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  Annual Corporate Conference - New York, NY

  The annual two-day Corporate Conference, held at the Council’s New York headquarters, addresses the most pressing international business concerns. The 2008 Corporate Conference featured keynote speakers Timothy F. Geithner, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank. Panels of experts spoke on timely topics such as global corporate citizenship, geopolitical risks, the economic view from abroad, and the shifting political landscape of America in 2008, while smaller breakout sessions examined variables for growth in the BRICs and "frontier economies."

  The Council's 2009 Corporate Conference will be held on Thursday, March 5 and Friday, March 6.

  
  

   

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  March 10, 2005—March 11, 2005

  2005 Corporate Conference

   

   

  March 9, 2006—March 10, 2006

  2006 Corporate Conference "Vulnerabilities in the Global System"

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  March 8, 2007—March 9, 2007

  2007 Corporate Conference "Beyond the Next Quarter: The Forces Shaping the Future"

  The Council’s Corporate Conference 2007, Beyond the Next Quarter: Forces Shaping the Future, featured global leaders and scenario-based approaches to consider the current forces that may affect the future of international business and policy.  Speakers at the conference included Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex W. Tillerson, a panel featuring NYSE Group CEO John Thain and Chicago Mercantile Exchange CEO Craig Donohue, and an opening lunch panel that looked at “The Economic View from Abroad,” which featured Fred Hu, managing director and co-head of China investment banking at Goldman Sachs (Asia), and Tulio Vera, managing director, head of emerging market macro and debt strategy at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., and Andrew Crockett, president, J.P. Morgan Chase International.  Leading thinkers on climate change were also featured in a panel, including Fred Krupp, president of Environmental Defense, Elizabeth Economy, the Council's C.V. Starr senior fellow and director for Asia studies, and Meg McDonald, president, Alcoa Foundation. 

   

   

  March 6, 2008—March 7, 2008

  2008 Corporate Conference: "New Exposures, New Approaches: Considering the Geopolitical Portfolio"

  The 2008 Corporate Conference "New Exposures, New Approaches: Considering the Geopolitical Portfolio," featured keynote speakers Timothy F. Geithner, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank. Panels of experts spoke on timely topics such as global corporate citizenship, geopolitical risks, the economic view from abroad, and the shifting political landscape of America in 2008, while smaller breakout sessions examined variables for growth in the BRICs and "frontier economies."

   

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