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The Symposium

The International Business & Leadership Symposium is an annual event that brings together business, political, academic and spiritual leaders to dialogue on new leadership styles that are sustainable and ensure profitability for businesses. It provides a platform for leading minds to share their experiences and expertise on the value of an ethics-based approach to deal with today's challenges in the global markets. It also examines the impact of this approach on the bottom line.

The Conference from 5-6 November 2009 on Ethics in Business – Corporate Culture & Spirituality, will be the 4th to be held in the European Parliament. The Conference is part of the International Business & Leadership Symposium and is an initiative of the International Association for Human Values, a volunteer-based, charitable non-governmental organization dedicated to the development and promotion of human values in society.

Speakers 2008

Conference on Ethics in Business – Corporate Culture & Spirituality
European Parliament & Sheraton Hotel, Brussels
13th – 14th November 2008

Speakers & Moderators:

Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish
Founder, SEKEM, Egypt

Prof. Rudy Aernoudt
Professor of Economics, University College Ghent, Belgium
Former Head of Financing Enterprises, European Commission

Mr. Ajay Bagga
CEO, Lotus India, Mutual Fund
Chairperson, Financial Planning and Standards Board of India

Mr. Ludo Bammens
European Public Affairs Director, EU Group, Coca Cola

Hon. Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha
Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania

Dr. Marco Crescenzi
President & Founder, Italian Agency for the Development of the Third Sector (ASVI)

Mr. Walter De Brouwer
President & CEO, One Laptop per Child Europe

Mr. Nirj Deva
Member of European Parliament, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans-Peter Dürr
Founder, Global Challenges Network, Germany

Prof. Dr. Peter Eigen
Founder, Transparency International

Dato Vijay Eswaran
Group Managing Director and CEO, QI Group

Mr. Suhas Gopinath
CEO and President, Globals Inc, India

Prof. Ir. Pierre Klees
President, Vinçotte Group, Belgium

Mr. Michael Klein
Vice President, Financial and Private Sector Development, The World Bank

Mr. Rutger Koopmans
President, Netherlands-India Chamber of Commerce and Trade
Former Senior Executive Vice President, ING Bank, The Netherlands

Mrs. Rajita Kulkarni
Director, International Association for Human Values, India

Mr. Ram Lakhina
Executive President, Netherlands-India Chamber of Commerce and Trade

Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis
Member of European Parliament
Former Head of State (President of the Constitutional Assembly), Lithuania

Prof. Dr. Dr. Ervin Laszlo
Founder, The International Club of Budapest; Rector-Designate, GlobalShift University

Ms. Erika Mann
Member of European Parliament, Germany

Mr. Lex Mellink
Former Director, Royal Police Academy, The Netherlands

Mr. Jan Muehlfeit
Chairman Europe, Microsoft Corporation

Mr. Vijay Poonoosamy
Vice President, International Affairs, Etihad Airways, UAE

Dr. Sanjay Pradhan
Vice President, World Bank Institute

Dr. A.L. Rao
Founder & Advisor, Wipro Technologies, India

Mr. G.M. Rao
Group Chairman, GMR Group, India

Mr. Wolfgang Riehn
Executive Chair, Club of Budapest Worldshift Network, Germany

Mr. Nanik Rupani
Founder Chairman, Priyadarshni Academy, India

Prof. Fahri Saatcioglu
Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Oslo, Norway

Prof. Charles Sampford
Director, The Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Australia

Prof. Hartmut Schröder
Chair of Linguistics, Faculty of Cultural Studies; Head, Institute for Trans-cultural Health Studies
European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Founder, International Association for Human Values

Mr. David Shaw
Chairman, Sabrelance Corporate Partners Limited, United Kingdom

Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp
Earth Charter Commissioner
Rabbi for the Liberal Jewish Community, The Netherlands

Mr. Devin T. Stewart
Director, Global Policy Innovations, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, USA

Mr. Heiko Thieme
Chairman, American Heritage Management Corp., USA

Mr. Jakob von Uexkull
Founder, World Future Council & Founder, Right Livelihood Awards

Prof. Dr. Johan Verstraeten
Vice Dean, Faculty of Theology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Mr. François Vincke
Chair, Anti-Corruption Commission, International Chamber of Commerce, France
Chair, Transparency International, Belgium

Mr. Vladislav Yurchik
Member of Parliament, Russian Federation
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