However, leaders from the region face the shared challenges of resource scarcity and climate change. At the same time, the importance of enabling financial and regional connectivity, and the transition to low-carbon economies are priorities for ensuring sustained and inclusive growth. Located at...

The 22nd World Economic Forum on Africa, held for the first time in Ethiopia, is a unique opportunity to explore one of the world’s oldest cultural heritages and one of the fastest-growing African economies. Discussions will explore the key drivers that will see sub-Saharan Africa produce...

With the full support of the Government of Mexico and the Forum’s key Strategic Partners, the meeting will convene key decision-makers from government, industry, civil society and academia. Under the theme “Regional Transformation in a New Global Context”, leaders will shape a strategic...

The subject of the conference is "Growing Energy Demand, Energy Security and the Environment in Asia." Energy demand growth in the coming decades is expected to be mostly in the non-OECD countries, specifically the developing countries in Asia. This demand growth will have significant impacts on...

The contextual change at the top of minds remains the rebalancing and deleveraging that is reshaping the global economy. In the near term, this transformation is seen in the context of how developed countries will deleverage without falling back into recession and how emerging countries will...

Recent shifts in the Arab world coupled with an economic contraction at the global level have created a new urgency for decision-makers across the region: the need to address the fundamental conditions required to revive growth and support human development. Now more than ever, it is critical to...

This conference will bring together in Washington key players in the North American energy sector to address questions in plenary and concurrent sessions.

The Annual Meeting of the New Champions, the “Summer Davos”, is the foremost global business gathering in Asia. Introduced in 2007 in close collaboration with the People’s Republic of China and with the personal support of Premier Wen Jiabao, last year’s Meeting in Tianjin convened 1,300...

The world is facing a strong need for a major transformation of the global energy supply system. One obvious reason for this is the threat of climate change caused by carbon dioxide emissions. Another is the continuing concern for the impact on the environment and human health caused by the use...

Robust economic growth and an improved investment climate have underpinned the economic recovery of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), buoyed by an emerging market of nearly 600 million consumers. The planned economic integration by 2015 will see ASEAN emerge as the world’s...