The 2009 Summit was held on 28 and 29 May and delved into the things we are doing right and wrong in the quest for reliable energy supplies and curbing global climate warming.

The Munich Economic Summit is a joint initiative of the BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt and the CESifo Group Munich —the latter itself a joint initiative of the University of Munich and the Munich-based Ifo Institute for Economic Research—in partnership with The Times of London, The Wall Street Journal Europe and Handelsblatt.