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World Economic Forum Meet the GovernmentProgramme and Participants List

Berlin, Germany 18-19 June

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Contents Introduction

The elections in 2013 confirmed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s success in delivering stability throughout the financial and sovereign debt crisis. The German economy is dubbed the safe haven for investors in Europe. It features low inflation, a balanced budget and a current account surplus. The country’s growth rate is expected to triple by 2015, while most other European countries will keep struggling.

As the Christian Democrats are now governing with a new coalition partner, the Social Democrats, this meeting provides the opportunity to pose questions directly to the Chancellor and her government. What is the Chancellor’s outlook on current economic and political challenges, both nationally and regionally? What is her agenda in driving more fundamental European reform? How does she perceive Germany’s role in Europe and the world?

The CEO Dinner with Chancellor Angela Merkel forms part of the World Economic Forum Meet the Government series in selected countries, which prove to be strong influencers on the economic growth and the political agenda of a region. The meeting will convene Forum Strategic, Industry and Regional Partners, as well as Foundation Members and New Champions.

Nicholas DavisDirector, Head of Europe

4 World Economic Forum Meet the Government


Programme

15.00 - 17.00 RegistrationHotel Adlon Kempinski - Lobby Lounge

RegistrationPick up your badge at the registration desk at the Hotel Adlon Kempinski.

17.00 - 17.30 TransferHotel Adlon Kempinski

Bus transferTo facilitate security clearance, we ask all participants to use the organized shuttle transfer from the Hotel Adlon Kempinski to the Chancellery and to bring their passport or identity card with them.

Wednesday 18 June


Programme

18.00 - 19.30 Interactive SessionBundeskanzleramt (Chancellery)

Informal discussion with Chancellor Angela MerkelWhat is Chancellor Merkel’s outlook on current political and economic challenges in Europe and the world?

Dimensions to be addressed: – Governing Germany – Driving reform in Europe – Engaging on the global level

Simultaneous interpretation in English and German

SpeakerAngela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany

Moderated byKlaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

19.30 - 19.35Bundeskanzleramt (Chancellery)

Group photo

Wednesday 18 June


Programme

19.35 - 20.00 ReceptionBundeskanzleramt (Chancellery)

Reception

20.00 - 22.00 DinnerBundeskanzleramt (Chancellery)

CEO Dinner with Chancellor Angela MerkelOpening remarks byAngela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of GermanyKlaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

WithPeter Altmaier, Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks, Federal Chancellery of GermanyMaria Böhmer, Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of GermanyHelge Braun, Minister of State, Federal Chancellery of GermanyHelena Leurent, Managing Director, Head of Business Engagement, World Economic ForumLars-Hendrik Röller, Economic and Financial Policy Advisor to the Chancellor, G8 and G20 Sherpa, Federal Chancellery of GermanyPhilipp Rösler, Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board, World Economic ForumWolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of Finance of GermanySteffen Seibert, Spokesperson, Federal Chancellery of Germany

Wednesday 18 June


Programme

22.00 - 22.15 TransferBundeskanzleramt (Chancellery)

Bus transferWe encourage all participants to use the organized shuttle transfer from the Chancellery to the Hotel Adlon Kempinski as there is no other transport available at the Chancellery. Taxis are available in front of the Hotel Adlon Kempinski.

22.15 - 00.15 NightcapHotel Adlon Kempinski - Kaminzimmer

Informal nightcapOn the occasion of the CEO Dinner, participants are invited to an informal nightcap in the Kaminzimmer at the Hotel Adlon Kempinski.

Wednesday 18 June

Acknowledgements

08.00 - 09.30 BreakfastHotel Adlon Kempinski - Ballsaal I

Breakfast session with Sigmar Gabriel, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy of GermanyWhat is Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel’s economic agenda for Germany and the euro zone? – Improving Germany’s investment climate – Defining Germany’s role in the euro zone – Accomplishing the energy transition while reducing price

and investment uncertainty

From 08.00 to 08.45 participants can enjoy a networking breakfast, which will be followed by the breakfast session.

