6-7 December 2006
Wednesday 6 December 19:30 LSE Alumni Reception
Indian Alumni and alumni from across Asia attended an alumni reception the evening before the Asia Forum. LSE director Howard Davies hosted this drinks reception and that was attended by many of the School's senior academics who spoke at the Forum. Sir Nicholas Stern, the first holder of the IG Patel Chair at LSE addressed the reception along with alumnus Neville Tuli who spoke on Art and Development. The reception took place in the Taj Palace Hotel|, Sardar Patel Marg, Diplomatic Enclave, New Delhi.
Thursday 7 December 09:00 LSE Asia Forum
Challenging Globalisation: reform, governance and society
The Forum explored 3 main topics:
Reform: Industrial reform and infrastructure modernisation
Governance: Governing globalisation and trade - trade policy, multilateral cooperation
and their global and local effects
Society: International relations and global crises - evolving shared responses
Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India delivered the opening keynote speech. His speech is available to download. Opening Address: Speech by Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, to the LSE Asia Forum 2006| (PDF)
Discussions were led by LSE academics: Professor Danny Quah, Head of Economics Department; Dr Razeen Sally, senior lecturer in international political economy and head of the international trade policy unit and Professor Robert Wade, professor of political economy and development at DESTIN.
Other speakers included: Sheila Dikshit, chief minister of Delhi; Nandan M Nilekani, chief executive officer of Infosys; Mr Sun Yuxi, Chinese Ambassador to India, and Dr YV Reddy, governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India, delivered the closing speech at the forum's banquet dinner. The dinner was held in memory of former President of India KR Narayanan, who was an LSE Alumnus.
Programme
Download: LSE Asia Forum 2006 - Programme| (PDF)
The forum took place in the Taj Palace Hotel|, Sardar Patel Marg, Diplomatic Enclave, New Delhi.