PROGRAM

 
3rd CGDC ANNUAL MEETING at Palais Liechtenstein, Fürstengasse 1, 1090 Vienna
December 3 – 4, 2013


15:00

REGISTRATION

Grand Hotel Vienna – Ground Floor

20:00

WELCOME RECEPTION

with Special Remarks by the Founders of the CGDC

Grand Hotel Vienna – Ball Room “Quadrille”

8:00

REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE

Registration Hall: Garden Palais (Gartenpalais) Liechtenstein – Ground Floor

09:00 – 09:30

WELCOME SPEECH & KEYNOTE SPEECH


WELCOMING WORD
by H.E. Petar STOYANOV
President and Founder of CGDC
President of the Republic of Bulgaria 1997 – 2002

KEYNOTE SPEECH
by H.E. Dr. Gjorge IVANOV
President of the Republic of Macedonia

Hercules Hall (Herkulessaal) – First Floor

09:30 – 11:00

SESSION 1

“EURASIA’S POSITIONING ON THE GLOBAL STAGE”

MODERATOR:
Dr. Walter SCHWIMMER
Founder and Vice-President of the CGDC
Secretary General of the Council of Europe 1999 – 2004

SPEAKERS:
  • Wesley K. CLARK, Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO 1997 – 2000, CGDC International Board Member
  • Hemant KANORIA, Chairman and Managing Director of SREI India, CGDC International Board Member
  • Swee Lian WOO, Perfect (China) Co., President
  • Rick YUNE, Businessman and Actor, CGDC International Board Member

    Hercules Hall (Herkulessaal) – First Floor


CGDC COMMITMENT TO ACTION - PRESENTATION

by Dr. Wolfgang PINEGGER
The Global Brain
Founder

Hercules Hall (Herkulessaal) – First Floor

11:00 – 11:30

NETWORKING BREAK

Garden Palais (Gartenpalais) Liechtenstein – Ground Floor & Terrace

11:30 – 13:00

SESSION 2

“SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL”

MODERATOR:
Slavtcho NEYKOV
Former NIS Deputy CEO
Director of the Energy Community Secretariat 2006 – 2012

SPEAKERS:
  • H.E. Sukhbaatar BATBOLD, PM of Mongolia 2009 – 2012, CGDC International Board Member
  • Suleiman Jasir AL-HERBISH, Director General of OPEC Fund for International Development – OFID
  • Günter PYTEL, MCI Invest CEO and Advisor to Chinese Municipalities on Energy Issues
  • Emmanuel LIMIDO, President WIRE World Institute for Renewable Energies and Chairman of Centuria Capital

    Hercules Hall (Herkulessaal) – First Floor


CGDC COMMITMENT TO ACTION - PRESENTATION

Dina TAGABERGENOVA
KEEPOD

Hercules Hall (Herkulessaal) – First Floor

13:00 – 14:30

NETWORKING LUNCH

Garden Palais (Gartenpalais) Liechtenstein – Ground Floor & Terrace

14:30 – 14:45

SPONSOR SPEECH

Thomas MORAWEK
Perseus Holding
President – CEO

14:45 – 16:15

SESSION 3

“SYNERGIES TO MASTER THE GLOBAL CRISIS”

MODERATOR:
Mario DAVID
Member of the European Parliament
President of the Mashrek Delegation
CGDC International Board Member

SPEAKERS:
  • Dr. Werner Werner FASSLABEND, Minister of Defence, Republic of Austria 1990 – 2000, Vice President of CGDC
  • Prof. Kamran MOFID, Founder of Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative
  • Dr. Ismail SERAGELDIN, Director of the Library of Alexandria, Former Vice President of World Bank and Co-Chairman of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center – NGIC

    Hercules Hall (Herkulessaal) – First Floor


16:15 – 16:30

KEYNOTE SPEECH

H.E. Rosen PLEVNELIEV
President of the Republic of Bulgaria

Hercules Hall (Herkulessaal) – First Floor

16:30 – 19:00

NETWORKING BREAK

Networking Break Area – Ground Floor

19:00 – 20:00

QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION

with
President Bill CLINTON
Founder of the Clinton Foundation
42nd President of the United States of America

and
H.E. José Manuel DURÃO BARROSO
President of the European Commission

Hercules Hall (Herkulessaal) – First Floor

ANNUAL CGDC AWARD CEREMONY


20:00

GALA DINNER

Hercules Hall (Herkulessaal) – First Floor