Panel I: Panel I: Emerging Economies Emerging Economies ...

Embracing the Shift of Powers – Oxford, May 7th and 8th 2011

Panel I: Emerging Economies – Chances, Competition and Cooperation Dr Rebecca Harding, Harding Delta Economics – Moderator Rebecca is an independent economist, Founder and Managing Director of Delta Economics Ltd and Founder of the World Entrepreneur Society. Recent clients of Delta Economics have included BMAS (the German Ministry for Work and Social Affairs) HSBC, Microsoft, the ILO, the OECD, the EU. Rebecca has been a Visiting Professor at Birkbeck Management School and the Max Planck Institute for Economic Systems Research. She is a contributing editor of the Business Strategy Review. She is the author of 9 books and over 150 academic and policy articles and reports. She is frequently cited in the Financial Times, the Telegraph and the Economist. Rebecca is a Director of the German British Forum.

PD Dr rer. pol. Heribert Dieter, Dieter Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) Heribert Dieter is Senior Fellow in the Research Unit “Global Issues” at the SWP (German Institute for International and Security Affairs), Berlin. Since 2000 he also is Associate Fellow, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR), University of Warwick. Since 2005, he is an adjunct professor at the Free University of Berlin. Dr Dieter’s current research focus is on the further development of globalisation, the development of monetary regionalism in Asia and other parts of the world and on the future of the global trading system, which appears to be undermined by the mushrooming of bilateral trade agreements.

Profess Professor essor Clemens Fue Fuest uest, st University of Oxford Clemens Fuest is Professor of Business Taxation at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and Research Director of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation. He is a research fellow of CESifo and IZA and a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is currently member of the Academic Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry of Finance. His current research focuses on the implications of globalisation and European integration for tax policy and the impact of taxes on firm behaviour.

Navi Radjou, Radjou University of Cambridge Navi Radjou is presently the Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global Business at the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School. Navi is also a strategy consultant to major organizations worldwide. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Economist and The Financial Times, and is a regular columnist on HarvardBusinessReview.org. Navi is a sought-after speaker by the World Economic Forum, Council on Foreign Relations, The Conference Board, Milken Institute, Harvard University, MIT, and Asia Society. He has coined several business concepts such as ‘Global Innovation Networks’, ‘Polycentric Innovation’ and ‘Indovation’.


Panel II: Education in a KnowledgeKnowledge-based Society Sean Coughlan, Coughlan BBC – Moderation Sean Coughlan is a BBC News education correspondent, writing for the BBC News website, the biggest news website in Europe. Earlier this year he wrote and commissioned a series of articles and video pieces under the title of the Knowledge Economy. This looked at the relationship between higher education and research and the pursuit of innovative industries of the future. He has been a columnist for the Guardian, writing a weekly column about money for six years. Sean is the author of five books, including a cultural history of sleep, which was translated into French and German, and a book about the sinking of the Titanic. He lives in London, with three daughters. His long term ambition at home is to finish a sentence.

Professor William H. Dutton, Dutton University of Oxford Professor William H. Dutton is Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, Professor of Internet Studies, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Balliol College. In the UK, he was a Fulbright Scholar 1986-87, and was National Director of the UK's Programme on Information and Communication Technologies (PICT) from 1993 to 1996. Professor Dutton is Principal Investigator of the Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS), a key resource on the use and impact of the Internet in Britain. His conception of 'The Fifth Estate' of the Internet realm has created a new research project and a book in progress. His service includes chairing the Advisory Committee for England of the UK’s Office of Communications (Ofcom), and participating on the NHS Direct Innovation Committee.

Professor Ken Mayhew, Mayhew University of Oxford Ken Mayhew is Professor of Education and Economic Performance at Oxford University and Fellow and Tutor in Economics at Pembroke College, Oxford. He is also Director of SKOPE, an ESRC designated research centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance. Founded in 1998, it is a multi-disciplinary centre based in the Oxford University Departments of Economics and Education and in Cardiff University’s School of Social Sciences. In 1989 and 1990 he was Economic Director at the UK National Economic Development Office, and has worked as a consultant for many private and public sector organisations at home and abroad, including the European Commission, the OECD, the DBIS and the DTI. His main research interests are in policy analysis, labour economics, human resource management and the economics of education and training. He is an editor of Oxford Economic Papers and of The Oxford Review of Economic Policy.

