2008 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Opens With Calls For Collaborative Innovation. YouTube Launches World Economic Forum Channel

World Leaders Start Their Economic Forum Today In Davos, Switzerland and The So-Called Davos Question Is: What Do You Think World Leaders, Leading Business Enterprises and Global Institutions Must Do To Make This World a Better Place? You have any idea? Well, if you do, submit it in video form to YouTube. That's right. You and I get to be participants in this meeting of the world's big shots decision makers. Its not too late to submit your video to YouTube. The annual meeting began today, and world leaders have been gathering at the YouTube corner in the Congress Centre to view and respond to the videos many of you have submitted. The YouTube Davos channel where you can follow the Economic Forum and upload questions and comments is>>> http://youtube.com/worldeconomicforum. You can also post your responses at the YouTube's Davos website located at http://www.youtube.com/davos. Watch the video for more info.

Posted on January 23rd, 2008
Co-Chairs of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 open the five-day meeting
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.
“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, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007) and Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum.

“Within the Meeting’s main theme, I would like to see participants addressing the issues of peace and climate change, as well as the issue of inclusive growth,” said Co-Chair K. V. Kamath, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Bank, India. “How can we innovatively collaborate to meet the needs of [poor] people around the world? I will work collaboratively to see how we could do more,” he said on the opening day of the Annual Meeting 2008. Co-Chair Indra K. Nooyi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo, USA, echoed the other Co-Chairs’ emphasis on the timeliness of the Annual Meeting 2008. “In spite of the economic crisis, can we look beyond that and view Davos as a collection of minds to address issues that can be addressed …. My hope is that we are here not only with a can-do spirit, but with a must-do spirit,” she said. Her focus is on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and water in particular. “It would be wonderful if we could assign an owner to each MDG to move them forward,” she said.

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