The Rt. Hon. Lord William Hague, former British Foreign Secretary, Professor Joseph Stiglitz and other distinguished speakers and guests gathered to assess the world economy and discuss geopolitical risks. Presentations were also delivered on the infrastructure development outlook in Asia and implications of the new climate regime on the infrastructure sector.
Prominent speakers included Lord William Hague, a former British Foreign Secretary; Joseph Stiglitz, a Professor of Economics at Columbia University; and Chang Yong Rhee, Director of the Asia and Pacific Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); Juan Miranda, the Managing Director General of the Asian Development Bank (ADB); Sir Danny Alexander, Vice President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); and Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog and former Secretary of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion in India; H.E. Felipe Calderón, Chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate and former President of Mexico; Arun Majumdar, a former Undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. In his special remarks, Lord William Hague shed light on geopolitical risks that particularly require global attention and their impact on the world economy.
Founded in 2012, Doosan Global Business Forum has become an annual event in which global leaders including eminent economists and CEOs of multinational enterprises gather to gain valuable insights on the global business environment. Previous participants include politicians such as The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State; and Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), as well as influential economists.
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