This
World Leaders Forum program will feature a discussion with a
distinguished group of thinkers, policy makers, and practitioners on the
challenges facing Europe and the implications for the region and the
world’s economy, politics, and democracy. The discussion will be
followed by a question and answer session with the audience. A reception
will follow in the Faculty Room.

Opening Remarks by:

Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University in the City of New York

Panelists:

Ambassador Anne Anderson, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations

Kemal
Derviş, Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development,
The Brookings Institution; Senior Advisor, Sabanci University; Adjunct
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia
University in the City of New York

George A. Papandreou, Member
of Parliament and Former Prime Minister of Greece; SIPA Global Fellow
and Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs,
Columbia University in the City of New York

George Soros, Chair, Soros Fund Management LLC; Founder and Chair, Open Society Foundations

Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor and Co-Chair, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University in the City of New York

Jan
Svejnar, James T. Shotwell Professor of Global Political Economy;
Director, Center on Global Economic Governance, School of International
and Public Affairs, Columbia University in the City of New York

Co-Sponsored by the Center on Global Economic Governance and The Brookings Institution.