TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 7 Summary notes from the Beyond GDP conference Highlights from the presentations and the discussion 10 CONFERENCE Conference Programme 19 Opening Speech: The challenges of modern societies José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission 24 Session 1: Measuring progress, true wealth and well-being 27 Joaquín Almunia, Member of the European Commission, Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs 28 Rui Baleiras, Secretary of State for Regional Development, Portugal, and EU Presidency 31 Bruno S. Frey, Professor for Economic Policy and Non-market Economics, University of Zurich 34 Hans Rosling, Professor in Public Health Science, Karolinska Institute, Sweden 37 H.E. Chief Emeka Anyaoku, International President of WWF 41 Pervenche Berès, Chairwoman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament 44 Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary-General of OECD 46 Giulio Santagata, Minister for the Implementation of the Government Programme, Italy 49 Opening and discussion of