As Chair of the OECD High Level Advisory Board on financial management of large-scale catastrophes, Dr. Michel-Kerjan will lead a two-day event on the status of international terrorism insurance markets at the OECD headquarters in Paris, France on June 1-2.
The purpose of the meeting is to interact on the current status [...]
World Economic Forum on Africa
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 5-7 May 2010
Rethinking Africa’s Growth Strategy
The economic crisis has led to a reassessment of the systems governing global cooperation, financial architecture and policies linked to trade and climate change, and is a wake-up call to speed up implementation of long-discussed reforms. In this complex and [...]
Wharton Houston Speakers Forum April 2010 CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
I’m thrilled to participate in this unique event in New York as a moderator of the panel discussion (see below).
The World Economic Forum and Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGL) Present: Arts Leadership in Focus, a Concert Highlighting the Work of Young Global Leaders, at Carnegie Hall on February 18, 2010
Join us for an extraordinary [...]
January 14, 2010: Release of the Global Risk Report 2010
Warnings of the long shadow of the financial crisis
I’m pleased to announce the release of the 5th edition of the WEF GRR report.
The result of extensive input throughout the previous year by experts from business, academia, and the public sector, Global Risks 2010 highlights a number [...]
The Irrational Economist: Making Decisions in a Dangerous World is released this month from Public Affairs Press (New York and London).
A book for everyone. At a time of immensely consequential choices, it has never been more important to make the right decisions. But how can we be sure we are [...]
The International Conference on Climate Change opens today in Copenhagen. I don’t think we will see too much coming out of it given we all countries stand right now. Still the meeting should help better understand what we know and don’t know and who is willing to do what, which is a good thing.
Interestingly, [...]
Given China’s critical importance in the global recovery process, the meeting will be held in close partnership with the People’s Republic of China Forum. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has been engaged in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions since its inception and has once again expressed his personal support to make the “Summer Davos” [...]
Almost five years after the december 2004 tsunami that killed nearly 300,000 people in South East Asia, about 100 leading experts gather together in Bangkok, Thailand to discuss the lessons learned and the way forward with top officials of the region’s government.
This is the 2nd Conference organised under the auspices of the OECD International [...]
How much money are you willing to lose when the next catastrophe strikes?
Despite record losses from hurricanes and other recent natural disasters, many still think we can continue to gamble with Mother Nature and win. But we have now reached a breaking point because of the increasing concentration of population and activities in high-risk coastal [...]