January 24, 2008
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 Opens With Calls For Collaborative Innovation
Photo: Impression of the Annual Meeting 2008 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2008. (Copyright by World Economic Forum. Photo by Annette Boutellier)
Photo: Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State, captured during the 'Opening Address' at the Annual Meeting 2008 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2008. (Copyright by World Economic Forum. Photo by Andy Mettler)
Davos, Switzerland, 23 January 2008 - The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 has opened with calls from the Co-Chairs to exercise "The Power of Collaborative Innovation" to meet the top challenges of economic instability, climate change and equitable growth.
Photo: Tony Blair (L), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007); Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 and Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State captured during the Opening Plenary at the Annual Meeting 2008 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2008. (Copyright by World Economic Forum. Photo by Remy Steinegger)
Photo: Condoleezza Rice (L), US Secretary of State and Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman, Kissinger Associates, USA; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 captured during the session 'Opening Plenary' at the Annual Meeting 2008 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2008. (Copyright by World Economic Forum. Photo by Remy Steinegger)
Photo: Yasuo Hayashi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan, captured during the session '2008 World Economic Brainstorming: Addressing Uncertainty' at the Annual Meeting 2008 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2008. (Copyright by World Economic Forum. Photo by Remy Steinegger)
"This is a moment of greater insecurity and challenge in the world today, but it makes a meeting like this all the more important. The theme of the Annual Meeting, 'The Power of Collaborative Innovation' is the answer to all the big global challenges we are facing," said Co-Chair Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007) and Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum.
Photo: A participant of the Annual Meeting 2008 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2008 reads the Financial Times, informing herself about the stock exchange turbulences. (Copyright by World Economic Forum. Photo by Andy Mettler)
In total, over 240 sessions are taking place over the course of the five-day Meeting, as well as related smaller, private meetings and the Open Forum, which the general public is invited to attend. The programme is organized around five sub-themes:
• Business: Competing While Collaborating
• Economics and Finance: Addressing Economic Insecurity
• Geopolitics: Aligning Interests across Divides
• Science and Technology: Exploring Nature's New Frontiers
• Values and Society: Understanding Future Shifts
More than 2,500 participants from 88 countries are in Davos, Switzerland, including 27 heads of state or government, 113 cabinet ministers, along with religious leaders, media leaders and heads of non-governmental organizations. Around 60% of the participants are business leaders drawn principally from the Forum's members - 1,000 of the foremost companies from around the world and across all economic sectors.
The Co-Chairs of the meeting are:
• Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007); Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum
• James Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co., USA
• K.V. Kamath, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Bank, India
• Henry Kissinger, Chairman, Kissinger Associates, USA
• Indra K. Nooyi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo, USA
• David J. O'Reilly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron, USA
• Wang Jianzhou, Chairman and Chief Executive, China Mobile Communications Corporation, People's Republic of China
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January 29, 2007
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Ends With Concrete Proposals to Tackle Global Issues : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 28 JANUARY 2007 - Participants captured during the farewell party at the Schatzalp, at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 28, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Anette Boutellier)
PHOTO: Susan Schwab (l), US Trade Representative and Kamal Nath (r), Minister of Commerce and Industry of India captured during the session 'Frozen Trade Talks and the Need for Progress' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Annette Boutellier)
Davos, Switzerland, 28 January 2007- The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos wrapped up Sunday with climate change firmly at the centre stage of debate. In 17 sessions related to global warming, the Forum gathered the world’s top academics, business leaders, NGO representatives, UN agency chiefs, politicians and many others in order to advance the discussion and explore practical opportunities for progress through partnership. The meeting clearly illustrated the deepening commitment of business to engage other groups in addressing this issue. [GlobalGiants.com]
Following are examples of some of the concrete developments from this year’s Annual Meeting:
• The Forum announced the formation of a new international partnership of seven organizations to establish a generally accepted framework for climate risk-related reporting by corporations. Founding members of the institutional consortium, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), include the California Climate Action Registry, Carbon Disclosure Project, Ceres, The Climate Group, International Emissions Trading Association, World Economic Forum Global Greenhouse Gas Register and World Resources Institute. CDSB member organizations have agreed to align their core requests for information from companies in order to ensure that they report climate change-related information in a standardized way that facilitates easier comparative analysis by investors, managers and the public.