Professor Dieter Lenzen, Lenzen University of Hamburg Professor Dieter Lenzen is the current President of the Universität Hamburg and former President of the Freie Universität Berlin. He held professorships in Philosophy of Education at the Westphalian Wilhelms University and the Freie Universität in Berlin. Since 1990 Lenzen has been on the board of the German Association for Educational Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaften), of which he was President from 1994 to 1998. Lenzen founded the Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft (Journal of Educational Studies) and is editor of the twelve-volume encyclopedia of educational studies. He headed up numerous projects in educational research and authored over 900 publications. Lenzen is chairman of the education think-tank “Aktionsrat Bildung”, Vice President of the German Rectors' Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz), and Council Member in the European Universities Association.


Panel III: Economic and Social Integration Policies in Germany Germany and Britain Peter Craven, Craven Deutsche Welle – Moderator Peter Craven has been living in Germany for over two decades. In that time he’s reported on both soft and hard stories, working mainly for Deutsche Welle TV – but also for a range of other international broadcasters. He’s covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the state of German soccer. Peter currently has his own talk show and he has in recent years interviewed everybody from top politicians and leaders of finance and industry to Nobel Prize and Oscar winners. Until relatively recently, it was the German economy, German sport, and, of course, Germany's troubled history that were the focus of attention. Now, says Peter, people do still want to hear about those themes - but also about Germany's new image as a hugely dynamic and diverse society. And that's what Peter works hard to bring to life.

Shenaz Bunglawala, Bunglawala ENGAGE and Muslim Council of Britain Shenaz Bunglawala is Head of Research at ENGAGE, an NGO dedicated to improving British Muslim participation in politics and media. She holds an MSc in Comparative Politics from the LSE where she is studying for a doctoral degree. She has previously taught undergraduate courses in political science at the LSE and King’s College, London. Shenaz sits on the Research Excellence Framework 2014 expert sub-panel for Theology and Religious Studies and is section specialist on Faith and Religion in Humanitarian Contexts for the MSc in International Humanitarian Psychosocial Consultation at UEL. Her work has been published in Ethics in International Affairs, Religion, State and Society, ‘Just War on Terror? (Ashgate, 2010) and ‘Ashgate Companion on Religion and Conflict Resolution’ (forthcoming).

Sasha Havlicek, Havlicek Institute for Strategic Dialogue As founding Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, Sasha Havlicek has been responsible for the strategic development of this London-based think tank heading up programmes, research and policy work in the fields of social cohesion and counter-radicalisation, European neighbourhood and Russia policy, cultural and media dialogue with Muslim communities and the Arab world. She also oversees the Institute's Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme launched with Oxford University in 2007. Sasha previously served as Senior Programme Director at the US think-tank, the EastWest Institute, where she developed a prominent portfolio of border management and cross-border conflict mitigation projects, setting up and running field operations across the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Russia. Sasha also served on a Task Force of the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe in the aftermath of the Balkan wars. Sasha sits on the Board of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, which she helped found. She also serves on the board of the Women without Borders SAVE Initiative and is Chairman of the charity Next Generation Nepal.


Matthias Matussek, DER SPIEGEL Matthias Matussek has been with DER SPIEGEL since 1987. From 1992 to 1996 he was the magazine’s chief correspondent in New York, from 2000 to 2004 in Rio de Janeiro, then in London. From August 2005 to 2008 he was in charge of DER SPIEGEL’s cultural section. Selected books: Palasthotel Zimmer 6101, Das Selbstmord-Tabu, Fifth Avenue Short Stories, We Germans, When we were young and gay. For his reports from East Germany, Matussek received the Egon-Erwin-Kisch Prize, the most prestigious German award for journalists. Television: „Matusseks Reisen“ (ARD), „Matussek trifft“. His video blog „Matusseks Kulturtipp“ was awarded with the „Golden Prometheus“ as best internet-appearance of the year 2007. His new book “The Catholic Adventure” is due in May 2011.

Panel IV: The European Union – A Global Player? Roland Freudenstein, Freudenstein Centre for European Studies – Moderation Roland Freudenstein is the Head of Research and the Deputy Director of the Centre for European Studies. He was previously Head of Foreign and European Affairs with the Berlin Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Director of the Warsaw Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. He was also a member of the planning staff for Foreign and Security Policy of the European Commission. He studied political science, Japan studies, economics and international relations in Bonn and Los Angeles and has published on international security, Central Europe and German foreign policy.

Peter Altmaier MP, MP CDU Peter Altmaier is the Chief Whip of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. After working as a civil servant for the European Commission, he was elected to the Bundestag in 1994, where he was member of the committee on European Union Affairs. From 1999 to 2003, he was delegate of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group to the European Conventions on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and on the Constitutional Treaty. From 2005 – 2009, he was the Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. He chaired the German Society for Foreign Affairs study group on European policy and has been the president of the Europa-Union Deutschland since 2006.

