Conference Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Kishore Mahbubani
Professor in the Practice of Public Policy
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
National University of Singapore
Author of the new book The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Power to the East, published in February 2008

Djordjija Petkoski
Lead Specialist at the World Bank and the Head of the Business, Competitiveness, and Development team at the World Bank Institute.

Session Speakers

Ooi Kee Beng
Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore and Former reporter for The Star

Jesmond Blumenfeld
Associate Senior Lecturer, Brunel Business School, Brunel University, London
Independent Consultant on African politics and economics

Nigel Bowles
University Lecturer in Politics
Oxford University

Philip Bowring
Asia columnist, the International Herald Tribune
Consultant on regional affairs for numerous financial institutions and specialist in East Asian Economy

Noel Brehony
Chairman, Menas Associates
Chairman, Council for British Research in the Levant
Advisor, Middle East Affairs, Rolls-Royce Plc

Peter Brew
Associate Director, Responsible Business Solutions
International Business Leaders' Forum

Harvey Chen
Founder & President of First Light Academy
Former Senior Currency Analyst, JP Morgan Chase

Mahrukh Doctor
Lecturer, Political Economy
University of Hull
Visiting Professorial Lecturer
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Bologna Centre
John Hopkins University

Richard Dowden
Director, Royal African Society
School of Oriental and African Studies
London

Aidan Foster-Carter
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Sociology and Modern Korea, University of Leeds

Philip Hanson
Associate Fellow, Royal Institute of International Affairs

Erik Jones
Professor of European Studies
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Bologna Centre
John Hopkins University

John Kampfner
UK Author, Broadcaster and Commentator
Former editor of the New Statesman
2006 Current Affairs Editor of the Year, The British Society of Magazine Editors

Rory Macleod
Managing Director, Objective Analysis
Former Head of Fixed Income and Currency
Baring Asset Management
Specialises in Financial markets and investments

Trevor McCrisken
Associate Professor, US Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick
Associate Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford

Hartmut Mayer
Supernumerary Fellow and Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
St. Peter's College
University of Oxford

Robin Ostle
Senior Tutor and Fellow, Modern Arabic
St John’s College, University of Oxford

Alex Pravda
Director of the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre and Fellow
Russian and East European Centre, St Antony’s College
University of Oxford

Philip Robins
Lecturer, Politics, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Former Middle East Correspondent for the BBC and The Guardian

Anthony Rowley
Field Editor, Japan, Oxford Analytica
Former Business Editor and International Finance Editor for the Far Eastern Economic Review

Peter Sinclair
Chairman of the International Economics Study Group
Professor of Economics at the University of Birmingham
Former consultant to the Financial Services Authority, the U.S. Treasury and the U.S. Department of Labor

Steve Tsang
Louis Cha Fellow and University Reader in Politics, St Antony’s College
University of Oxford

David Washbrook
Director, Indian Studies Centre, Reader in Modern South Asian History
Fellow of St Antony's College, University of Oxford

Laurence Whitehead
Senior Fellow, Politics, Nuffield College
University of Oxford

Hans Willemsen
Vice President, Clean Coal Energy, Shell Gas & Power, Singapore