board & Chief Financial Officer, SAP AG Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland former Prime Minister of Norway & former Director General of the World Health Organization. Special Envoy on Climate Change for the United Nations Prof. Herwig Brunner Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology, Professor at the University of Stuttgart Mr. John T. Chambers Chairman & CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc. Mr Victor Chu Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group Mr. Dick Evans President & CEO, Alcan Inc. Mr. Bruce Fenton Founder & Managing Director, Atlantic Financial Inc Mr. Mark B. Fuller Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Monitor Group Gail D. Fosler President and Chief Economist The Conference Board Prof. Stéphane Garelli Professor at IMD and at the University of Lausanne, Director World Competitiveness Center Mr. German Gref RF Minister of Economic Development and Trade Anant Gupta Founding Partner and CEO, HCL Mr. Jean-Michel Halfon Area President Canada / Latin America / Africa / Middle-Est Dr. Axel Claus Heitmann Chairman of the Board of Management, LANXESS AG HE Eng. Mohamed Jamil Ahmed Mulla Minister of Information and Communication Technology Mr. Tapani Järvinen President & CEO, Outotec Mr Lee Yi Shyan Minister of State for Trade and Industry Republic of SingaporeMr. Franklin Pitcher Johnson, JR. Founding Partner Asset Management Company Prof. Michio Kaku Theoretical physicist, best-selling author & popularizer of science Mr. Younghoon David Kim Chairman, Daesung Group Mr. Nemir A. Kirdar President & CEO, Investcorp. Mr. Mikael Mäkinen President & CEO, Cargotec Sir Terence Matthews Chairman, Wesley Clover Mr. Hartmut Mehdorn Chairman of the Management Board & CEO, DB AG Mr. Yasuyuki Nambu Group CEO of Pasona Group is from Japan and its official site is original Japanese site http://www.pasona.co.jp English site is also available http://www.pasona.co.jp/english Mr. Aref Naqvi Executive Vice Chairman & CEO, Abraaj Capital Prof. Jane Nelson Senior Fellow & Director of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Dr. Michael E. Porter Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School Azim Premji Chairman, Wipro Dr. John Quelch Senior 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 Limited Mr. Don Thornhill Chairman, National Competitiveness Council of Ireland Mr. Nigel Turner CEO, BMI Prof. 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 Industry Philip Yeo Special Advisor for Economic Development
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Rating :	4.47
Keywords, Tags :	Saudi Arabia Riyadh Arab Middle East economy Davos Global Competitiveness Forum world bank IMF WEF development
Video Length :	7 : 19

Comments :

i'm not muslim, but islam is not evil. they're just being pushed around by extremists.

stephane garelli is cool!!!!

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.

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.

well said, so true

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.

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

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

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

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!