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DOWNLOAD (PDF-File, 1Mb)At the two day conference top speakers from around the world addressed critical global issues which will determine the future of humanity. The Assembly comprised several clusters of activities, the two main activities being a series of Master Classes led by internationally recognised experts and a Plenary. The keynote speaker of honour was Mikhail Gorbachev.
Chair of the Assembly: Paul Hohnen, Associate Fellow, Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House), London and former Strategic Director, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
Keynotes
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Peter Blom, CEO Triodosbank, NL download CV |
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Michael Braungart, Director EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung, DE download CV |
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Job Cohen, Mayor of Amsterdam, NL download CV |
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Jacqueline Cramer, Minister of the Environment, The Netherlands, NL download CV |
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Wouter van Dieren, Chairman IMSA, Member of the Club of Rome, NL download CV |
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Ian Dunlop, Expert on Climate Change and Peak Oil, AU download CV |
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H. E. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Former President of the Soviet Union, Founder Green Cross International and Co-Founder Earth Charter, RU download CV |
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James E. Hansen, Professor of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, Head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, US download CV |
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Harry Hendriks, CEO Philips Electronics, Benelux download CV |
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Paul Hohnen, Associate Fellow, Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House), London and former Strategic Director, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), AU/NL download CV |
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Ashok Khosla, Co-President Club of Rome, President of Development Alternatives, IN download CV |
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Eberhard von Koerber, Co-President Club of Rome, Chairman and CEO of Eberhard von Koerber AG, CH download CV |
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Stef Kranendijk, CEO Desso, NL download CV |
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Martin Lees, Secretary-General Club of Rome, Rector Emeritus of the University for Peace, United Nations, UK download CV |
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Christine Loh, CEO Civic Exchange, HK download CV |
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Ruud Lubbers, Commissioner Earth Charter, Chair ECN, Minister of State and former Prime Minister of The Netherlands, NL download CV |
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Bill McDonough, Director McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, US download CV |
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Charles Moore, Algalita Marine Research Foundation, US download CV |
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Mary Nichols, Chairman California Air Resources, US download CV |
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Jorma Ollila, Chairman Royal Dutch Shell plc download CV |
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Ernst von Weizsaecker, Author Factor 5: A Convenient Truth, DE download CV |
Master Classes
1. The Sustainable Economy: A New Model from the Netherlands
2. Economic Recovery on the Way to a New Sustainable Economy
3. The Latest on Climate Change
4. Peak Oil and Climate Change
5. The Climate Transition of China
6. Climate Change is Key, but what about Food and Poverty?
7. Climate Change and Sea Transport
8. From Resource Efficiency to Effective Use of Resources
9. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
10. Sustainable Finance and Green Investment
Experts
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Hans Alders, Chair Taskforce Biodiversity the Nettherlands, NL download CV |
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Peter Blom, CEO Triodos Bank, Sustainable Bank of the Year 2009, NL download CV |
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Michael Braungart, Director, EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung, DE download CV |
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Stefan Bringezu, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Department for Material Flows and Structural Change, Wuppertal Institute, DE download CV |
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Ian Dunlop, Expert on Climate Change and Peak Oil, AU download CV |
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Hans Eenhoorn, Member UN Task Force on Hunger, former Vice President Unilever, NL download CV |
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Klaas van Egmond, Professor of Earth and Sustainability, University of Utrecht, NL download CV |
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Alois Flatz, Co-founder of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, CH download CV |
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James Hansen, Head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Professor of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, US download CV |
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Paul Hohnen, Associate Fellow, Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House), London and former Director Strategic Development, GRI, AU/NL download CV |
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Ian Johnson, Former Vice President Sustainable Development (ESSD), The World Bank, US download CV |
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John Kay, Author of The Truth about Markets, columnist The Financial Times, UK download CV |
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Ashok Khosla, Co-President Club of Rome, Chairman of Development Alternatives, IN download CV |
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Eberhard von Koerber, Co-President Club of Rome, Chairman and CEO of Eberhard von Koerber AG, CH download CV |
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Fred Langeweg, Deputy Director at Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, NL download CV |
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Martin Lees, Secretary General Club of Rome, UK download CV |
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Christine Loh, Founder and CEO of Civic Exchange, non-profit public policy think tank, HK download CV |
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Rob Maas, European air quality and sustainability expert at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, NL download CV |
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Bill McDonough, Director McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, US download CV |
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Charles Moore, Oceanographer and Founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation, US download CV |
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Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, LK download CV |
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Freek Ossel, City of Amsterdam Alderman on Air and Sea Ports, NL download CV |
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Koen Overtoom, Managing Director Commercial Division Port of Amsterdam, NL download CV |
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Franz Josef Radermacher, Founder of the Global Marshall Plan, DE download CV |
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Johan Rockström, President, Stockholm Resilience Centre, SE download CV |
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Robert Rubinstein, Founder and CEO of TBLI, NL download CV |
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Wolfgang Sachs, Professor at the Wuppertal Institute, DE download CV |
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Bio Schmidt Bleek, President, Factor 10 Institute, FR download CV |
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Zhang Shigang, Head of UNEP China Office, CN download CV |
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Crispin Tickell, Author of Climate Change and World Affairs, UK download CV |
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Wim Turkenburg, Scientific Director, Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, NL download CV |
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Pier Vellinga, Director of the Wageningen University Climate Programme, NL download CV |
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Tiedo Vellinga, International Project Leader Environmental Shipping Index, WPCI, and Associate Professor Ports and Environment Delft University of Technology, NL download CV |
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Anders Wijkman, Vice-President Club of Rome, Former Member of the European Parliament, SE download CV |
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Stephan Wrage, Managing Partner SkySails, DE download CV |
