The first day of the two-day ESMT Annual Forum "Navigating in Turbulent Times: Opportunities, Threats, and the World Economy" closed with a dinner speech by Germany's Minister of Finance Peer Steinbrück. The academic conference continued on July 2 with a keynote speech by Prof. Mario Monti, President of Bocconi University and Former European Union Commissioner for Competition.

The Annual Forum was opened on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, with an address by Michael Diekmann, CEO, Allianz SE and Chairman of the ESMT Foundation Board of Trustees. The first day's program also included a cornerstone panel with other international CEOs on the current economic situation. On the second day of the conference, international academics and practitioners debate many of ESMT’s areas of research.

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