Global Creative Leadership Summit, Beginning This Sunday, Includes Four Panels Addressing Current Global Financial Turmoil

Four Sessions to Include International Economic Experts, CEOs, Observers of World Economy, and Prominent Academics

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 120 delegates, including heads of state, acclaimed artists, Nobel Prize-winners, global CEOs and the most influential international thought-leaders will gather in New York City on September 21-23, 2008 for the third annual Global Creative Leadership Summit. Organized by the Louise T. Blouin Foundation, an international non-profit organization, the conference will address a wide range of the world's most pressing issues, including four separate panels that will address the turmoil in the global financial markets. The event will be held at the Metropolitan Club (1 East 60th Street at Fifth Avenue, Manhattan).

SUNDAY, SEPtember 21:

WHAT IF? SCENARIOS: THE FUTURES OF GLOBALIZATION

9:45 AM - 11:15 AM This session will focus on geoeconomies, global trade, and emerging economies, among other topics. Participants include many noted experts, including Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Dr. Vladimir Kvint, Head of the Department of Financial Strategy, Moscow School of Economics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University; and Professor Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Indian Political Economy, Columbia University, and Professor Padma Desai, Harriman Professor of Russian Economics, Columbia University among others.

ECONOMY, INCLUSION AND DYNAMISM

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM This session will examine how nations, both emerging and developed, can facilitate dynamic economies in order to generate innovation, new ideas and opportunity both at the local and global level. The keynote speaker is Prime Minister Ivo Sanader of the Republic of Croatia, and participants include Professor Edmund Phelps, McVickar Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University; Dr. Graciana del Castillo, Founder, Macroeconomic Advisory Group; and Dr. Richard Robb, CEO, Christofferson, Robb & Company.

MONDAY, september 22: ECONOMIES OF CRISIS, ECONOMICS OF CHANGE

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Economies of Crisis will examine what can be done to repair what are the brains and arteries of the global economy, and will question whether the financial system can be better regulated without losing its ability to innovate, and whether free trade can survive. The keynote speaker is H.E. Shaukat Aziz, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, and participants include many noted experts, including H.E. Mr. Nizar Baraka, Delegate Minister to H.E. Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi, Economic and General Affairs, Kingdom of Morocco; Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Matthew Bishop, Chief Business Writer, The Economist; and John Studzinski, Founder of the Genesis Foundation.

TUESDAY, september 23: COPING WITH CHANGE: THE future of the corporation

10:45 AM - 12:30 PM The Future of the Corporation will examine, among other topics, the changing dynamics of the modern corporation, the challenges that technological changes in the workplace have on corporate leadership and the 21st century CEO, and the challenges presented by dealing with diverse markets, diverse workforces and a more dynamic world. Participants include Ali Velshi, Senior Business Correspondent and Host of Your $$$$$, CNN; Jared Kushner, Publisher, New York Observer; Juan Louis Cebrian, CEO, Grupo Prisa; Alayne Reesberg, Founder, Reesberg Partners; and Lex Fenwick, CEO, Bloomberg Ventures, among others.

Over three days, the Summit will address the broad and far-reaching challenges of globalization and cultural diversification. In addition to panels addressing the global economy, additional sessions will address topics ranging from "Internet Security," and "Education, Creativity, and the Mind" to "The Futures of Globalization," "Global Health," and "Climate Change," among other topics.

The Summit intends to serve as a unique thought incubator, where solutions are devised, new ideas are tried out, and developments and research conducted by the world's leading minds are announced. All delegates will personally and actively participate in the discussions. The official record of the Summit will be used to influence organizations and agencies around the world.

** Metropolitan Club prohibits cameras inside the venue. Producers and reporters welcome. Interviews available outside the venue. Jacket and tie required of all media. Photo ID or NYPD/Foreign Press credentials required.