How can you succeed engaging large numbers of people to rebuild trust in financial institutions by using a design thinking-based innovation methodology? Design and innovation firm IDEO will lead this interactive workshop to explore the issue of movement building and fundamental change in our financial institutions. Participants will be introduced to the innovation practice of design thinking and take part in activities focused on finding inspiration from real people rather than demographics or statistics. Participants will learn through a guided workshop experiences an approach to translating observations and insights into relevant ideas and design solutions, and should be able to use this methodology in their own challenges, beyond the specific case that the session will cover.
Facilitated by: Doug Solomon, CTO, IDEO Introduced by: Lance Knobel, Director of the Program, The New York ForumRichard Attias, Founder, The New York Forum, and Executive Chairman, The Experience
Opening plenary: REINVENTION: THE CORPORATE IMPERATIVE (Session Summary)
Corporate and business leaders have always had to be agile and restless, rethinking their business models for survival as markets and technologies change. But the pace and pressures for change seem greater than ever. How do great leaders navigate through the uncertain terrain of today’s world? What are the key challenges that they face?
Philippe Camus, Chairman, Alcatel-Lucent, Co-Managing Partner, Lagardère Group, and Member of the Board, Accor, Crédit Agricole and Schlumberger
Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO, News Corporation
Jerry Speyer, Chairman and CEO, Tishman Speyer Moderator: Lance Knobel, Director of the Program, The New York Forum
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Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Chairman, The New York Times Company, and Publisher, The New York Times
The worst of the finance-induced recession seems to be over. But there is widening anticipation of jobless growth. How are the engines of innovation performing in the US and abroad? Plenary conceived by the Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University.
CALL FOR ACTION: What can we do and what will we do to generate both economic and job growth?
Speakers: Glenn Hubbard, Dean, Columbia Business School, and Member, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia UniversityVikram Pandit, CEO, Citigroup
Edmund Phelps, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2006, and Director, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University
Richard Robb, CEO, Christofferson Robb, and Member, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University
Leo Tilman, President, L.M. Tillman & Company, and Member, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University Moderated by: Maria Bartiromo, Anchor, CNBC
Both Main Street and Washington seem to have lost trust in Wall Street. What can we do to restore confidence in a fundamental part of our economic system? Do current norms of behavior need to change? What regulations, either national or international, might be needed? How should institutions respond?
Speakers: Deborah Bailey, Director, Governance, Regulatory & Risk Strategies, Deloitte & Touche, and former Deputy Director, Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal ReserveAmar Bhide, Visiting Scholar, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, and Member, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University
Thierry Breton, CEO, Atos Origin and former Minister of Finance, France
Deven Sharma, President, Standard & Poors
Robert Wolf, CEO, UBS America, and Member, President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board Moderated by: Matthew Bishop, US Business Editor, The Economist
It’s clear that different regulatory and taxation approaches will be taken in responding to climate change around the world. What might varying methods of pricing carbon mean for corporations and investors? Is there any policy approach around which consensus might be found?
Speakers: James Connaughton, Executive Vice-President, Public and Environmental Policy, Constellation Energy, and former Chairman, White House Council on Environmental QualityStuart Eizenstat, Partner, Covington & Burling, and former chief US negotiator, Kyoto Protocol
Daniel Esty, Professor of Law and the Environment, Yale University
Theodore Roosevelt IV, Managing Director, Barclays Capital
Mark Tercek, President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy
Tracy Wolstencroft, Global Head of Environmental Markets, Goldman Sachs Moderated by: Simon Longstaff, Executive Director, St James Ethics Centre
Innovation demands stretching boundaries, taking risks. But most organizations – and societies – are designed to reduce risks and quarantine failures. Is there such a thing as successful failure? What are other key characteristics of innovative organizations?
Speakers: Philippe Camus, Chairman, Alcatel-Lucent, and Co-Managing Partner, Lagardère GroupChris Dixon, Co-Founder and CEO, Hunch, and Founder Partner, Founders Collective
Shelly Lazarus, Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Daniel Lubetzky, CEO, Kind Snacks
Jonathan Miller, Chairman & CEO, Digital Media Group and Chief Digital Officer, News Corp.
Avner Ronen, CEO, Boxee
Vivek Wadhwa, Harvard Law School and Duke University Moderated by: Quentin Hardy, National Editor, Forbes
The attempt to close off the disastrous Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico looks likely to drag through the summer. But what does the spill and its aftermath mean for energy policy, our economic situation and the interaction between government and the private sector?
Speakers: Marc Lipschultz, Global Head, Energy and Infrastructure, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & CoDov Seidman, Author on Business Values and CEO, LRN
James Tisch, CEO, Loews Corporation Moderated by: JuJu Chang, News Anchor, Good Morning America
The New York Forum Taskforces are highly interactive, small discussion groups that will be focused on defining tangible opportunities and solutions. The outputs will be a set of practical, actionable steps for organizations’ leadership teams that will be prerequisites or catalysts for success in the near and long term. Each session will also provide input into the New York Forum Declaration, which will be presented to the G20 at their meeting in Toronto immediately following the Forum.
