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Top Thinkers and business leaders will drive debate at global summit of transport ministers in May. A first group of top-notch speakers for the International Transport Forum 2011 are now official. Among them are Jeffrey Sachs, the world-renowned economist and special advisor to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Peter Voser, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, and sustainable urban planning legend Jaime Lerner, former Governor of Brazil's Paraná state. Also among the prominent thinkers and decision makers addressing the global summit of transport policy makers in Leipzig (Germany) on 25-27 Mays will be Jeremy Rifkin, author of "The Empathic Civilization" as well as Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of Bogotá (Colombia) and a key advocate of "liveable communities". With Airbus CEO Thomas Enders and Dieter Zetsche, chief executive of carmaker Daimler AG, two of the leading voices of the transport industry will speak and engage in debate at the summit. "We are proud that so many high-calibre intellectuals and business leaders will again join transport ministers at their summit in Leipzig to debate the future of transport", said Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum, in Paris. "Their participation is testimony to the relevance and attractiveness of the International Transport Forum's annual summit as unique platform for a global conversation on mobility for the 21st Century. The quality and the diversity of the speakers will make an inspiring and productive debate on this years theme, Transport for Society", added Short.