Bloomberg New Economy Forum announces preliminary speaker and participant line-up for Beijing event
New York, Beijing: Bloomberg and the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) have released a preliminary speaker and participant list for the 2019 New Economy Forum, to be held in Beijing on November 20 – 22.
Nearly 500 of the world’s most influential business executives, technology innovators, government officials, experts and academics from more than 60 countries and regions are expected to come together to propose solutions to the massive disruption that’s occurring, as the balance of economic power shifts towards the Asia Pacific.
“We are assembling a world-class community of global leaders from new economy nations, including the most influential titans in business and finance from China, India, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East,” said Justin B. Smith, CEO of Bloomberg Media. “This unique community has a common vision: to apply their expertise and perspective to tackle the world’s most critical challenges, deliver concrete solutions and build a pathway to progress.”
Launched in 2018 by Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, and three-term Mayor of New York City, the New Economy Forum was founded on the belief that the global economy stands on the threshold of immense opportunity, powered by China, India and other rising countries, as well as emerging technologies like 5G networks and artificial intelligence.
The forum provides a unique platform for business and government leaders to discuss these issues, propose solutions, and work together towards economic growth that is both sustainable and inclusive.
Following the 2018 New Economy Forum, at which Wang Qishan, Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, delivered a keynote address, this year’s event will also feature a lineup of top government leaders.
The forum will include keynote speeches, plenary and breakout sessions on a variety of topics such as global economic governance, trade, technology, finance and capital markets, climate change, urbanization and inclusion.
The current speakers and participants in the 2019 New Economy Forum include:
Michael R. Bloomberg — Founder and CEO, Bloomberg LP
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger — Former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor
Henry M. Paulson Jr. — Former U.S. Treasury Secretary; Chairman, Paulson Institute
Zeng Peiyan — Former Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China; Chairman, CCIEE
Sultan Al Jaber — Minister of State; CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Ajay Banga — President and CEO, Mastercard
Charlene Barshefsky — Senior International Partner, WilmerHale
Margaret Chan — Former Director General, World Health Organization
Chang Zhenming — Chairman, CITIC Group
Natarajan Chandrasekaran — Executive Chairman, Tata Sons
Mathias Cormann – Minister of Finance, Commonwealth of Australia
Eui-sun Chung — Executive Vice Chairman, Hyundai Motor Group
Gary Cohn — Former Assistant to the U.S. President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council
Ray Dalio – Founder, co-CIO and co-Chairman, Bridgewater Associates, Inc
Aliko Dangote — President and Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited
Gary Dickerson — President and CEO, Applied Materials, Inc.
Carlos Domiguez — Secretary of Finance, Republic of the Philippines
Dong Mingzhu — Chairwoman and President, Gree Electric Appliances
Sergio Ermotti — Group CEO, UBS Group AG
Niall Ferguson — Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University
Fu Ying –Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; Vice Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress; Chairwoman, Center for International Strategy and Security, Tsinghua University
Bill Gates — Co-Chair, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ge Honglin – Chairman, Aluminum Corporation of China
He Dongfeng — Chairman and CPC Secretary, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd
Walter Isaacson — Professor of History, Tulane University; Former CEO, The Aspen Institute
Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak — Group CEO and Managing Director, Mubadala Investment Company
Luis Alberto Moreno – President, Inter-American Development Bank
Huang Qifan — Former Mayor, Chongqing; Vice Chairman, CCIEE
Kai-Fu Lee — Founder, Chairman and CEO, Sinovation Ventures
Li Shufu — Chairman, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group
Li Xiaopeng – Secretary of CPC Committee and Chairman of China Everbright Group Limited
Jean Liu — President, Didi Chuxing
Lou Jiwei — Former Minister of Finance; Former Chairman of National Council for Social Security Fund, PRC; Standing Committee Member and Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, 13th CPPCC National Committee
Martin Lau — President, Tencent
Strive Masiyiwa — Founder and Executive Chairman, Econet Group
Blythe Masters – Former CEO, Digital Asset Holdings
Francesca McDonagh — Group Chief Executive, Bank of Ireland
Judith McKenna — President and CEO, Walmart International
Sanjay Mehrota — President and CEO, Micron Technologies
Takehiko Nakao — President, Asian Development Bank
Nandan Nilekani — Chairman, Infosys Limited
Manuel Nunes Junior — Minister of State for Economic and Social Development
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala — Former Minister of Finance, Nigeria; Senior Advisor, Lazard Ltd.
Penny Pritzker — Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Founder, PSP Partners
Noel Quinn — Group Chief Executive, HSBC
Mike Roman — Chairman of the Board and CEO, 3M
Kevin Rudd — Former Prime Minister of Australia; President, Asia Society Policy Institute
Tharman Shanmugaratnam — Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies, Republic of Singapore
Neil Shen — Steward of Sequoia Capital Founding and Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital China Shi Yigong — Dean of School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University; Fellow, China Academy of Science; President, Westlake University
Shu Yinbiao – Chairman and Secretary of the CPC Leading Group, China Huaneng Group., Ltd.
Frederick W. Smith — Chairman and CEO, FedEx
Lord Nicholas Stern — IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, London School of Economics
Jane Sun — CEO and member of the Board of Directors, Ctrip.com International, Ltd
Tidjane Thiam — CEO, Credit Suisse Group AG
Jan Vapaavuori — Mayor, City of Helsinki
Wang Shi — Chairman, Vanke Foundation
Wang Xiaochu — Chairman and Party Secretary, China Unicom
Bill Winters — Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered
Wu Xiaoling — Director of the Management Committee, Tsinghua University Financial Technology Research Institute
Xie Zhenhua — China’s Special Envoy for Climate Change
Yang Lan — Chairman, Sun Media Group
Zhu Min — Former Deputy Managing Director, IMF; Former Deputy Governor, PBOC; Chairman, National Institution of Financial Research, Tsinghua University
Zhang Lei — Founder, Chairman and CEO, Hillhouse Capital Management Group
Zhang Xin — Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SOHO China
Zhou Xiaochuan — Former Governor, People’s Bank of China; Vice Chairman, Boao Forum for Asia and Chief Representative of China
Yu Liang — Chairman, China Vanke Co, Ltd.
Founded on March 20, 2009, China Center for International Economic Exchanges is a social organization and a new type of think tank, registered with and approved by the relevant authorities of the Chinese government.
Guided by the philosophy of “Originality, Objectivity, Rationality and Compatibility”, CCIEE aims to serve national development, improve people’s welfare and promote exchanges and cooperation by conducting research on strategic and economic issues both at home and abroad, developing international exchanges and cooperation, and providing consulting services and intellectual support to the government and business in decision making.