1. Managing the 2005 agenda Simon Maxwell

3. The challenge to researchers Be long-term and short-term... Proactive and reactive

4. 2005: OUR DATE WITH DESTINY... High Level Panel on Threats etc... Sachs Report and MDG Summit Africa Commission High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness IDA renewal G8 initiatives EU (new Commission, new policy, financial perspectives) Hong Kong trade agenda The IFF?... and the new (European) meta-narrative

7. Getting the basics right

8. The story-teller

9. The networker

10. The engineer

11. The fixer

12. Bridges Across Boundaries Not Microsoft Not Macdonalds But Policy code-sharing An example: EDC 2010

15. The challenge to information providers Be long-term and short-term... Proactive and reactive

16. 2005: OUR DATE WITH DESTINY... High Level Panel on Threats etc... Sachs Report and MDG Summit Africa Commission High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness IDA renewal G8 initiatives EU (new Commission, new policy, financial perspectives) Hong Kong trade agenda The IFF?... and the new (European) meta-narrative

21. The Grid