| Session 1: | Global Warming, Environment and Free Markets |
Václav Klaus (President, Czech Republic)
Kevin M. Murphy (University of Chicago, U.S.A.)
Edward L. Glaeser (Harvard University, U.S.A.)
List of Speakers
Monday, September 8, 2008
| Session 2: | Biotechnology, Ethics and Free Markets |
Raphael Vicuña (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile)
Angelo M. Petroni (University of Bologna, Italy)
Julian Savulescu (University of Oxford, U.K.)
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
| Session 3: | Healthcare in Free Markets |
Edward P. Lazear (Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, U.S.A.)
William A. Niskanen (Chairman, CATO Institute, U.S.A.)
John C. Goodman (President & Founder, National Center for Policy Analysis, U.S.A.)
| Session 4: | Impact of Information Technology on Freedom and Communication |
Myron S. Scholes* (Stanford University, U.S.A.)
Pedro Schwartz (Saint Louis University Madrid, University San Pablo CEU in Madrid, Spain)
Tony Curzon Price (Chief Executive, openDemocracy, U.K.)
Thursday, September 11, 2008
| Session 5: | Asian Economic Growth: How Important Were Free Markets? |
Junichi Ujiie (Chairman, Nomura Holdings / Vice Chairman, Japan Business Federation, Japan)
Richard Wong (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Kaushik Basu (Cornell University, U.S.A.)
| Session 6: | International Spread of Technology |
Francisco Gil Díaz (Executive President of Telefonica for Mexico and Central America / Former Secretary of Finance, Mexico / Former Vice-Governor of Mexican Central Bank, Mexico)
Yoshinori Shimizu (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
Naushad Forbes (Director, Forbes Marshall, India)
Friday, September 12, 2008
| Session 7: | Digital Divide: Poverty, Income Inequality and Education |
Gary S. Becker* (University of Chicago, U.S.A.)
Pascal Salin (Université Paris-Dauphine, France)
Luncheon Speeches
| • | : To be confirmed |
| * | : Nobel Laureate |
