"This conference is very unique in the sense that the meetings are not dispersed, but very concentrated, focused, on the few important issues of the year"

-Haruhiko Kuroda, President, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

"Go into any session and learn a lot. I find with all my years of experience that when I come here, I meet the best people and I always take back good knowledge and wisdom, which we all need in the world"

-Shaukat Aziz, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan

"I regard this really as one of the class acts anywhere in the world. It's terrific both in its substance, its quality and the diversity of people it gets and it's very well organised."

-Strobe Talbott, President, Brookings Institution