Simultaneous interpretation in English and German

SpeakerSigmar Gabriel, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany

Moderated byKlaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

Thursday 19 June



Germany’s performance in the 2014 edition of the Europe 2020 Competitiveness Report (published 10 June 2014)

Following the vision set by European Union (EU) institutions in 2010, all European stakeholders need to work together to implement the Europe 2020 strategy, thereby building a smarter, inclusive and sustainable economy to support robust economic growth and the generation of jobs. In assessing the state of Europe’s competitiveness, the World Economic Forum’s Europe 2020 Competitiveness Report: Building a More Competitive Europe 2014 Edition finds:

Europe’s economic outlook has improved since the last edition of this report in 2012. It has weathered the financial storm thanks to the adoption of bold monetary policies, the restructuring processes in the banking systems and reforms that have reduced structural public spending in certain countries and brought tranquillity back to the

markets. Looking, however, at comparisons between EU member states, a persistent knowledge divide between “innovation rich” and “innovation poor” economies prevails. Highly competitive markets, well-developed clusters and an entrepreneurial environment provide the cornerstone of the business environment in northern and north-western European economies. A number of countries outperform the United States in enabling smart growth. But at the other end of the spectrum, many European economies, particularly in Southern and Eastern Europe, lag behind.

Europe 2020 Index 2014 Edition

Country Rank (out of 28) Score (1-7) Rank using 2012 sample*

(out of 27)

Europe 2020 Index 2012 edition

(out of 27)

Change 2012-2014 (constant)

Finland 1 5.70 1 2 1

Sweden 2 5.55 2 1 –1

Netherlands 3 5.41 3 4 1

Denmark 4 5.32 4 3 –1

Germany 5 5.28 5 6 1

Austria 6 5.16 6 5 –1

United Kingdom 7 5.13 7 7 0

Luxembourg 8 5.07 8 8 0

Belgium 9 4.93 9 9 0

France 10 4.81 10 10 0

Ireland 11 4.75 11 12 1

Estonia 12 4.74 12 11 –1

Spain 13 4.47 13 15 2

Malta 14 4.44 14 18 4

Portugal 15 4.44 15 14 –1

Slovenia 16 4.43 16 13 –3

Lithuania 17 4.38 17 20 3

Czech Republic 18 4.33 18 16 –2

Latvia 19 4.32 19 19 0

Cyprus 20 4.22 20 17 –3

Italy 21 4.05 21 21 0

Poland 22 3.97 22 23 1

Slovak Republic 23 3.91 23 22 –1

Croatia 24 3.87 n/a n/a n/a

Hungary 25 3.83 24 24 0

Greece 26 3.79 25 25 0

Bulgaria 27 3.75 26 27 1

Romania 28 3.64 27 26 –1

EU28


In the 2014 edition, Germany overtakes Austria, moving up one spot to 5th place. German companies are among the most innovative in the world, with heavy spending on R&D (ranked 4th) – notably with an increase from 2.5% to 2.8% of GDP in both public and private sectors between 2010 and 2012 – and displaying a high capacity for innovation (2nd). High-quality research institutions, good cooperation between universities and the business sector and heavy spending on research and development are the key to Germany’s success in innovation. Clusters of highly specialized manufacturing and research activities constitute the perfect ecosystem to produce and innovate, allowing also small and medium enterprises to successfully compete on international markets. The country has one of the highest numbers of patent applications per capita in the world. In the long term, however, a shortage of qualified scientists and engineers could reduce Germany’s capacity to innovate.

Germany harnesses the digital agenda well to achieve higher productivity (7th rank). ICT can transform business practices and economic activities, as well as providing efficient infrastructure for commercial transactions. The country’s high level of technological readiness, along with good availability of cutting-edge technology, is critical to its success in this pillar.

Germany is also relatively successful in its environmental sustainability efforts (ranked 6th in this pillar), with well-enforced environmental legislation leading to rather strong environmental outcomes: It has come a long way in increasing the environmental sustainability of its economy, especially in the eastern part of the country where efforts were made to substitute outdated energy production facilities inherited from pre-reunification times. While this heavily industrialized economy was able to cut its CO2 emissions by about 24 % since 1990, this trend has been reversed over the past three years.

An important driver of this development lies in the federal government’s efforts to transform the electricity sector. In the past decade, Germany has invested heavily in the use of renewable resources and has engaged in a gradual phase-out of its nuclear capacity by 2022. While fossil fuels were strengthened in their function as the backbone of the electricity mix, Germany was able to triple its share of renewables from 8% in 2002 to 24% in 2013 (mainly wind and solar), and to reduce the share of nuclear energy from 28% in 2002 to 15% in 2013. The increasing costs for energy consumers, which mainly arise from the unexpected success of the Renewable Sources Act (EEG) guaranteeing subsidies over 20 years, have led to ongoing discussions on the EU, and the national level, on the financial sustainability of the German Energiewende, and possible distortions in the market.

