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Bahrain Global Forum

 

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Bahrain Economic Development Board

The IISS would like to thank the Bahrain Economic Development Board for the support it gives to the Bahrain Global Forum, and to the many offices, ministries, departments and agencies of the Kingdom of Bahrain who provide logistical support and other assistance to ensure that this summit succeeds.

Bahrain Global Forum
Bahrain Global Forum - Montek Singh Alhuwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, India delivers the Keynote Address

‘Rebalancing Global Geo-economic Strategies for Security, Growth and Development’

 

The Bahrain Global Forum has successfully concluded in Manama. The Forum brought key delegates from some 50 countries across the globe to the Kingdom of Bahrain from 14 to 16 May 2010 to  debate current geo-economic trends and encourage a global perspective in new centres of economic power. 

 

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Read a full account of the Bahrain Global Forum in the spring 2010 IISS Newsletter

Keynote Address - Montek Singh Ahluwalia

012 Bahrain Global Forum Keynote Address - Montek Singh Alhuwalia

On Friday 14 May 2010 the Keynote Address was given by Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India. 

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Read a transcript of the Q&A Session

 

Read Dr John Chipman's Opening Remarks  

Plenary Sessions and Speakers

043 Sh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Finance, Bahrain
Speakers in the Pleanry Sessions included  included Sh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Finance, Bahrain, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry, Qatar, Otaviano Canuto, Vice President and Head of Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World Bank,  Dongsun Park, Ambassador for International Economic Cooperation, Republic of Korea and Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Special Address - Reshuffling The Deck of Global Economic Cards

Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organisation gives the Special Address at the Bahrain Global Forum

On Sunday 16 May 2010 Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organisation gave a Special Address to the Forum.

 

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Read a transcript of the Q&A Session

 

Bahrain Global Forum Speaker Agenda

Expert Discusssion and Debate

041 5th Plenary Session: Lord (Robert) Skidelsky, Chairman, Centre for Global Studies; Member, House of Lords, UK; Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, University of Warwick
Eminent economists at the Bahrain Global Forum included Dr Heizo Takenaka, Professor and Director, Global Security Research Institute, Keio University; former Minister of State for Financial Services and Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, Japan, Professor Richard Cooper, Maurits C Boas Professor of International Economics, Harvard University and Lord Skidelsky, Chairman, Centre for Global Studies; Member, House of Lords, UK; Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, University of Warwick.

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Bahrain Global Forum Newsletter Coverage

IISS Newsletter Spring 2010

The Spring 2010 IISS Newsletter contains a full account of the plenary and special sessions at the Bahrain Global forum as the opening of the IISS-Middle East office in Manama. 

 

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