At the conference, leaders in government, business, and the academes addressed the aging of Germany and its greater implications for Europe. Participants included, German Labor Minister Walter Riester, Horst Seehofer, MdB, Former U.S. Ambassador John Kornblum, Austrian Labor Minister, Martin Bartenstein, Patrick Liedtke, Secretary General of the Geneva Association, Norbert Walter, Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank, and Frank Field, Member of the British Parliament.