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Horasis is an independent Think tank based in Geneva, Switzerland, which was established in 2005 by Frank-Juergen Richter, a former Director at the World Economic Forum. Its stated mission is to "enact visions for a sustainable future" through new platforms for cooperation and knowledge-sharing, particulary between developing countries and emerging markets.

Horasis fosters this cooperation through business meetings with a regional focus (i.e. China and India, etc.), where meeting participants are CEOs of multinational corporations, politicians and cultural leaders as well as representatives from civil society. So Horasis has already been titled as a "world economic forum for emerging markets."

Activities

Horasis Annual Meeting

In January 2010, Horasis held its first Annual Meeting in Zurich, Switzerland. The meeting, which focussed on "Strategies to Overcome the Global Econimic Crisis," was attended by 100 paricipants from 20 countries, including Esko Aho, Alan Hassenfeld, Yoshito Hori, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Bright Simons, Maria Livanos Cattaui, Stephen Klimczuk, Jean-Christoph von Pfetten, and Swarup Roy.

The next Horasis Annual Meeting will be held in Zurich on 25-26 January 2011.

Global China Business Meeting

In November 2005, Horasis launched the 1 China Europe Business Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting brought together more than 150 CEOs and political leaders from China and Europe to discuss the further integration of Chinese enterprises into the globalized economy and to analyze opportunities for cooperation between the two regions. The 2 China Europe Business Meeting took place in Geneva in September 2006. The 3 meeting, held in Frankfurt, Germany, was overshadowed by political tensions between Berlin and Beijing, which led all representatives from Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to cancel their participation, and the apparent subprime mortgage crisis. The 4 China Europe Business Meetingwas held in Barcelona, Spain, in November 2008 under the patronage of Spanish Crown Prince Felipe. In 2008, Horasis renamed this event the Global China Business Meeting in recognition of the fact that the gathering attracted an increased number of participants from other parts of the world.

The Global China Business Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, in November 2009 under the theme "Globalizing Chinese Firms" featured more than 400 participants from 42 countries such as the Prime Minister of Portugal, José Sócrates, and Luisa Dias Diogo, then-Prime Minister of Mozambique, the Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado as well as business leaders like Samir Brikho, Ronnie C. Chan, Cheng Ping, Feng Jun, Amadou Hott, Kola Karim, David Li, Munir Majid, John M. Neill, Fernando Faria de Oliviera, Ricardo Salgado, Alessandro Teixeira, Bruno Wu, Wu Ying, Zhou Chengjian and Levin Zhu. The event was co-hosted by Aicep, Turismo de Portugal and Caixa Geral de Depósitos.

Horasis is hosting this year's Global China Business Meeting in Luxembourg on 21-22 November 2010.

Global India Business Meeting

In June 2009 Horasis launched the first Global India Business Meeting in Munich, Germany. More than 250 business and political leaders from 20 countries discussed the theme of "Overcoming the Crisis - Opportunities for India." They debated India's economic situation as a whole as well as the risks and opportunities for Indian companies in expanding globally. Political participants includes the Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma, the Secretary-General of the UN Confrence on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Supachai Panitchpakdi, the Minister for Large and Medium Industries of Karnataka, Murugesh R. Nirani, and the Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria Martin Zeil.thumb|Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD Business leaders who attended the Global India Business Meeting 2009 included Prince Abdullah bin Mosa'ad, Rahul Bajaj, Peter Bauer, Claude Beglé, Pramod Bhasin, Gerhard Cromme, James Goodnight, Kris Gopalakrishnan, Alan Hassenfeld, Prakash Hinduja, Baba Kalyani, Khater Massaad, Liu Jiren, Nasser Munjee, G V Krishna Reddy, Druhv M. Sawhney, and Harshpati Singhania. The event was co-hosted by the State of Bavaria, with Messe München International, the Bavarian business association "vbw", and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

Horasis is hosting this years's Global India Business Meeting in Madrid, Spain, on 21-22 June 2010.

