Closing Plenary: What We Should Do in 2005
This year's Annual Meeting emphasized 12 Tough Issues: China, Climate Change, Equitable Globalization, Europe, Global Economy, Global Governance, Islam, Middle East, Poverty, US Leadership, Weapons of Mass Destruction and World Trade. This session will focus on the best initiatives proposed to tackle the top six issues prioritized in the opening plenary.
1) Which issues not identified in the Opening Plenary should have priority for the global agenda?
2) Of the proposed initiatives, which would the panel support?
3) On which issues does the international community have the greatest opportunity to progress?
4) Business plays a valuable role in tackling the world's problems. On which initiatives should business focus attention in 2005?
with
Ged Davis, Managing Director, Centre for Strategic Insight, World Economic Forum
Al Gore, Chairman, Generation Investment Management, USA
Kumi Naidoo, Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer, Civicus-World Alliance for Citizen Participation, South Africa; Young Global Leader
N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies, India
Lubna S. Olayan, Chief Executive Officer, Olayan Financing Company, Saudi Arabia
Charles Prince, Chief Executive Officer, Citigroup, USA
Daniel Vasella, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Novartis, Switzerland
Closing Remarks by
Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Moderated by
Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World TV, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), United Kingdom
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