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The Economist calls for nominations for the 2010 Innovation Awards.
Nominations for The Economist's Innovation Awards are now open and will be accepted until April 1st 2010. Readers may nominate individuals (not companies) in one of the seven following categories: bioscience, business process, computing and telecoms, consumer goods and services,...
March 3rd 2010
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The chief executive of the UK's electricity and gas markets regulator, Ofgem, has now joined the line up of speakers at The UK Energy Summit on June 24th in London. Alistair Buchanan will be participating in the panel discussion at 14.25 focusing on the prospects for global energy security and supply.
We are also pleased to confirm that George...
February 25th 2010
Review
Over 150 senior executives attended Economist Conferences' 16th annual Pharma Summit on February 11th, to compare their visions for the future of the industry and debate strategic responses to some of the dramatic changes taking place. Chief Executives from some of the world's biggest pharma companies, including AstraZeneca's David Brennan,...
February 24th 2010
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Robin Bew, Chief Economist of the Economist Intelligence Unit, met with Sir George Cox, Former Chair of the Design Council, earlier this week to discuss how design thinking will aid the post-recession recovery.
Watch the conversation HERE
Robin Bew and Sir George Cox will be speaking at the Redesigning Business Summit on March 11th and 12th.
February 23rd 2010
News
We are delighted to announce that Vincent de Rivaz, Chief Executive of EDF Energy will be speaking at The UK Energy Summit on June 24th in London. He will join the investment panel discussion at 10.50 that will focus on who will pay for the UK to decarbonise its energy systems whilst also ensuring future supply.
We can also confirm that Sir David...
February 23rd 2010
News
We are delighted to announce that The Emerging Markets Summit will be taking place on September 15th-16th in London. This year we are encouraging potential delegates to feed back their views on what the most important issues affecting emerging markets are.
You can complete the survey by clicking here
You will save £300 should you complete our...
February 17th 2010
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Werner Vogels, Vice-president and CTO of Amazon and John Linwood, Chief Technology Officer, BBC will join an array of discussion leaders at the CIO Agenda in June this year.
Werner Vogels is in charge of technology innovation at Amazon, and is an expert on cloud computing. He has his own blog about distributed systems and is considered to...
February 16th 2010
Press release
For immediate release: Monday, February 16th 2010
Leading economists are supporting the Design Council’s call for businesses to use design to transform how they do business and compete as Britain’s industries battle to recover from the effects of the recession.
Robin Bew, Chief Economist for the Economist Intelligence Unit said “Not only...
February 16th 2010
News
We would like to thank everyone that attended The Pharma Summit on February 11th in London.
You can view a selection of photos from the day in the box below:
February 12th 2010
News
SUMMARY PAPER: Redesigning the business landscape: Globalisation and technology
Introduction
Throughout recent history, technology and innovation have been powerful enablers of globalisation. Information technology, in particular, has been a driving force behind the flow of goods, services, capital and labour across borders. As we look to the...
February 12th 2010
Review
On January 28th 2010, Economist Conferences, in association with Accenture, held its third Davos breakfast forum, based on the results of an ongoing research programme on globalisation conducted by Accenture and the Economist Intelligence Unit. To watch the full discussion, please click here
The twin forces of globalisation and technology will...
February 8th 2010
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We are pleased to announce that Sam Laidlaw, Chief Executive of Centrica and Sir John Banham, Chief Executive of Johnson Matthey will be joining the distinguished line up of speakers at The UK Energy Summit.
Sir John will be joining the panel at 13.45 to discuss unlocking the commercial potential of new technologies, and Sam will be looking at who...
February 4th 2010
Review
The Global Agenda 2009 was held at The Dorchester in November 2010. Although the meeting was strictly off the record, we present the essence of the discussions in this summary paper below. We thank all participants for their contributions and look forward to bringing you news of future Global Agenda meetings.
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February 3rd 2010
News
Over 30 CEOs and chairmen are confirmed to attend our Sustainability Summit 2010 from companies including: Alliance Boots, Sustainable Development Commission, The Carbon Trust, Eden Project, Hitachi, Unilever, RPS Group, Whitbread, WWF-UK, Carbon Capture and Storage, Umeco, Anglian Water Group, DS Smith, Inbev, Forum for the Future, EMI Records...
February 3rd 2010
