Brussels Forum 2016 - Global Economic Shifts and Power Relationships

March 31, 2016

In the context of the strategic partnership between OCP Policy Center and the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Policy Center is a key partner for the Brussels Forum organized by GMF.

- Dr. Karim El Aynaoui, Managing Director, OCP Policy Center

- Amb. Masafumi Ishii, Ambassador to Belgium and Representative of the Government of Japan to NATO

- Mr. Pascal Lamy, President Emeritus, Jacques Delors Institute

- Dr. James Steinberg, Dean, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse University

Moderator: Mr. Peter Spiegel, Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times

Speakers
Karim El Aynaoui
Executive President
Karim El Aynaoui is Executive President of the Policy Center for the New South. He is also Executive Vice-President of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Dean of its Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences Cluster.   Karim El Aynaoui is an economist. From 2005 to 2012, he worked at the Central Bank of Morocco where he held the position of Director of Economics, Statistics, and International Relations. At the Central Bank of Morocco, he was in charge of the Research Department and equally a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. Previously, he worked for eight years at the World Bank as an Economist for its regional units of the Middle East and North Africa and Africa.   Karim El Aynaoui has published books and journal articles on macroeconomic issues in developing countr ...
Masafumi Ishii
Ambassador to Belgium and Representative of the Government of Japan to NATO
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Pascal Lamy
Ancien commissaire européen et ancien directeur général de l'OMC
M. Lamy est diplômé de l'École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) de Paris, de l'Institut d'Études Politiques (IEP) et de l'École Nationale d'Administration (ENA). Il commence sa carrière dans la fonction publique française à l'Inspection générale des Finances et au Trésor. Il devient ensuite conseiller du Ministre des finances, M. Jacques Delors, puis du Premier Ministre M. Pierre Mauroy.  À Bruxelles de 1985 à 1994, Pascal Lamy exerce les fonctions de Directeur de Cabinet du Président de la Commission européenne, M. Jacques Delors, dont il est le représentant en qualité de “sherpa” au G-7.  En novembre 1994, il rejoint l'équipe chargée du redressement d'une banque française, le Crédit Lyonnais. Il devient ensuite le Directeur général de la banque jusqu'à sa privatisation ...
James Steinberg
Dean, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse University
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