'The Power of Collaborative Innovation' is the answer to all the big global challenges we are facing," says Tony BlairDAVOS, Switzerland, January 23, 2008 (ENS) - The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 opened in Davos today 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, British prime minister from 1997 to 2007.
More than 2,500 participants from 88 countries are in Davos for the forum, including 27 heads of state or government and 113 cabinet ministers, along with religious leaders, media leaders and heads of non-governmental organizations.
Co-Chair James Dimon, chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co., USA agreed with Blair that making progress to resolve the Middle East conflict and world peace are at the top of his agenda. "The second would be energy and the environment," he said. More >>>