Facilitated by: The Boston Consulting Group, the world’s leading advisor on business strategy, these sessions are limited to approximately 50 participants each and structured to include significant time in even smaller group discussion.1. DRIVING EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES
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Jimmy Delshad, Mayor, Beverly Hills
Craig Dubow, Chairman and CEO, Gannett Company
David Kirchhoff, President and CEO, Weight Watchers International
Austin Shapard, President and COO, Rockefeller Financial
2. BUILD RESILIENCE OR ATTEMPT CLAIRVOYANCE: RETHINKING RISK MANAGEMENT
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Simon Levin, Moffett Professor of Biology, Princeton University
William Rudin, Vice-Chairman and CEO, Rudin Management Company
Leo Tilman, President, L.M. Tilman & Company
3. THE NEW TALENT: DEVELOPING, RETAINING, AND EMPOWERING PEOPLE FOR A COMPLEX WORLD
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Keith Ferrazzi, CEO, Ferrazzi Greenlight
Kaye Foster-Cheek, former VP, Human Resources, and Executive Committee Member, Johnson & Johnson
Yasmin Namini, SVP, Marketing and Circulation, The New York Times
4. COMPETING IN THE EMERGING-MARKET DRIVEN WORLD: NEW IMPERATIVES FOR BUSINESS
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Don Devine, CEO, American Standard Brands
Franck Moison, COO, Colgate-Palmolive
David Wachtel, SVP, Marketing & Communications, Endeavor
5. CHANGING THE GAME: REINVENTING BUSINESS MODELS FOR RADICALLY ENHANCED ADVANTAGE
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Jack Hidary, Entrepreneur and Founder, Hidary Foundation
Meyer Hoffmann, COO, Mikimoto
Raja Rajamannar, SVP and Chief Innovation & Marketing Officer, Humana
Gary Shainberg, VP, Technology & Innovation, BT
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The most remarkable global shift in the last decade is the steady growth and increasing economic power in China, India and other parts of Asia. Have we moved decisively into the Asian century or is it more a question of a new balance that companies need to find? Is there a risk that Asian growth is the next bubble to pop?
Charles-Edouard Bouée, Senior Partner, Head of Asia, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
S. D. Shibulal, Co-Founder & COO, Infosys, India
Desmond Shum, CEO, Airport City Developments, China
James Wolfensohn, Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, and former President, World Bank Moderator: Michael Oreskes, Senior Managing Editor, Associated Press
THE END OF INFLUENCE: FOLLOW THE MONEY (Session Summary)
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A key driver in our transition to a very different-looking world economic order is that the money in the world system lies with Asian exporters, oil producers, and, particularly, their sovereign wealth funds. What does this new balance of power mean in terms of cultural and ideological influence in the coming decades?
Fahd Hamidaddin, Director, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Financial Columnist, The New York Times Moderator: Michael Mandel, Editor-in-Chief, Visible Economy
THE DISRUPTIVE CORPORATION:
FINDING NEW MODELS FOR INNOVATION AND GROWTH (Session Summary)
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Joseph Schumpeter’s notion of creative destruction has become a business cliché, but some industries really do need root-and-branch rethinking. Are there ways to think about new models that prove particularly effective? Where and how do successful new approaches emerge?
Jack Hidary, Entrepreneur and Founder, Hidary Foundation
Glenn Kelman, CEO, Redfin
Richard Lesser, Chairman, Americas, The Boston Consulting Group
Dev Patnaik, CEO, Jump Associates
Martin Varsavsky, CEO, Fon Moderator: John Gapper, Chief Business Commentator, Financial Times
Today’s leaders face the dual challenge of navigating their organizations through uncertain, stormy conditions and instilling in their stakeholders and wider community a sense of hope and direction for the future.
CALL FOR ACTION: What are the key outcomes for the G-20 emerging from The New York Forum? How do we confirm the vital role business leaders will play to rebuild confidence and credibility? What is the proper relationship between business and political leaders?
Results of The New York Forum: Lance Knobel, Director of the Program, The New York Forum Speakers: Carlos Slim Helú, Chairman, Carlos Slim Foundation, and Chairman, Telmex Foundation, in conversation with Maria Bartiromo, Anchor, CNBC (Session Summary) Roundtable: Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry and Employment, FranceLuis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank
Edmund Phelps, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2006, and Director, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University
Carlos Slim Helú, Chairman, Carlos Slim Foundation, and Chairman, Telmex Foundation Moderator: Maria Bartiromo, Anchor, CNBC
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The Diva of Opera: Jessye Norman
Jazz from New Orleans
The Sound of Soul: Billy Paul, Grammy-winning soul musician
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