World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 January 26, 2011

The Annual Meeting is a unique gathering of the most influential heads of state and senior public figures, policy-makers and representatives from civil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academia, the media, religious faiths and leading social entrepreneurs as well as business leaders from the Forum’s 1,000 member companies.

"Davos”, the popular short-hand for the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum is the manifestation of the Forum’s ability to convene a multistakeholder audience of decision-makers and uniquely influential individuals to examine the most pressing global issues of our time and to devise possible solutions.

The Annual Meeting 2011 will convene under the theme Shared Norms for the New Reality. This theme reflects the foremost concern of many leaders today – namely, living in a world that is becoming increasingly complex and interconnected and, at the same time, experiencing an erosion of common values and principles that undermines public trust in leadership as well as future economic growth and political stability.

The theme for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 is founded on four interconnected pillars:
1. Responding to the New Reality
2. The Economic Outlook and Defining Policies for Inclusive Growth
3. Supporting the G20 Agenda
4. Building a Risk Response Network

Key to navigating the new reality will be the shared norms that not only transcend differences across generations, stakeholder groups and geographies in a multi-polar world, but also enable inclusive growth. These norms must be truly shared and integrated into a holistic, interdisciplinary and multidimensional framework. For governments as well as multinational corporations, shared norms provide the compass by which leaders give and receive direction, define benchmarks for acceptable and unacceptable behaviours, and ensure inclusive rather than exclusive outcomes.

Participation is by invitation only

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