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Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to France and Monaco since 2011. He started his career in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1981. He was, among others, Ambassador of Belgium to Morocco, Mauritania and Cape Verde (2005-2009) and to Luxembourg (2000-2002). He also served as Head of the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs (1999-2000). He was Representative for Belgium to NATO (1991-1995). In 2012, he gave lectures at the Ecole nationale d’administration (ENA) in Paris on the future of diplomacy. He graduated in Law and Notarial Studies.

Senior Reporter and International Columnist at Le Figaro. He has covered major worldwide political crises and armed conflicts for the past 40 years. Expert on geopolitics, he publishes every Tuesday his international column in Le Figaro. He wrote several books on the Middle East and the major diplomatic issues of the West. He regularly takes part in international conferences. He is also a Professor at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and a member of the Editorial Board of the Revue des Deux Mondes. In 2014, he was awarded the Grand Prix de la presse internationale by the foreign correspondents in Paris. He graduated from the École normale supérieure and the École nationale d’administration.

Ambassador Lowenstein is Co-Founder of the French American Foundation. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He began his career at Marshall Plan European Headquarters in Paris in 1950. In 1951, he was assigned to the U.S. Special Mission to Yugoslavia, resident in Sarajevo. He was a naval officer between 1952 and 1955. He was commissioned Foreign Service Officer in 1956. He served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from 1974 to 1977 and as U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1977 to 1981. He graduated from Yale University.

Honorary Consul of the Republic of Croatia in the Principality of Monaco. He is also an International Business Consultant for European Industrial Groups with interests in the Mediterranean basin and in the Middle East, areas where he has developed his own network of strategic contacts. He has been co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of two European Information Technology companies and Special Advisor to MONACO TELECOM (2003-2010) for new business development.

Chairman & CEO of Wolfensohn & Company. He was President of the World Bank and of the International Finance Cooperation (1995-2005). Then, he served as Special Envoy for Gaza Disengagement (2005-2006). He was Chairman of the former Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings Institution, and Chairman of the International Advisory Board of Citigroup (2006-2014). Prior to that, he held Senior Management positions at Schroders and Salomon Brothers. For more than 40 years, he has been active in music organizations, having served as Chair of both Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Mr. Wolfensohn has taught at Yale University and holds a B.A. and LL.B. from the University of Sydney, as well as an M.B.A. from Harvard Graduate School of Business. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society.

Founder and chairman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and Director of its Center for Advancing Capitalism. He currently sits on the Institute Turgot. Formerly, he served as Director of Government Relations at the Council for a Competitive Economy, as a senior economist at the Association of American Railroads and as a senior policy analyst at the Environmental Protection Agency. He regularly takes part in U.S. television and radio programs and is the author of numerous publications. He holds a B.S. degree in Theoretical Mathematics and Political Science from Tulane University.

Lorenzo Gascón is Academician of the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences of Spain, of the Royal European Academy of Doctors and Academician and Vice-President Principal of the Academy of European Culture. He served as Dean of the Illustrious College of Economists of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands and as a member of the International Council of the US Information Agency. He is Honorary President of the European League of Economic Cooperation and board Member of the Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe. He is also a WAAS Fellow. In addition he has been Chairman, President and CEO of several companies, including Tuneles y Autopistas de Barcelona S.A. and the Banco de Expansion Industrial. He holds a PhD and graduated from the Senior Management Program (PADE) of the IESE Business School. Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universities of Michoacan, Mexico and Lishui, China.

Executive Director, International Energy Agency. She has served as Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since September 2011. She has steered the IEA during a period of exceptional change in the global energy landscape, and is taking the initiative to address the challenges of global energy governance. Her priorities include building and formalising cooperation with the major emerging energy players of the 21st century, and also expanding energy access. She was formerly Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands.

