Delegates
Yilmaz Akyüz
Economist and scholar
Turkey
Eduardo Aninat
Economist, scholar and former Minister of Finance
Chile
Sylvia Borren
Director of Dutch non-governmental organization Novib
The Netherlands
Mario Cafiero
Politician
Argentina
Alexandre Barro Chambrier
Gabonese economist
Gabon
Chi Steve Chan
politician
Taiwan
Stephen M. Davis
Specialist on international corporate governance
USA
Thomas C. Dawson
Economist and Director of the External Relations Department of the International Monetary Fund
USA
James Deane
Founding member and Executive Director of the Panos Institute
United Kingdom
Frederik Willem de Klerk
Former President, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Republic of South Africa
Jiří Dienstbier
Former Czechoslovakian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Czech Republic
Rosendo Fraga
Argentinean journalist, political analyst and historian
Argentina
Susan George
French political scientist, born in the United States
France
Anthony Giffard
Scholar specializing in mass media and Member of the Board of the Inter Press Service
USA
Edward Goldsmith
Scientist, ecologist and scholar, founder of The Ecologist magazine
United Kingdom
Václav Havel
In Memoriam
Hazel Henderson
Futurist, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media
USA
Josef Jařab
Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security
Czech Republic
Wahu Kaara
Activist, Member of the Women´s Environment and Development Organization
Kenya
Jürgen Kaiser
Former Coordinator of the Jubilee 2000 campaign
Germany
Ahmad Kamel
Bureau Chief of Al-Jazeera´s North and Central Europe
Belgium
Mats Karlsson
Country Director for Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, World Bank
Sweden
David C. Korten
Economist, writer and founder and President of The People-Centered Development Forum.
USA
Anuradha Mittal
Journalist and Co-Director of the First Institute for Food and Development Policy
India
Jan Mühlfeit
Chairman Europe, Microsoft Corporation
Czech Republic
Ricardo Navarro
Chairman of Friends of the Earth International
Salvador
Njoki Njoroge Njehu
Activist and Director of 50 Years Is Enough Network
Kenya
Christopher Patten
Politician, former Governor of Hong Kong
United Kingdom
Jiří Pehe
Director, New York University, Prague
Czech Republic
T. Rajamoorthy
Lawyer and Editor of Third World Resurgence
Malaysia
Robert B. Reich
politician and scholar
USA
Hilton L. Root
Scholar focusing on the global economy with expertise in Southeast Asia in particular
USA
Jacques Rupnik
Political Scientist
France
Radomír Sabela
Vice President and Regional Director of Philips Medical Systems
Czech Republic
Jeffrey Sachs
Economist and Director of the Harvard Institute for International Development
USA
Najma Sadeque
Writer, journalist and researcher on socio-economic issues
Pakistan
Marc D. Sarkady
Economist
USA
Yohei Sasakawa
Chairman, The Nippon Foundation
Japan
Wayne Silby
Economist and lawyer
USA
Paul Trân Van Thinh
economist and lawyer, born in Vietnam
France
Martin Walker
Journalist
USA
Joseph Warungu
journalist, teacher, playwright and writer
Kenya
Rufus H. Yerxa
diplomat and lawyer
USA