• The Forum announced the establishment of a joint Israeli-Palestinian business council. Founding members formulated their mission as encouraging and facilitating constructive cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian business leaders to reinforce economic relationship and help peace building efforts by a credible and legitimate voice. The Council which will bring together some 200 Palestinian and Israeli CEOs and plans to hold its first assembly during the World Economic Forum Meeting on the Middle East at the Dead Sea in Jordan on 19-20 May 2007.
• An alliance of leading companies was announced with the objective to bring power to villages in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest electrification rate with three out of four people lacking access. During the Annual Meeting, the Lesotho Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Alliance Partners for a first project to deliver energy to a rural village in Lesotho
• The heads of the Big Four Accounting firms (Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers) have agreed to work with the World Economic Forum Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) to support the global fight against corruption. Together, PACI and the accounting firms will explore the development of a framework for companies to benefit from independent reviews of their anti-bribery programmes.
• The Presidents of the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Executive Director of the international Finance Corporation reaffirmed their support of the World Economic Forum Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) and recognized the important role the private sector plays in guiding policy and assisting governments in reducing corruption. They have agreed to jointly pilot an country-specific anti-corruption implementation programme, and a sector-specific structural reform that will promote fair competition and transparency. In addition, the banks will explore using PACI's frameworks and tools as a starting point for developing their own programmes.
• The World Economic Forum and the Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee (RBWC) issued the final report of a two-year, public-private review of the international monetary system in cooperation with Group of 20 governments. Entitled "The International Monetary System, the IMF and the G20: A Great Transformation in the Making?", the report concludes that a critical mass of governments appears ready to try to adapt international financial institutions to a world characterized by increasingly large cross-border private capital flows, wider geographic distribution of economic activity and deepened regional macroeconomic and international trade policy coordination. It includes a selection of proposed reforms in such areas as strengthening the international adjustment process, improving crisis prevention and resolution instruments, and modernizing and rationalizing the governance of the system’s principal institutions.
• New data released at the Annual Meeting from the World Health Organization showed that the GAVI Alliance, a groundbreaking global initiative to increase access to children’s vaccines, originally launched in Davos in 2000, has brought immunisation rates to record highs in poor countries. The WHO data, project that since 2000, GAVI-funded immunisation programs in developing countries have prevented approximately 2.3 million future deaths, and that immunisations in 2006 alone prevented 600,000 future deaths.
"These projects may range in scope and ambition from the local to the global, but they are all examples of the growing interest of companies to work in partnership with governmental or civil society organizations to advance progress on critical challenges. Multistakeholder alliances such as these illustrate an important aspect of the "shifting power equation" that was the theme of our Annual Meeting this year – a new geometry of collective action and collaborative governance in a world characterized by growing dispersion of economic and political influence," said Rick Samans, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum. [GlobalGiants.com]
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World Economic Forum Ceremony: Irene Khan : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 28 JANUARY 2007 - Irene Khan, Secretary-General, Amnesty International, United Kingdom captured during the 'Ceremony' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 28, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Severin Nowacki) [GlobalGiants.com]
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January 28, 2007
Modern Russia: Strengths, Challenges and New Prospects - A Perspective from Business: James S. Turley : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - James S. Turley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ernst & Young, USA Chaired by Lionel Barber, Editor, Financial Times, United Kingdom captured during the session 'Modern Russia: Strengths, Challenges and New Prospects - A Perspective from Business' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Annette Boutellier) [GlobalGiants.com]
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World Economic Forum Closing Plenary: Eric Schmidt : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Eric Schmidt, Co-Chair of the 2007 Annual Meeting; Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer, Google Inc., USA captured during the session 'Closing Plenary' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Remy Steinegger) [GlobalGiants.com]
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China Gets Innovative: Andrew N. Liveris : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Andrew N. Liveris, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dow Chemical Company, USA, captured during the session 'China Gets Innovative' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Annette Boutellier) [GlobalGiants.com]
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China Gets Innovative: Edward J. Zander : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Edward J. Zander, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Motorola, USA, captured during the session 'China Gets Innovative' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Annette Boutellier) [GlobalGiants.com]
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China Gets Innovative: Sir Martin Sorrel : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Sir Martin Sorrell , Group Chief Executive, WPP, United Kingdom, captured during the session 'China Gets Innovative' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Annette Boutellier) [GlobalGiants.com]
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The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models: Mark G. Parker : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Mark G. Parker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nike, USA, captured during the session 'The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Benjamin Zurbriggen) [GlobalGiants.com]
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The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models: Chad Hurley : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Chad Hurley, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, YouTube, USA, captured during the session 'The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Benjamin Zurbriggen) [GlobalGiants.com]
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'The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models': Dennis Kneale : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Dennis Kneale, Managing Editor, Forbes Magazine, USA, captured during the session 'The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Benjamin Zurbriggen) [GlobalGiants.com]
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Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland - January 27, 2007 Events : GlobalGiants.com
Closing Plenary: Panel Shot.
