Selected Past Speakers（2004

SELECTED PAST SPEAKERS （2004 - 2011)

As of October 20, 2010
By constituency

Last name, first name, title in organization, organization, Country, Participation year(s)
Titles are as of last participation and honorifics are omitted,
Names and titles shown below are as of date of last participation.

POLITICAL LEADERS / POLICY MAKERS :

Abe, Shinzo
former Prime Minister; Member, House of Representatives, Japan (2006, 2011)

Barañao, Lino
Minister of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina (2008,2009)

Beddington, John
Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Government Office for Science, UK (2009, 2010, 2011)

Cohen, Jay
Principal, Chertoff Group; former Under Secretary for Science and Technology,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S.A. (2008, 2009, 2010)

Fedoroff, Nina
Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, U.S.A. (2007, 2008, 2009)

Garmendia Mendizábal, Cristina
Minister of Science and Innovation, Spain (2008)

Helal, Hany
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Egypt (2006, 2007, 2008)

Kamar, Margaret
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, KE (2011)

Koizumi, Junichiro
Prime Minister of Japan (2004, 2005)

Lim, Chuan Poh
Chairman, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Mangena, Mosibudi
Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa (2006, 2007)

Marburger III, John H
Science Advisor to the President and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), U.S.A. (2006)

Moratti, Letizia
Mayor of Milano; former Ministry of Education, Universities and Scientific Research, Italy (2004, 2006, 2007)

Nakagawa, Masaharu
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, JP (2011)

Omi, Koji
Founder and Chairman, STS forum, Japan (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Orbach, Raymond
Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2008)

Ponomarev, Ilya V.
Chairman of Hi-Tech Development Subcommittee, Member, The State Duma of the Russian Federation, Russia (2010)

Rezende, Sergio
Minister of Science and Technology, Brazil (2009)

Romero Hicks, Juan C.
Director General, National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT), Mexico (2010)

Schavan, Annette
Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany (2007, 2008, 2011)

Sophonpanich, Kalaya
Secretary General, Rajapruek Institute Foundation, Thailand (2009, 2011)

Surapranata, Suharna
Minister of Research and Technology (RISTEK), Indonesia (2010)

Swati, Muhammad
Minister of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Pakistan (2009)

Yeo, Philip
Senior Science and Technology Advisor, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

ACADEMIC / SCIENTIFIC / NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS LEADERS:

Bement Jr., Arden
Director of Global Policy Research Institute (GPRI), Purdue University;
former Director, National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S.A (2005, 2008,2009, 2010)

Bhumiratana, Sakarindr
President, King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Bréchignac, Catherine
President, International Council of Science (ICSU), France (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

Carty, Arthur
Research Professor and Executive Director, University of Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology; former National Science Advisor to the Government, Canada (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Castell, William M.
Chairman, The Wellcome Trust, U.K. (2006, 2009, 2010)

Chung, KunMo
President, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), Republic of Korea (2006)

Cicerone, Ralph
President, National Academy of Sciences (NAS), U.S.A. (2005, 2007, 2009)

Colwell, Rita
Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)

Córdova, France
President, Purdue University, U.S.A. (2006, 2008, 2010)

Gregorian, Vartan
President, Carnegie Corporation of New York, U.S.A. (2005)

Hockfield, Susan
President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2007)

King, Julia
Vice-Chancellor, Aston University, U.K. (2009)

Komiyama, Hiroshi
Chairman of the Institute, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.; President Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Japan
(2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Lu, Yongxiang
President, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China (2008, 2009)

Rubinstein, Ellis
President and CEO, New York Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Serageldin, Ismail
Director, Library of Alexandria, Egypt (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Shirai, Katsuhiko
President, Waseda University, Japan ( 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

Suh, Nam Pyo
President, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea (2007, 2008)

Thumann, Jürgen
President, Federation of German Industries (BDI), Germany (2007, 2008)

Velikhov, Evgeny
President, Russian Research Center, Kurchatov Institute, Russia (2004, 2009)

Wallberg-Henriksson, Harriet
President, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden (2005, 2006)

Wambugu, Florence
CEO, Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International (AHBFI), Kenya (2004, 2005, 2008, 2010)

Yamanaka, Shinya
Director, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Japan (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki
Director-General, Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
(2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Zehnder, Alexander
Scientific Director, Alberta Water Research Institute; former President of the ETH Board;
former President Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland
(2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Zerhouni, Elias
Senior Fellow, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; former Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S.A. (2006, 2007, 2009)

BUSINESS LEADERS:

Brudermüller, Martin
Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Germany (2009, 2010)

