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Welcome to the 2009 Global Conference
Welcome to your conference.
Ideas submitted by many of you helped us plan the panels described in these pages. Inspired largely
by concerns about dramatic changes in the economic landscape, your input has made this 12th annual
Milken Institute Global Conference broader, deeper, more global and more topically relevant than ever.
Economic recovery is a major theme of this year’s Conference — and so is government, especially in terms
of its growing role as it intervenes to stem the crisis. The shift of power from Wall Street to Washington has
a profound effect on policy, not only in finance but also energy, health care/medical research and education.
The Global Conference will explore new ways for the private and public sectors to work together
effectively in addressing economic and social issues. Various financial panels will discuss such matters as
the democratization of capital markets, the cycles of financial history (and where we stand today in relation
to previous recessions), the ongoing deleveraging of corporate balance sheets, the outlook for real estate, the
health of credit markets, global banking, emerging markets, hedge funds and the future of capitalism.
In addition to finance, 100 panels on seven other tracks will discuss energy security; philanthropy;
leadership lessons from sports; longevity; education; health-care reform; the evolving roles of China
and India; alternative energy and climate change; transformative technologies in education; alternative
medicine; social networking; stem-cell research; the entertainment industry outlook; early childhood
education; Israeli-Palestinian economic ties; and, of course, political issues during our annual Tuesday
night debate.
Important questions beg for more than discussion. They demand solutions — and finding them is the
reason 500 thought leaders serving on 130 sessions, and 3,000 attendees from around the world have
gathered for this unique event. We hope you make the most of it.
Michael Milken Michael L. Klowden
Chairman President and CEO