CEO, Asia-Brazil Agro Alliance. Former Director of Global Public and Governmental Affairs at Brasil Foods (BRF), one of the largest food companies in the world. Former President & CEO of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) (2007-2012). Founding president of the Brazilian Institute for International Trade Negotiations (ICONE) (2003-2007). He also worked as Special Expert in Trade at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington D.C. (2001-2002). He holds a PhD from the University of São Paulo (FEA/USP).

Chairman of the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) and Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo. Formerly, he held several positions at the World Trade Organization including member of the Appellate Body (2008-2012), Japan’s Permanent Representative (2002-2005), Chairman of the General Council (2004-2005) and Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body (2003-2004). He served as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (2005-2007) and to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2000-2001). He holds a degree in law from the University of Tokyo.

Professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is a political scientist, historian, columnist, expert on Eastern policy, Co-Founder of the Warsaw Rising Museum, lecturer at the University of Warsaw and Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Research Station of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. Member of the Lower House of the Polish Parliament – Sejm, where he serves as Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He served as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006-2007), and was a member of the National Security Council. From 2009 to 2014, he was a member of the European Parliament, working in the Foreign Affairs and Security and Defence Committees, and Chairman of the EU delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Committee. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the New Eastern Europe bi-monthly magazine and the Supervisory Board of Alwernia SA. He authored numerous publications on transformation processes in Central and Eastern Europe.

Partner of Apollo Global Management and Honorary Chairman of the French American Foundation – France. He is also Honorary Chairman of HEC Foundation and of the HEC Alumni Association. He started his career at the bank Paribas (1986-1988) and then at Lyonnaise des Eaux (1989-1992). He was appointed Chief Operating Officer and CEO of Techpack International (Pechiney-LBO France) (1996-1999) after having served as CFO (1992-1996) and then President of the Packaging Division Cosmetology Luxury International of Pechiney (1999-2000). He also served as Chief Operating Officer of Lagardère Media (2000-2005) and as Chief of staff of H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco (2005-2006). He holds a Master degree from HEC, Paris.

CEO of Pronutri, Activa and Nutrilab laboratories. He turned Pronutri into a worldwide developed company, bringing it to a new level and making it one of the major players on the market of health dietary supplements. He extended the scope of Pronutri with international subsidiaries in Europe, the USA and Asia, making Nutripuncture™ a worldwide brand. He created in 1999 the Activa Laboratories with the objective to establish a new and innovative set of technologies in the world of health dietary supplements. He graduated from the Dauphine University (Paris, France) with a major in finance and marketing.

Group Chief Executive of Prudential plc since 2009. He joined Prudential as CFO in 2008. He started his career with McKinsey & Company. He was Chief Executive and later Chairman of the National Bureau for Technical Studies and Development in Côte d’Ivoire (1994-1999). In 1998, he was appointed Secretary of Planning and Development. After the coup d’état in 1999, he went back to McKinsey and then joined Aviva, successively holding the positions of Group Strategy and Development Director, Managing Director of Aviva International, and finally Group Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Europe. He graduated from the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines de Paris. He holds a MBA from INSEAD. He is Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur.

President Emeritus from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and adjunct professor of political science for the Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University, Illinois. He is also a visiting professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Affairs of the University of California. He worked during thirty years at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, as Executive Director (1971-1974) and then as President (1974-2001). He also served in the U.S. Department of State (1962-1963). He was Foreign Policy Assistant to Senator and Vice President Hubert Humphrey. He obtained a B.A. at St. John’s University, Collegeville (Minnesota) and a PhD in political science at Harvard University.

Sovereign Prince of Monaco. Since 1993, he has led the Monegasque delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations. He also chairs the Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM), intergovernmental body, which aims to promote multilateral international research and facilitate the exchange of information, in particular between countries on the north and south sides of the Mediterranean Sea. In 2006, he set up the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation dedicated to protecting the environment. He graduated in political science from Amherst College, Massachusetts, United States.

