GENEVA: The World Economic Forum will bring together 700 of the most innovative and relevant minds — leaders from academia, business, government and civil society — to address some of the most pressing issues on the global agenda. The government of Dubai will host this historic meeting, the inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda, from Nov. 7-9. In all, there will be 68 global agenda councils represented at the summit, each bringing together the finest minds in its sector to propose solutions to the key issues and help shape a post-crisis world.
“The current financial crisis is in the process of profoundly transforming the economic, business and political landscape of the future. The unfolding global transformation is ushering a much-needed reflection of how to shape the post-crisis world and how to strengthen and improve global, industry and corporate governance. To reflect this enormous responsibility and opportunity, ‘Shaping the Post-Crisis World’ is also the theme of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in 2009. The deliberations of this meeting will underpin debate next year at Davos and help us construct solution to the global problems we face,” said World Economic Forum Chairman Klaus Schwab.
“Dubai hosting the inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda is a testament to the United Arab Emirates’ association with innovation and breakthrough thinking. We will be working jointly with the World Economic Forum in developing this summit and reinforcing its global significance,” said Mohamed Alabbar, the co-chair of the summit.
Some of the leading experts who will be at the meeting are: Ana P. Botin, member of the board, Group Santander, Spain; Laura M. Cha, deputy chair, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation; Cheng Siwei, president, China Association for Soft Science Studies; John Chipman, director general and chief executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies; Howard Davies, director, London School of Economics and Political Science; Robert Engle, professor of finance, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University; Richard B. Evans, chief executive officer, Rio Tinto Alcan, Canada; Mo Ibrahim, chairman, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, UK; and Amr Moussa, secretary-general, Arab League.