Another topic of discussion remains Germany’s dependence on gas imports. Germany currently purchases about 38% of its gas from Russia, 26% from the Netherlands, and 20% from Norway. Only 10% of its consumption can be secured from own resources. The G7 has, in this context, called on the International Energy Agency and the EU Commission to work out options for diversifying the region’s gas portfolio.

Despite notable reform efforts in the past decade, Germany’s labour market remains rigid (17th for rigid hiring-and-firing practices, although up from 22nd place two years ago), and with a still relatively low participation of women. While these rigidities have kept unemployment low during recent economic difficulties, rigid rules continue to hinder job creation, and more flexibility would give the country a more solid footing for the future.


List of ParticipantsAs of 11 June 2014

Khalid Abdulla-Janahi Honorary Chairman Vision 3 United Arab Emirates

Peter Altmaier Federal Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety of Germany

Federal Chancellery of Germany

Germany

Philippe Amon Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

SICPA Holding Switzerland

Jon Fredrik Baksaas President and Chief Executive Officer

Telenor Group Norway

Marc R. Benioff Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Salesforce.com USA

Maria Böhmer Minister of State Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany

Germany

Marwan M. Boodai Chief Executive Officer BoodaiCorp Company Kuwait

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe Chairman of the Board Nestlé Switzerland

Helge Braun Minister of State Federal Chancellery of Germany

Germany

Sir Suma Chakrabarti President European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

United Kingdom

Victor L. L. Chu Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

First Eastern Investment Group

Hong Kong SAR

Timothy C. Clark President Emirates Group United Arab Emirates

Alexander Collot d’Escury Chief Executive Officer Desso Holding Netherlands

Nicholas Davis Director, Head of Europe World Economic Forum Switzerland

Robert Dudley Group Chief Executive BP Plc United Kingdom

Richard W. Edelman President and Chief Executive Officer

Edelman USA

Joshua Fink Chief Executive Officer Ophir Holdings USA

Sigmar Gabriel Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy

Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy

Germany

Orit Gadiesh Chairman Bain & Company USA

Federico Ghizzoni Chief Executive Officer UniCredit Italy

Rick Goings Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Tupperware Brands Corporation

USA

Mario Greco Group Chief Executive Officer

Generali Italy



Herman Gref Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Sberbank Russian Federation

Anant Gupta President and Chief Executive Officer

HCL Technologies India

Andrey Guryev Chief Executive Officer OJSC PhosAgro Russian Federation

Stein Erik Hagen Chairman Orkla Norway

Jørgen Ole Haslestad President and Chief Executive Officer

Yara International Norway

Marc Holtzman Chairman Meridian Capital Hong Kong SAR

Werner Hoyer President European Investment Bank (EIB)

Luxembourg

Andrea Illy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

illycaffè Italy

Majid Jafar Managing Director of the Board

Dana Gas United Arab Emirates

Anshu Jain Co-Chief Executive Officer Deutsche Bank Germany

Paul-Bernhard Kallen Chief Executive Officer Burda Media Germany

Hemant Kanoria Chairman and Managing Director

SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited

India

Neeraj Kanwar Vice-Chairman and Managing Director

Apollo Tyres United Kingdom

Erland Karlsson Chief Executive Officer Eton Park International United Kingdom

Dong Kwan Kim Managing Director Hanwha Group Republic of Korea

Uwe Krüger Chief Executive WS Atkins United Kingdom

André Kudelski Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Kudelski Group Switzerland

T. K. Kurien Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board

Wipro India

Sam Laidlaw Chief Executive Officer Centrica United Kingdom

Matthew Layton Managing Partner Clifford Chance United Kingdom

Rich Lesser Global Chief Executive Officer and President

The Boston Consulting Group

USA

Helena Leurent Managing Director, Head of Business Engagement

World Economic Forum Switzerland

Jabu A. Mabuza Chairman Telkom South Africa

Mike McGavick Chief Executive Officer XL Group USA



Angela Merkel Federal Chancellor of Germany

Kamal Bin Ahmed Mohammed

Acting Chief Executive Bahrain Economic Development Board

Bahrain

Brian Molefe Group Chief Executive Transnet Limited South Africa

Alex Molinaroli Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Johnson Controls USA