Anthony Teasdale, Teasdale European Parliament Anthony Teasdale is Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of the European Parliament (Jerzy Buzek). Educated at Balliol and Nuffield Colleges, Oxford, he served as Special Adviser to Sir Geoffrey Howe as Foreign Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and to Kenneth Clarke as Chancellor of the Exchequer at HM Treasury. In Brussels, he has worked in the secretariats of both the EU Council of Ministers (EcoFin Council) and the European Parliament. From 2002-06, Anthony was Head of Policy Strategy and Legislative Planning for the EPP Group in the European Parliament, and subsequently worked with Hans-Gert Pöttering as President of the Parliament. He is a former Visiting Research Fellow of Nuffield College and currently a Senior Visiting Fellow at the European Institute, London School of Economics (LSE).


Organisers Claudia Crawford, Crawford Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Claudia Crawford is Director of the London office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Prior to her arrival, she was Resident Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung for Serbia and Montenegro. From 1990 to 2005, she was Member of the German Bundestag where she held positions in the Committee of Foreign Affairs and was the vice chair of the Sub-Committee for the United Nations of the German Bundestag. From 1994 to 1998 she was Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Women, Senior Citizens and Youth. She has been Board Member of the European People's Party since 2004.

Maximilian Hoell, Hoell German Forum (Co-Chairman) Maximilian studies French and Spanish at Somerville College. On his obligatory year abroad, he is studying in Madrid, interning with the German Embassy (Brussels) and a PR agency (Paris). Max has been awarded several academic prizes, including Oxford's Heath Harrison scholarship. A past president of the Oxford German Society, he takes a vivid interest in British-German relations. His extracurricular activities include playing chess, tennis and golf as well as learning Japanese.

Alexander Dilthey, Dilthey German Forum (Co-Chairman) Alexander is reading for a DPhil in Statistical Genetics. His research focuses on the genetic risk architecture of autoimmune diseases. Publications in Bioinformatics, Nature Genetics and Nature. He was recently selected to present his work at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Alexander has been an IT consultant since 2001 (internet technologies and medical data processing, clients include BBDO Management Services, Tiscali AG, Reader’s Digest) and was President of the debating society of the HeinrichHeine-University Düsseldorf. He is a fellow of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and has recently been awarded the Gustav Born scholarship for biomedical research.

Chiara Quadranti, Quadranti German Forum (Committee) Chiara is a second year undergraduate student, reading Modern Languages at New College, Oxford. She was educated at Bancroft’s School in Woodford Green where she gained a Sixth Form Scholarship and was made a senior prefect. She is an active member of college life at university and has interned in Düsseldorf, Germany in the HR department of DHL as well as in Bavaria. In her free time she enjoys playing the piano, skiing, horse-riding and rowing.

Matthias Meier, Meier German Forum (Committee) Matthias is an undergraduate student at Somerville College, studying for a degree in Classics. Before moving to the UK, he grew up and was educated in Bavaria where he received several prizes for his academic achievements. Matthias was a participant of several summer schools such as the “Deutsche Schülerakademie” and the “GermanNorwegian Youth Forum”. Lately, Matthias was awarded a scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. Besides his studies, he is interested in politics and literature and is an enthusiastic sportsman.


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Siddik is a Weidenfeld Scholar pursuing his Masters (MPhil) in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at St. Antony’s College. Previously, he worked as a political advisor in the House of Lords, the European Parliament and the US Congress. In addition, he has been working in an international NGO and in the communication and government relations department of a major multinational energy company. Siddik holds BA degrees in Political Science and Oriental Studies from the Ruhr University Bochum. He is currently learning Persian, his eighth language.

Anna Aleksandrova, German Forum (Creative Director) Anna is reading for the BFA Fine Art at the Ruskin School. Prior to Oxford University, she gained a merit award at Wimbledon College of Art (London) and completed her A-levels at Cambridge Tutors College. Before England, she was culturally educated in Moscow, travelled in Siberia and Crimea whilst holding Latvian citizenship. As president of Oxford Russian Society in 2009-2010, she introduced new standards, sponsorship campaigns and for its centenary created a new logo.

Oxford German Forum The Oxford German Forum Society is an official and registered Oxford University society run by current undergraduate and graduate members of the university. Its main purpose is to organise an annual British-German conference at Oxford in an effort to promote strong relations between the UK and Germany.

KonradKonrad-AdenauerAdenauer-Stiftung The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is a political foundation, closely associated with the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Its global network of offices aims at promoting democracy, the rule of law and a social market economy. To foster peace and freedom the foundation encourages a continuous dialog at the national and international levels as well as the exchange between cultures and religions. The London office seeks to strengthen the close relationships between the UK, Ireland and Germany.