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World Economic Forum opens inaugural Summit on Global Agenda in Dubai
The World Economic Forum, in partnership with the Government of Dubai, opened the inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai on Friday. The Summit is a unique and timely gathering of the world's 700 most innovative and relevant minds - leaders from academia, business, government and civil society from around the world.
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- Published: 14:39 November 7, 2008
- Mohamed Ali Al Abbar (left) , Member of the Dubai Executive Council and Chairman of Emaar Properties, and Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum.
- Image Credit: Ahmad Ramzan/Gulf News
Dubai: The World Economic Forum, in partnership with the Government of Dubai, opened the inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai on Friday.
The Summit is a unique and timely gathering of the world's 700 most innovative and relevant minds - leaders from academia, business, government and civil society from around the world.
Organised by the Forum's Network of Global Agenda Councils, the Summit provides a platform to share ideas and collaboratively address some of the key issues on the global agenda - with the aim of laying out solutions to some of the most pressing issues.
Over the next three days, more than 60 separate Councils will address issues of global importance with the aim of becoming a "brains trust" for solving major international problems. More than 40 Councils will address global challenges from climate change, financial instability and failing states to religious extremism.
Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, will officially open the Summit on Friday evening with H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai.
"This is an exciting and historic venture, made more timely by recent events," said Klaus Schwab.
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