Economic Development Speakers

Former Mayor, City of Compton

President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics

Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, Global Research at RBC Capital Markets

Founder of UP & Partner at The Wiseman Group

Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor of City & Regional Planning & Sociology, University of Pennsylvania; Authority on Urban Planning & Housing Policy

Founder of r/WallStreetBets, Author, Entrepreneur

Founding Director and CEO of Centennial Asia Advisors Pte Ltd

CEO & Senior Fellow at IDFC Institute

Change Navigator, Top-Ranked Global Futurist & Bestselling Author of "Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change"

Professor of Business Administration Chair at Harvard

China Domestic & Foreign Policy Expert & Author

Ecological Economist, Playwright & Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity

Chief Economist at The Conference Board

Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center

Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge

Director of BBC Studios

Executive Chairman of the Board at Procter & Gamble

President of the Swiss Confederation and Federal Councillor for Economic Affairs, Education and Research, Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research of Switzerland

Professor of Economics & Nobel Prize Winner

CNN Hero, Founder & President of Razia’s Ray of Hope