A distinguished group of thinkers, policy makers, and practitioners discussed the challenges facing Europe and the implications for the region and the world's economy, politics, and democracy.
Ambassador Anne Anderson, Permanent Mission 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 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 Stiglitz, University Professor and Co-Chair, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia
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 Brookings Institution and Columbia World Leaders Forum