Keynote speakers of the 6th edition of the Geneva Lecture Series jointly organized by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and UNITAR, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Pascal Lamy discussed the implications and lessons of the financial crisis for global economic growth and economic and financial governance models.The conference that took place at Palais des Nations in Geneva, on 8 December 2010 followed the usual format of the initiative - an interactive debate with journalists and the general public following the keynote addresses - and attracted 1700 people in attendance. The Lecture was broadcast live via a videoconference link to United Nations Headquarters in New York as well as via Internet. For a more precise and detailed account of the event, please see the video archive of the lecture and read the key note addresses on the Geneva Lecture Series website.

The debate moderated by Darius Rochebin, TSR evening news anchor, consisted of questions of the audiences of the media partners of the initiative, TSR, RSR and Tribune de Genève, as well as questions from the public present in the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations. The Geneva Lecture Series aims to bring awareness of global challenges to the public by engaging prominent political, civil society, business and intellectual figures in a process of reflection on what can and should be done to address pressing issues of global significance. The previous editions included as speakers Nobel Prize Laureates Shirin Ebadi, Wole Soyinka, Mikhail Gorbachev, UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall, Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and covered such global challenges as Millennium Development Goals, human rights, nuclear disarmament, environmental challenges, and intercultural dialogue.