Global Russia Business Meeting

In 2010, Horasis will introduce two new meetings. It will hold the Global Russia Business Meeting on 16-18 May 2010, in Lubljana, Slovenia, under the patronage von the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor. The co-chairs are Igor Agamirzyan, Claude Beglé, Carla Chico, Feng Jun, Jeffrey Chen, Dennis Gillings, James Goodnight, Alan Hassenfeld, Alexander Kiselev, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Dimitri Loschinin, Cvetka Selsek, Janez Skrabec, Murad Sofizade, and Nikolay Tokarev. The meeting will be organized with Delovaya Rossia, Moscow International Business Association (MIBA), Moscow Investment & Export Promotion Agency (MIEPA), AM, Billion Minds Foundation, Association of Orthodox Business Leaders, Russian-European Chamber of Commerce, and Yes.

Global Arab Business Meeting

Horasis is hosting the first Global Arab Business Meeting on 26-27 September 2010, in Ras Al Khaima, United Arab Emirates, with the Government of Ras Al Khaimah as co-host. The co-chairs are Esko Aho, Abdullah Al Awar, Sheikh Saif bin Hashil, Akil Beshir, Daniel J. Brutto, Betrand Colomb, Mohammed Elmandja, Tidu Maini, Munir Mahid, Saeb Nahas, and Tarek Sultan.

Selected Publications

Mark Minevich & Frank-Juergen Richter: “Global Outsourcing Report 2005“

John B. Kidd & Frank-Juergen Richter, “Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia: Political, Financial, Physical and Intellectual Underpinnings“, ISBN 9781403942913

John B. Kidd & Frank-Juergen Richter, “Development Models, Globalization And Economies“, ISBN 9781403991683

Mark Minevich, Frank-Juergen Richter & Faisal Hoque, “Six Billion Minds: Managing Outsourcing in the Global Knowledge Economy”, ISBN 9781596224278

References

1. "Interview with Frank Jurgen Richter and Pamela C. M. Mar" Business-in-Asia.com
2. "Enthusiasm, Tempered With Concern, About Business in India" The New York Times, July 8, 2009
3. Official Website Horasis Annual Meeting 2010
4. "Horasis Annual Meeting" AseanAffairs
5. Official Website Horasis Annual Meeting 2011
6. Official Website China Europe Business Meeting 2005
7. Official Website China Europe Business Meeting 2006
8. Official Website China Europe Business Meeting 2007
9. "Meeting aims to boost EU-China business" USA Today, November 5, 2007
10. "Germans fear backlash as China ties cool Financial Times, November 21, 2007
11. "Global Bailout" Newsweek, November 9, 2007
12. Official Website Global China Business Meeting 2008
13. "Emerging Powers Seen Taking Lead in Recovery" The New York Times, November 20, 2008
14. "Crisis could mean bargains for China" USA Today, November 18, 2008
15. Official Website Global China Business Meeting 2009
16. "China Curbs Its Appetite" The New York Times, November 16, 2009
17. "Chinese economic power in Lisbon in search of opportunities in Lusophone states" Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, November 9, 2009
18. "China-Africa ties benefit both: business leaders" China Global Times, November 11, 2009
19. Official Website Global China Business Meeting 2010
20. Official Website Global India Business Meeting 2009
21. "Enthusiasm, Tempered With Concern, About Business in India" The New York Times, July 8, 2009
22. "Global India Business Meeting, 28-30 June 2009, Munich" Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology
23. Official Website Global India Business Meeting 2010
24. Official Website Global Russia Business Meeting 2010
25. "Global Russia Business Meeting, Ljubljana, 16-18 May 2010" Moscow Investment & Export Promotion Agency, October 26, 2009
26. Official Website Global Arab Business Meeting 2010
27. "Ras Al Khaimah to Host Global Arab Business Meeting in September" Khaleej Times, March 14, 2010
28. Global Outsourcing Report 2005
29. World Bank Report No: 41641-MX quoting report on p. 12

External links

• Horasis Official Web Site

• International organizations
• Business organizations
• Think tanks based in Switzerland
• Organizations established in 2005