… nor the commitment of Klaus Schwab to turn a once annual cerebral think-fest into a year round public, private & civil society improvement process…
… This year’s the me of “Shared Values” also saw a dramatic evolution from the globalization and growth agenda – but in fact the issue of inclusionary growth best captures the mood…
It’s difficult to talk about “outcomes” from WEF there are just so many macro issues and so many players. Forum clearly embarked on defining a new global risk response system.
Memorable President Sarkozy speech on the strengths of Europe and the Euro. I wonder if we need a chapter 11 for countries to allow benign restructure inside the system.
Climate Change a little off centre stage as extreme weather seem to show its for real. Perhaps it’s because the Copenhagen/Cancun process is seen as being on track.
Events in North Africa dominate the hallways. With the graphic pictures out of Egypt showing the fragility of systems in the Twitter/Facebook era. A recipe for future web regulation…
Aviation Travel & Tourism had best meeting for years - linking up with transport and logistics groups. Good exchange on risk & climate with EU leaders, top economists, Ministers and Industry CEO’s.
Major climate response work on aviation: key conclusion the jury is out on ICAO package & industry targets need airspace fix and we get as much biofuel as we need. No sham taxes just good market mechanisms.
The dramatically shifting security threat was hotly debated after the Yemen parcel and Moscow airport bombs. We need a new paradigm inspection for good security and facilitation. Funds technology & civil liberty issues to fix…
Serious new study underway on open borders… and great WEF video showing the benefits for trade, travel and tourism. Intensified focus on e-visas linking existing models.
