FIRST

Roll on the next revolution

Foreword

Building global systems

Mike Lawrie

General Manager of IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

Wireless in tomorrow’s world

Nigel Deighton

Research Director, Gartner

The framework for competition

Erkki Liikanen

European Union Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society

M-commerce

Ewan Sutherland

Executive Director of the International Telecommunications Users Group (INTUG)

Managing the skills gap

Hans Ulrich Maerki

General Manager, IBM Global Services, EMEA

Banking on WAP

Daniel Carlman

Wireless Market Strategist, Handelsbanken Business Development

Real test for virtual community

Pekka Sivonen

Chairman of the Board, Digia Oy

The challenges of the 21st century

Rt Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, PC

NATO Secretary-General

NATO military futures

Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold CB FRAeS

Director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies

Strategy for securing the future

Alan Lee Williams OBE

Director of the Atlantic Council and President of the Atlantic Treaty Association

Britain in Europe and NATO

Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon MP

Secretary of State for Defence of the UK

Special mission aircraft

Derek Gilmour

Sales Director, Special Mission Aircraft, Bombardier Aerospace, Business Aircraft

Committed to NATO’s future

Hon Art Eggleton

Minister of National Defence of Canada

A case for co-operation

F H G De Grave

Minister of Defence of The Netherlands

The role of NATO for Hungary

Dr Janos Szabo

Minister of Defence of Hungary

A shared security

Hon Sergio Mattarella

Minister of Defence of Italy

Achieving NATO membership

Jüri Luik

Minister of Defence of the Republic of Estonia

Swiss security policy and NATO

Adolf Ogi

President and Minister of Defence of Switzerland

Danish strategy for NATO

HE Hans Haekkerup

Minister of Defence of Denmark

Peace and stability

Charles Goerens

Minister of Co-operation, Humanitarian Affairs and Defence and the Minister of Environment of Luxembourg

Delivering a solution

Pete Slinger

General Manager of Rosetta Global Communications

Supporting defence infrastructure

Robert Duck

Unisys Client Relationship Executive for the MOD

Message

Rt Hon Tony Blair MP

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Enhancing competitiveness

Tung Chee Hwa

Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SARG

Maintaining core values

Mrs Anson Chan, GBM CB JP

Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong SARG

Defending market freedoms

Donald Tsang

Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SARG

Upholding the rule of law

Hon Elsie Leung, OI SIE JP

Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong SARG

A new era of co-operation

Rt Hon Robin Cook, MP

Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Partners in trade

Rt Hon Stephen Byers, MP

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry of the UK

A world-class facility

Billy Lam

Chief Executive Officer of the Airport Authority, Hong Kong

Powering China’s growth

Andrew Brandler

Group Managing Director of CLP Holdings

A Hong Kong institution

Peter Lowe

General Manager of the Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

Money talks

David Tang, OBE

Chairman of D. W. C. Tang Development limited

Sustainable energy networks

Antonio V Del Rosario

Chairman - Elect, world Energy Council

Security and efficiency

Shige-Etsu Miyahara

Chairman, Japan Energy Association / WEC Japanese Member Committee

Re-evaluating energy priorities

Hirobumi Kawano

Director-General of the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

A changing electricity industry

Dr Hiroji Ota

Chairman, Federation of Electric Power Companies, Japan

Energy and the environment

Dr Yoichi Kaya

Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo

Testing times

Taizo Nishimuro

Chairman of JEMA and the Toshiba Corporation

Financing the power sector

Tadao Chino

President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Growing need for co-operation

Hyun-Joon Chang

President of the Korea Energy Economics Institute, Korea

Searching for regional solutions

George E Edwards

Chairman of the Energy Council of Australia

Increasing private participation

HE Suwat Liptapanlop

Minister of Industry of Thailand

Supporting future energy systems

Hiroshi Urano

President of the International Gas Union (IGU)

Message

HM Queen Elizabeth II

Message

HM King Abdullah II

Jordan in the millennium

HE Timoor Ghazi Daghastani

Ambassador of Jordan to the Court of St. James’s

A special relationship

HE Edward Chaplin, OBE

HM Ambassador to Amman

Regional integration

HE Abdul Elah Khatib

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan

Ancient and modern

HE Akel Biltaji

Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Travelling in time

Pamela Goodman

Travel Editor of House and Garden Magazine

Steering the economy

HE Jawad Hadid

Minister of Planning of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Jordan’s trade climate

HE Wasef Azar

Minister of Industry and Trade of Jordan

Investing in Amman

Nadhmi Auchi

Chairman and CEO of General Mediterranean Holding

Investment and diversification

Issa Ayyoub

General Manager of the Arab Potash Company (APC)

A centre of excellence

Rt Hon Gordon Brown, MP

Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom

Business in the UK

Rt Hon Richard Caborn, MP

Minister with responsibility for Trade and Investment, UK

International role

Clive Martin, OBE TD TL

Lord Mayor of London

The bank and UK financial services

Rt Hon Sir Edward George GBE

Governor of the Bank of England

World leader

Don Cruickshank

Chairman of the London Stock Exchange

Message

Rt Hon Tony Blair, MP

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Responsible leadership

HE Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Defence and security

Lieut.-General Sat B Tokpakbajev

Minister of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Vision for the state

Yerlan Idrissov

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Partnership and prosperity

Alex Findlay

Regional MD, for Europe and Central Asia BAE Systems

International development

Karim Massimov

Minister of Transport and Communications of Kazakhstan

Partner for progress

David McManus

Executive Vice -President of BG Group

Towards A strategic partnership

Dr Adil Akhmetov

Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UK

Parliamentary round-up

Sir Patrick Cormack, FSA MP

European round-up

Daniel Hannan, MEP