Professor Jacob Frenke at Facing Tomorrow 2011

Panel name: The Economic Future: Is Pessimism the New Optimism?

Date: Wednesday, June 22nd 16:30- 18:00

We are still experiencing the effects of the global economic crisis that began in 2008. What characteristic will define the global economy of tomorrow following the economic crisis? Are the instigated efforts of recovery achieving the desired results? How will the growing economic might of China, India and Brazil, the fluctuations in gas prices, environmental issues and global warming, geopolitical turmoil and new technology affect the international economic order? Who will lead the economy of tomorrow and what principles will guide it so that the future economy will provide a minimal salary to pessimistic forecasters?

Moderator:
Mr. Calev Ben-David, Israel
Bureau Chief, Bloomberg; Former Director, The Israel Project; Former Managing Editor, The Jerusalem Report and The Jerusalem Post

Participants:

Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia, India
Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations; Visiting Professor, Maryland School of Public Affairs; Recipient of Mahila Shiromani Award (1992), Padma Bhushan Award (2009)

Professor Niall Ferguson, UK
Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University; William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs; London School of Economics

Professor Jacob Frenkel, Israel
Chairman, JPMorgan Chase International; Chairman, Group of Thirty (G30); Former Governor of the Bank of Israel; Former David Rockefeller Professor of International Economics, University of Chicago; Recipient, Israel Prize (2002)

Professor Leo Leiderman, Israel
The Jack and Lisa Yael Professor of Comparative Economics, Berglas School of Economics, Tel-Aviv University; Chief Economic Advisor, Bank Hapoalim; Former Senior Director and Head of Research, Bank of Israel; Former Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets Economics, Deutsche Bank
Mr. Peter Löscher, Germany (b. Austria)
President & CEO, Siemens AG; Former President of Global Human Health, Merck and Co

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