Head of the French Council of State since 2006. He is also President of the Association of Councils of State and Supreme administrative jurisdictions of the European Union (ACA-Europe) since 2012 and president of the committee established by the article 255 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union (committee set up by the Treaty of Lisbon and in charge of giving an opinion on candidates’ suitability to perform the duties of Judge and Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice and General Court) since 2010. He graduated from the Institut d’études politiques de Paris, the University Paris I and the Ecole nationale d’administration (ENA).

Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD since December 2011. He is in charge of Social Affairs, Education, Governance and Entrepreneurship. Before joining the OECD, he held a variety of political posts in Belgium at all levels and in all areas of government. He served as Deputy in the Chamber of Representatives, Group Chairman, National Secretary and Chairman of the CD&V party, Minister-President of the Flemish Government, Federal Senator, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Budget and Mobility, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister. He has a degree in Law and Political Science from the University of Ghent.

Justice of The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He chairs the Executive Council of the International Law Association and the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law. He is a member of the Judicial Integrity Group and of the seven person panel set up under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (article 255) to give an opinion on candidates’ suitability to perform the duties of Judge and Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice and General Court. He represented the United Kingdom on the Council of Europe’s Consultative Council of European Judges (2000-2011).

CEO & Founding Partner of DynaGrow Fair Trade, DynaGrow (SL) and DynaCorp Investment, an agribusiness group specializing in fair trade and sustainable agriculture in countries with low development index and focused on producing and trading cocoa, coffee & rice in West Africa. Thanks to DynaGrow Fair Trade, based in the United Kingdom, the group has become the first institution dedicated to directly fund fair trade finance for cocoa & coffee operations. Dominique Flavio is a serial entrepreneur with a significant experience in business.

Founder of the publishing company Encre d’Or. In 2009, she set up the collection “Carnet d’inspiration”, which is about noteworthy regions and cities and which highlights simultaneously historical, artistic, literary, culinary, environmental and technological heritage. She served as Editor in chief at Le Figaro Mediterranée (1993-1998). She was a journalist at Hersant Group, correspondent for Le Figaro Magazine and Le Figaro (1989-1993). As a writer and a publisher, she has been working on the combination of paper books and digital technology, within the European program CCALPS: Creative Companies in Alpine Space.

Founding President of Europartenaires and former President of the Anna Lindh Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures. She was first appointed Administrator at the Ministry of Finance and later Secretary General of the Paris Club. In 1981, she served as Advisor to Jacques Delors, Minister of Finance, before becoming Chargé de mission to the President of the Republic from 1982 to 1990. Minister Delegate for European Affairs from 1990 to 1993, then member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1997, Elisabeth Guigou was Minister of Justice from 1997 to 2000. In 2000, she was appointed Minister of Employment and Solidarity. She was elected Deputy Seine-Saint-Denis between 2002 and 2017. Vice President of the French National Assembly from 2010 to 2011, she served as President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly from 2012 to 2017. She has written a number of publications over the years, including L’Europe. Les défis à venir de la première puissance mondiale (Le Cherche Midi, 2014) and Pour une Europe juste (Le Cherche Midi, 2011).

Editorial Advisor of the German weekly Die Zeit. He is also Professor of Practice/International Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington. From 1985 to 2000, he was a Columnist and editorial page Editor of Süddeutsche Zeitung. He co-founded American Purpose after the American Interest and is a regular contributor to the op-ed pages of the U.S. press like The Wall Street Journal. Since 2004, he has been a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. Now teaching at SAIS, he taught at Harvard and Stanford. His most recent book is The Myth of America’s Decline, published by WW Norton, NY. He obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard.

Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1994. He was appointed as such by the former President Bill Clinton. He first served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur Goldberg in 1964, before becoming assistant special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal (1973), Justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1980-1994) and law professor at Harvard University (1967-1994). He graduated from Stanford University, Oxford Magdalen College and Harvard Law School.