The Korea Economic Daily is hosting 'Global Innovation Forum 2011' on Tuesday, May 17 2011.This forum will examine Korea's national Competitiveness and assess public and industrial policies, and reinforcement strategies of GFCC countries which strive to enhance national productivity and innovate their society.Korea having an election next year, the issue of populism is constantly raised in the area of welfare, education, and labor. Ruud Lubbers, who made the longest serving prime minister in the history of Netherlands, will be a keynote speaker in the forum and give a speech regarding Netherlands political reform. It will be a great opportunity to learn from Netherlands experience and get rid of social factors such as welfare populism and excessive politics which prevent countries from growing and innovating. Deborah Wince-Smith (President of Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils), Borges Lemos (President of Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development), Sergei Borisov (President of OPORA, Russia), HRH Saud Al Faisal (President of SAGIA- National Competitiveness Center, Saudi Arabia), Abdullah Lootah (Secretary General of Emirates Competitiveness Council, UAE), Chad Evans (Senior Vice President of US Council on Competitiveness, USA), Dongsung Cho (Professor, Seoul National University),  Ohseok Hyun (President of the Korea Development Institute), Byoungjun Song (President of Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade) and many other distinguished figures are participating in the upcoming forum to discuss reinforcement strategies of Global competitiveness and many other issues regarding national development.