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Panel shot from left: Michelle Guthrie, Chief Executive Officer, Star Group, Hong Kong SAR; Young Global Leader, E. Neville Isdell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, USA, John McCain, Senator from Arizona (Republican), USA, Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Group Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises, India, James J. Schiro, Group Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Group Management Board, Zurich Financial Services, Switzerland and Eric Schmidt, Co-Chair of the Annual Meeting 2007, Chairman of the Executive Comittee and Chief Executive Officer, Google Inc., USA captured during the session 'Closing Plenary' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by E.T. Studhalter) [GlobalGiants.com]
Pascal Lamy, Doris Leuthard.
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva, and Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor of Economic Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, during a press conference at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Gian Vaitl) [GlobalGiants.com]
'The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models': Dennis Kneale, Caterina Fake, William H. Gates III, Mark G. Parker, Chad Hurley, Viviane Reding, Peter Schwartz.
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - (fltr) Dennis Kneale, Managing Editor, Forbes Magazine, USA, Caterina Fake, Founder, Flickr, USA, William H. Gates III, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation, USA, Mark G. Parker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nike, USA, Chad Hurley, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, YouTube, USA, Viviane Reding, Commissioner, Information Society and Media, European Commission, Brussels, Peter Schwartz, Chairman, Global Business Network, USA, captured during the session 'The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Benjamin Zurbriggen) [GlobalGiants.com]
'The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models': Dennis Kneale, Caterina Fake, William H. Gates III, Mark G. Parker, Chad Hurley, Viviane Reding .
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - (fltr) Dennis Kneale, Managing Editor, Forbes Magazine, USA, Caterina Fake, Founder, Flickr, USA, William H. Gates III, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation, USA, Mark G. Parker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nike, USA, Chad Hurley, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, YouTube, USA, Viviane Reding, Commissioner, Information Society and Media, European Commission, Brussels. captured during the session 'The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Benjamin Zurbriggen) [GlobalGiants.com]
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The Annual Meeting 2007: Checkmate: Anatoly Karpov : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Anatoly Karpov, Chess Grandmaster; Chairman, International Association of Peace Foundations, Russian Federation, captured during the event 'Checkmate' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by E.T. Studhalter) [GlobalGiants.com]
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January 27, 2007
Modern Russia: Strengths, Challenges and New Prospects - A Perspective from the Government: Lionel Barber : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Lionel Barber, Editor, Financial Times, United Kingdom captured during the session 'Modern Russia: Strengths, Challenges and New Prospects - A Perspective from the Government' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Remy Steinegger) [GlobalGiants.com]
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Global Challenges: Tony Blair : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom captured during the session 'Global Challenges' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (©World Economic Forum, Photo by Monika Flueckiger) [GlobalGiants.com]
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Frozen Trade Talks and the Need for Progress: John K. Defterios : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - John K. Defterios, Group Vice-President, Content and Anchor, United Kingdom, FBC Media, United Kingdom, expresses his thoughts during the session 'Frozen Trade Talks and the Need for Progress' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Remy Steinegger) [GlobalGiants.com]
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The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models: Dennis Kneale, Caterina Fake, William H. Gates III : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - (fltr) Dennis Kneale, Managing Editor, Forbes Magazine, USA, Caterina Fake, Founder, Flickr, USA, William H. Gates III, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation, USA, captured during the session 'The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Benjamin Zurbriggen) [GlobalGiants.com]
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The Future of the Middle East: John F. Kerry : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - John F. Kerry, Senator from Massachusetts (Democrat), USA captured during the session 'The Future of the Middle East' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Remy Steinegger) [GlobalGiants.com]
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The Future of the Middle East: Abdullah Gül : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Abdullah Gül, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey captured during the session 'The Future of the Middle East' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Remy Steinegger) [GlobalGiants.com]
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The Future of the Middle East: Ahmed Mahmoud Nazif : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, 27 JANUARY 2007 - Ahmed Mahmoud Nazif, Prime Minister of Egypt captured during the session 'The Future of the Middle East' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2007. (© World Economic Forum, Photo by Remy Steinegger) [GlobalGiants.com]
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