Carlos Moreira Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder

WISeKey Switzerland

Pierre Nanterme Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Accenture France

Arif M. Naqvi Founder and Group Chief Executive

The Abraaj Group United Arab Emirates

John Nelson Chairman Lloyd’s United Kingdom

Conrad van Oostrom Chief Executive Officer OVG Real Estate Netherlands

Torben Moger Pedersen Chief Executive Officer PensionDanmark Denmark

Stefano Pessina Executive Chairman Alliance Boots Switzerland

Salah A. Al-Qahtani Deputy Chairman of the Board

Abdel Hadi Abdullah Al-Qahtani & Sons

Saudi Arabia

Lars-Hendrik Röller Economic and Financial Policy Advisor to the Chancellor, G8 and G20 Sherpa

Federal Chancellery of Germany

Germany

Javier Marín Romano Chief Executive Officer Banco Santander Spain

Philipp Rösler Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board


Anders Runevad Chief Executive Officer Vestas Wind Systems Denmark

Mouhtaz El Sawaf Chief Executive Officer Construction Products Holding Company (CPC)

Saudi Arabia

Anthony Scaramucci Founder and Managing Partner

SkyBridge Capital USA

Peer M. Schatz Chief Executive Officer QIAGEN Germany

Wolfgang Schäuble Federal Minister of Finance of Germany

Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany

Germany

Eric Schmidt Executive Chairman Google USA

Klaus Schwab Founder and Executive Chairman




Hilde Schwab Chairperson and Co-Founder

Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

Switzerland

Steffen Seibert Spokesperson Federal Chancellery of Germany

Germany

Davide Serra Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Algebris Investments (UK) United Kingdom

Malvinder Mohan Singh Executive Chairman Fortis Healthcare India

Jim Hagemann Snabe Co-Chief Executive Officer SAP Germany

Carsten Spohr Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Deutsche Lufthansa Germany

Rupert Stadler Chairman of the Management Board

AUDI Germany

Sun Yafang Chairwoman of the Board Huawei Technologies People’s Republic of China

Fathi Taher Chief Executive Officer TaherInvest Jordan

Peter Terium Chief Executive Officer RWE Germany

Jubril Adewale Tinubu Group Chief Executive Oando Nigeria

Victor F. Vekselberg Chairman Renova Group Switzerland

Arzuhan Doğan Yalçindağ Chairwoman Doğan Media Group (DYH) Turkey


Useful Information

AccommodationParticipants should make their own accommodation arrangements. However, we recommend that you stay at the Hotel Adlon Kempinski so that you can take the organized shuttle bus service to the Chancellery on 18 June. Reservations can be made directly on the hotel webpage.

Hotel Adlon KempinskiUnter den Linden 7710117 Berlin, GermanyPhone: +49 (0)30 2261-1111Fax: +49 (0)30 2261-1116Email: [email protected]: http://www.kempinski.com/en/berlin/hotel-adlon/welcome/

Air travelPlease make your own flight arrangements. International flights fly daily from all major capitals to Tegel and Schönefeld airports in Berlin.

Contact Information at the World Economic Forum

Anna KnyazevaCommunity AssociateTel.: +41 (0)22 869 3682E-mail: [email protected] In Berlin as of 18 June: +41 (0)79 716 0359

Dress Business attire is appropriate for the meeting, the dinner and the breakfast.

LanguageThe official language of the meeting is English. Simultaneous interpretation in German will be provided for the Informal Discussion and the breakfast.

RegistrationRegistration will take place at the Hotel Adlon Kempinski, Lobby Lounge, on Wednesday 18 June from 15.00 to 17.00. Participants will receive a badge, which must be worn at all times during the meeting’s activities and which is not transferable, and a final agenda and list of participants.

Security information and transportThe Informal Discussion and the Private Dinner hosted by Chancellor Merkel will take place at the Bundeskanzleramt (Chancellery). To facilitate security clearance, we ask all participants to use the organized shuttle transfer from the Hotel Adlon Kempinski and to bring their passport or identity card with them. Please note that no private cars are allowed to access the Chancellery. A return bus transfer to the Hotel Adlon Kempinski will also be organized. Participants must organize their own airport transfer.

VisasPlease check with the German Embassy or Consulate nearest you as soon as possible regarding visa requirements.

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