Mar 29 2010
Javier Solana
High Representative for the Common Foreign Security Policy (1999 – 2009)
Javier Solana held the prestigious position as High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) for ten years. During this time, he was also Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union (EU) as well as Western European Union (WEU). At the beginning of 2010 he joined ESADE Business School as President of its new Centre for Global Economics and Geopolitics where he will focus on the evolution of the global society, analysing the global economy, corporate leadership and good practice in public policy.
“The face and voice of Europe”
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Irene Tinagli’s work focuses on policies for innovation, creativity and regional development. She has worked as a consultant for the Department of Social and Economic Affairs of the United Nations, for the European Commission, and for regional governments and development agencies in various European countries.
Mohammed bin Amer Al Abbar is the founding member and Chairman of Emaar Properties PJSC since the company’s inception in 1997. He is currently spearheading Emaar’s high-profile global expansion and chairs John Laing Homes in the USA and Hamptons International in the UK, as well as a joint venture with Italy’s Giorgio Armani to set up a global luxury hotel and resort chain. He serves on the board of directors of the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), the investment arm of the Government of Dubai. He was chosen as the host of the Arabic version of the TV show The Apprentice, called el idara jadara. 
Jeff Jarvis is the creator of the popular weblog BuzzMachine, which tracks developments in new media, and is now co-host on This Week in Google, a TWiT.tv show about cloud computing and social networking. He gained national notoriety when he wrote about his negative experiences in dealing with Dell Computer’s customer support system on his website. 
Prof. Charles Raab is Professor of Government in the School of Social and Political Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is currently engaged in further writing for publication in the fields of privacy theory and regulatory practice, surveillance, personal identity, and related topics. He is a member of the editorial or advisory boards of nine journals in the fields of information policy and public policy, and on the advisory boards of several research projects. 
Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi is recognized within the scientific community as one of the foremost thought leaders and technological scientists of the high tech age. He is currently Chairman & CEO of 2020 Venture Partners and Chief Technical Advisor of Ericsson Inc., helping them build a worldwide eco-system converging wireline and wireless, using IP based technologies. He advises several companies and the Government on their IT strategies.
Adrià joined the kitchen staff of El Bulli in 1984. The restaurant’s manager, Juli Soler, urged Adrià to travel in order to acquire new and fresh culinary ideas. Adrià soon began touring some of France’s top kitchens, learning various techniques from many distinguished culinary masters. During the second half of the 1980’s, Adrià began performing culinary experiments which were based on the use of fresh materials and adapting classic Mediterranean preparations to give El Bulli’s cuisine new twists with creative flair.
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is a recognised expert in marketing and business management and specifically development in the automotive industry. The former automotive executive has a professorship in Marketing & Management Science and is founder and director of C.A.R. – the Centre for Automotive Research – at the University of Applied Sciences in Gelsenkirchen. 
Andrew Neil is a publisher, broadcaster and company chairman working out of London, New York, Dubai and the South of France. He is currently Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Press Holdings Media Group, publishers of The Spectator, Spectator Business, Spectator Australia, Spectator India and Apollo, the world-renowned art magazine. He currently presents four editions of the Daily Politics on BBC2 every week, the award-winning This Week on BBC1 and Straight Talk with Andrew Neil on BBC News 24. 
Sir Christopher Meyer is one of the most highly respected diplomats of the last 20 years. After retiring as British Ambassador to the US in 2003, he became Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, a post he stepped down from at the end of March 2009. He also serves on the board of GKN and runs his own consultancy. In 1998 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.
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