John Hennessy, Sydney Brenner, Umberto Veronesi, Harold Kroto & Vint Cerf

Helmut Schmidt, Gary Becker Tom Ridge & John McCain & J. Craig Venter

Lou Gerstner, Shimon Peres & Erkki Liikanen Bill Gates William Haseltine & Nicholas Negroponte

Rita Levi-Montalcini, Lucy Shapiro, Umberto Veronesi, Kari Mullis, William Haseltine & Nicholas Negroponte

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THE COMPANY The European House-Ambrosetti is a leading Italian management consulting firm. Established in 1965, it is headquartered in Milan and has a network of foreign offices in Beijing, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Istanbul, London, Madrid, New York, , Riga, Sao Paolo, Shanghai and Tokyo. Additionally, the company is supported by a series of strategic alliances and an external network of internationally-renowned advisors. The European House-Ambrosetti is an independent organization, which maintains a neutral standpoint on political issues. Statesmen, politicians, economists, business leaders and Nobel Laureates participate annually in The European House-Ambrosetti’s meetings (around 200 per year). The European House-Ambrosetti’s flagship Forum “ The Current and Future Outlook for Corporate Strategy ”, which is held each September at Villa d’Este on the shores of Lake Como, celebrated its 34 th edition in 2008, and is considered one of the most prestigious events in the international business calendar. It is designed to be a working forum in which internationally-distinguished personalities can share the key issues affecting modern society and the global economy.

Among those who have spoken at our past meetings, we are pleased to mention: Pope Benedict XVI (formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) Mahmoud Abbas “Abu Mazen” Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan H.S.H. The Sovereign Prince Albert II, Principality of Monaco John Ashcroft José María Aznar Edouard Balladur Joe Biden Richard Cheney Cheng Siwei Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Janez Drnovsek José Manuel Durao Barroso Recep Tayyip Erdogan Joschka Fischer Valéry Giscard d’Estaing Richard Holbrooke Alain Juppé Mervyn King Vaclav Klaus Christine Lagarde Paavo Lipponen John McCain Péter Medgyessy Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Amre Moussa Kamal Nath Ahmed Nazif Shimon Peres Romano Prodi Jean-Pierre Raffarin Rachid Mohamed Rachid Rodrigo de Rato Tom Ridge Michel Rocard Helmut Schmidt Wolfgang Schüssel Adnan Shihab-Eldin George Shultz Heizo Takenaka Jean-Claude Trichet Laura Tyson Axel Weber James D. Wolfensohn ______Milan, February 2009 More informations available at www.ambrosetti.eu