Session Papers
Plenary Session I - Global Economic Governance after the Crisis |
| Title: Global Liquidity, World Savings Glut and Global Policy Coordination Author: Ansgar Belke (University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, and DIW Berlin) & Daniel Gros (Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels) Download PDF |
Plenary Session II - The Way Forward for Reserve Currencies |
| Title: The Way Forward for Reserve Currencies Author: Giacomo Luciani (Director, Gulf Research Center Foundation, Geneva) Download PDF |
Plenary Session III - Banking and Finance: Rebuilding Faith in Financial Institutions |
| Title: Challenges of Financial Sector Regulation after the Global Financial Crisis Author: Eckart Woertz (Program Manager Economics, Gulf Research Center) Download PDF |
Plenary Session IV - Energy and the Environment |
| Title: Energy and the Environment Author: Giacomo Luciani (Director, Gulf Research Center Foundation, Geneva) Download PDF |
Plenary Session V - Tackling Protectionism in Trade and Investment |
| Title: Prospects for the World Trading System in 2010: "Events, Dear Boy, Events" Author: Simon J. Evenett (Professor of International Trade and Economic Development, Department of Economics, and Director, Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research (SIAW), University of St. Gallen; Co-Director, International Trade and Regional Economics Programme, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); and Coordinator of the Global Trade Alert) Download PDF |
Plenary Session VI - Agriculture and Food Security |
| Title: Global Food Security: Isues and Concerns Author: Eckart Woertz (Program Manager Economics, Gulf Research Center) Download PDF |
Plenary Session VII - Health |
| Title: Health: An Overlooked Factor Impacting the World Economy Author: Manfred Dietrich (Vice chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board on Health German Ministry of Defense) Download PDF |
| Title: Decision Making in Health Care: The Role of Health Economic Evaluation Author: T. Stander (CEO of HeXor (Pty) Ltd (Health Economics & Outcomes Research)) & Dino Celeste (Managing Director of Holisizwe Healthcare Holdings (Pty) Ltd) Download PDF |
| Title: Influencing the Economics of Health Care in the Future Author: E. Wayne Holden, Thomas Hoerger, Michael Trisolini, Doris Rouse & Scott Wetterhall (Social, Statistical and Environmental Sciences - RTI International) Download PDF |
Plenary Session VIII - Science &Technology |
| Title: Science and Technology Future Applications, Trends and Impact Author: Imen Jeridi Bachellerie (Science and Technology Program, Gulf Research Center) Download PDF |
Plenary Session IX - Education |
| Title: Challenges to Education in a Globalized World: A Vicious Cycle Author: Samir Ahmad Jarrar (Educational Development Group International) Download PDF |












