Enterprise in Global Markets
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, 4 February 2005
As part of the Government's commitment to the promotion of enterprise as a driver of economic growth and prosperity, the Chancellor hosted a major international conference in London on 4 February 2005.
Advancing Enterprise 2005 brought together a group of leading international thinkers to discuss how we can create a climate for new and existing enterprises to flourish in the context of a fast-changing global economy, particularly the rising success of economies such as India and China. Session themes included the opportunities and challenges of China and India, the business response to the new global economy, the international economic system and how we can continue to make progress towards creating an enterprise society.
Eminent international speakers on the day included Mr P Chidambaram (Indian Finance Minister), Mr Zhou Xiaochuan (Governor, People's Bank of China), Dr Alan Greenspan (US Federal Reserve), Jeff Immelt (CEO, GE), Mervyn King (Governor, Bank of England), Sir Terry Leahy (CEO, Tesco), Sir Tom McKillop (Chief Executive, AstraZeneca) and Sir John Rose (Chief Executive, Rolls-Royce).
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Keynote Speeches
Rt. Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, People’s Bank of China
Dr Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board
Session “The opportunities and challenges of globalisation: the rise of India and China”
Dr Jean-Pierre Garnier, Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline
Lord Browne, Group Chief Executive, BP
Session “Trade and technology: the business response to the new global economy”
Arun Sarin, Chief Executive, Vodafone Group
Sir Terry Leahy, Chief Executive Officer, Tesco (Tesco website)
Rod Eddington, Chief Executive, British Airways
Mervyn Davies CBE, Chief Executive, Standard Chartered
Session “The international economic system”
Mervyn King, Governor, Bank of England
Robert Rubin, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Member of the Office of the Chairman, Citigroup
Martin Wolf CBE, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
Session “Advancing enterprise: creativity and innovation”
Rt. Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and Minister for Women
Sir John Rose, Chief Executive, Rolls-Royce
Eric Nicoli, Chairman, EMI Group
Sir Tom McKillop, Chief Executive Officer, AstraZeneca
Session “Advancing Enterprise: people and skills”
Rt. Hon Ruth Kelly MP, Secretary of State for Education and Skills
Sir Digby Jones, Director-General, Confederation of British Industry
Brendan Barber, General Secretary, Trades Union Congress
Session “Enterprise Culture”
Simon Woodroffe, Founder, YO! Sushi and YO! Company
Richard Reed, Co-founder, innocent ltd
Carl Schramm, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Michelle Mone, Founder and Co-owner, MJM International ltd
Duncan Bannatyne OBE, Founder, Bannatyne Healt
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PDF file of Advancing Enterprise 2005 Programme
Further details of last year´s conference
Further details of the G7