General Clark will be attending the Ambrosetti Forum in Northern Italy. Since 1975, during the first week of September, Ambrosetti has been running a Forum called "Business strategies: the scenario for today and tomorrow" at Villa d'Este in Cernobbio. Heads of state, top representatives of European institutions, ministers in office, Nobel laureates, and experts from around the world come together every year to discuss the issues of greatest impact for the global economy and society as a whole. In addition to forecasts about the worldwide, European and Italian economic and political situation, participants analyze key technological and scientific advances and their effects on the future of business and society. This high-level workshop is regarded as the second most important annual management conference in Europe after the Davos conference. The mission of the conference in Villa d’Este is to create value for participants and promote excellence in business and society, by discussing the main threats and opportunities in the global scenario of today and tomorrow and how they influence business strategies.

Friday, September 16, 2005
2:00 - 5:10 PM
SESSION 2 : Promoting Prosperity with Climate Change Policy

Subsession One: Climate Change Policy Around the World

Subsession Two: Climate Change Policy in the United States

Introduction and Welcome from Moderator His Excellency José Maria Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica
Speakers' line up (in alphabetical order)
The Honorable Anne Baker, Deputy Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency
The Right Honorable Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs, United Kingdom
General Wesley Clark, USA, (Ret.), Vice Chairman, James Lee Witt and Associates LLC
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Senator, New York
His Excellency Dr. Leonel Fernandez, President of the Dominican Republic
The Honorable Yoriko Kawaguchi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Japan for Foreign Affairs