Cerf, Vinton
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Inc., U.S.A. (2006)

Cho, Fujio
Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan (2006, 2007)

Fayyad, Usama
Chief Data Officer and Executive Vice President, Research and Strategic Data Solutions Department, Yahoo! Incorporated, U.S.A. (2005, 2006, 2007)

Furukawa, Kazuo
Senior Corporate Adviser, Hitachi, Ltd.Japan (2006, 2008, 2010)

Gopalakrishnan, S. Kris
CEO and Managing Director, Infosys Technologies Limited, India (2008, 2009)

Harris, Parker
Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Technology, Salesforces.com Inc., U.S.A. (2010)

Hasegawa, Yasuchika
President and CEO, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Holliday, Jr., Charles
Chairman of the Board, Bank of America Corporation, U.S.A. (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)

Vijay Kumar, Ivaturi
Chief Technology Officer, Wipro Limited, India (2010)

Lauvergeon, Anne
Chief Executive Officer, Areva, France (2007)

Lee, Yoon-Woo
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea (2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)

Lombard, Didier
Chairman, France Telecom, France (2010)

McGraw III, Harold
Chairman, Business Roundtable; Chairman, President and CEO, McGraw-Hill Companies, U.S.A. (2007)

McKinnell, Henry
Chairman, Academic Alliance Foundation; former Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc, U.S.A.
(2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. 2011)

Mitarai, Fujio
Chairman, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation); Chairman and CEO, Canon Inc., Japan (2006)

Mundie, Craig
Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Advanced Strategies and Policy, Microsoft Corporation, U.S.A. (2005)

Okamoto, Kazuo
Vice Chairman and Representative Director, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan (2004, 2008, 2009, 2010)

Okamura, Tadashi
Chairman of the Board, Toshiba Corporation, Japan (2006, 2009)

Okuda, Hiroshi
Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation; Chairman, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), Japan (2004, 2005, 2010)

Ramadorai, Subramanian
Vice Chairman, TATA Consultancy Services Limited (TCS), India (2010)

Sasaki, Hajime
Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation, Japan (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,2009)

Sakakibara, Sadayuki
Chairman and CEO, Toray Industries., Inc.; Vice Chairman, Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), JP (2009, 2010)

NOBEL LAUREATES:

Chu, Steven (1997 Phys.)
Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S.A. (2007, 2008)

Ernst, Richard(1991 Ch.)
Professor Emeritus, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland
(2005, 2007, 2009, 2010)

Friedman, Jerome I. (1990 Phys.)
Institute Professor and Professor of Physics Emeritus, Physics Department,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Lee, Yuan Tseh (1986 Ch.)
President Emeritus, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, President-Elect, International Council for Science (ICSU), Chinese Taipei (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Molina, Mario (1995 Ch.)
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego (UCSD), Mexico (2008)

Montagnier, Luc (2008 Phys. or Med.)
President and Co-Founder, World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention, France (2005, 2009)

Noyori, Ryoji (2001 Ch.)
President, RIKEN, Japan (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Nurse, Paul (2001 Med.)
President, Rockefeller University, U.K. (2010)

Roberts, Richard (1993 Phys. or Med.)
Chief Scientific Officer, New England Biolabs Incorporated, U.K. (2009, 2010, 2011)

Rowland, F. Sherwood (1995 Ch.)
Donald Bren Research Professor of Chemistry and Earth System Science,
School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)

Rubbia, Carlo (1984 Phys.)
Professor of SL Division, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Italy (2010, 2011)

Tonegawa, Susumu (1987 Phys. or Med.)
Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience, Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Japan (2004, 2005)

Varmus, Harold E. (1989 Phys. or Med.)
President and CEO, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, U.S.A. (2006, 2010)

MEDIA LEADERS:

Apsell, Paula
Senior Executive Producer, NOVA;
Director of the WGBH Science Unit, Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), U.S.A. (2007)

Campbell, Philip
Editor-in-Chief, Nature, U.K. (2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Fujisawa, Hidetoshi
Executive Controller General, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

Hirata, Ikuo
Editorial Page Editor, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan (2007, 2008)

Pooley, Eric
Managing Editor, Fortune Magazine, U.S.A. (2006)

Power, Christopher
Assistant Managing Editor International, BusinessWeek, U.S.A. (2008)

Schoenberger, Chana
Associate Editor, Forbes Magazine, U.S.A. (2008)

Standage, Tom
Business Editor, The Economist, U.K. (2007)

Thomson, Robert
Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal; Editor-in-Chief, Dow Jones & Company, Australia (2008, 2009)