World Business Forum
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The World Business Forum is an annual global business summit held in New York City
. A 2008 Burson-Marsteller
survey ranks the World Business Forum among the world's top five most influential venues for CEO's and C-Suite executives. The event is organized by HSM, an executive education and management content firm.
, Kofi Annan
, Rudy Giuliani
, Tony Blair
and Colin Powell
, CEOs such as Jack Welch
, Richard Branson
, Herb Kelleher
and John Chambers
, financial experts Alan Greenspan
and Jeremy Siegel
as well as management experts Tom Peters
, Peter Drucker
and Jim Collins among others.
75% of attendees to the World Business Forum are at director level or above, and 30% are C-Suite executives.
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on October 5-6, 2011 and will feature the following speakers:
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. A 2008 Burson-Marsteller
Burson-Marsteller
Burson-Marsteller is a global public relations and communications firm headquartered in the United States. Burson-Marsteller operates 67 wholly owned offices and 71 affiliate offices in 98 countries across six continents...
survey ranks the World Business Forum among the world's top five most influential venues for CEO's and C-Suite executives. The event is organized by HSM, an executive education and management content firm.
Description
The World Business Forum in New York City was officially launched in 2004. The yearly summit brings together over 5,000 attendees, consisting mostly of senior executives, from over 60 countries to hear the debate and discussions of top political and business leaders as well as renowned intellectuals about the current issues and challenges of the world business environment and global economy.Participants
Past speakers in the World Business Forum include political figures such as Bill ClintonBill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
, Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
, Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....
, Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
and Colin Powell
Colin Powell
Colin Luther Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African American to serve in that position. During his military...
, CEOs such as Jack Welch
Jack Welch
John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. is an American chemical engineer, business executive, and author. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001...
, Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....
, Herb Kelleher
Herb Kelleher
Herbert D. Kelleher is the co-founder, Chairman Emeritus, and former CEO of Southwest Airlines .-Life and career:...
and John Chambers
John Chambers
John Chambers may refer to:* John Chambers , British landscape, seascape and portrait painter* John Chambers , last Abbot of Peterborough Abbey and, after the Dissolution, the first Bishop of Peterborough* John B...
, financial experts Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan is an American economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006. He currently works as a private advisor and provides consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC...
and Jeremy Siegel
Jeremy Siegel
Jeremy James Siegel is the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
as well as management experts Tom Peters
Tom Peters
Thomas J. "Tom" Peters is an American writer on business management practices, best-known for In Search of Excellence .-Life and career:Peters was born in Baltimore, Maryland...
, Peter Drucker
Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Drucker was an influential writer, management consultant, and self-described “social ecologist.”-Introduction:...
and Jim Collins among others.
75% of attendees to the World Business Forum are at director level or above, and 30% are C-Suite executives.
Organizer
The event is organized by HSM, an executive education and management content firm which has been holding business conferences globally for over 20 years under the names World Business Forum and ExpoManagement. In addition to the World Business Forum in New York, HSM organizes business forums around the world as well as other forums including the World Innovation ForumWorld Innovation Forum
The World Innovation Forum is a business innovation summit held annually in New York City. The event is organized by HSM, an executive education and management content firm.-Description:...
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2011 World Business Forum
The 2011 World Business Forum is being held at the Javits Center North in the Javits Convention Center in New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
on October 5-6, 2011 and will feature the following speakers:
- Bill ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
- Jack WelchJack WelchJohn Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. is an American chemical engineer, business executive, and author. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001...
- Bill George
- Angela AhrendtsAngela AhrendtsAngela Ahrendts is an American businessperson and CEO of Burberry, the iconic British luxury brand. Headquartered in London the brand has built a global reputation for pioneering design and innovation...
- Daniel LamarreDaniel LamarreDaniel Lamarre is a Canadian businessman. He is the President and Chief Operating Officer of the world-renowned Cirque du Soleil. Born in Grand-Mère, Quebec, he graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Arts in communications in 1976.He served as president and CEO of TVA...
- Bruno Ferrari
- Howard SchultzHoward SchultzHoward Schultz is an American business magnate. He is the best known as the chairman and CEO of Starbucks and a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics...
- Seth GodinSeth GodinSeth Godin is an American entrepreneur, author and public speaker. Godin popularized the topic of permission marketing.-Background:...
- Malcolm GladwellMalcolm GladwellMalcolm Gladwell, CM is a Canadian journalist, bestselling author, and speaker. He is currently based in New York City and has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996...
- Patrick LencioniPatrick LencioniPatrick Lencioni is a New York Times best-selling author, speaker, consultant and founder and president of , a firm dedicated to helping organizations become healthy. Lencioni’s ideas around leadership, teamwork and employee engagement have impacted organizations around the globe...
- Tal Ben-Shahar
- Gary HamelGary HamelDr. Gary P. Hamel is an American management expert. He is a founder of Strategos, an international management consulting firm based in Chicago.-Early life:...
- Robert RubinRobert RubinRobert Edward Rubin served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury during both the first and second Clinton administrations. Before his government service, he spent 26 years at Goldman Sachs eventually serving as a member of the Board, and Co-Chairman from 1990-1992...
- Martin FeldsteinMartin FeldsteinMartin Stuart "Marty" Feldstein is an economist. He is currently the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and the president emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research . He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the NBER from 1978 through 2008...
- Anthony M. TownsendAnthony M. TownsendAnthony M. Townsend is an American researcher. Townsend specializes in research on the implications of technology on cities and public institutions. Currently Townsend is the director of research and Director of Technology at the Institute for the Future, a Palo Alto, California think tank...
- Michael LiebreichMichael LiebreichMichael Liebreich is the chief executive of Bloomberg New Energy Finance Liebreich founded New Energy Finance in 2004, and was its chairman and chief executive until the privately-held firm was acquired by Bloomberg L.P in 2009....
- Claudio Fernandez Araoz
- Ben Zander
- Tamara Erickson
- Marina Gorbis
External links
- World Business Forum Homepage
- 2011 World Business Forum Agenda
- World Business Forum flickr Photo Gallery
- HSMAmericas / World Business Forum YouTube Channel
- Global HSM Corporate Homepage
- HSM Corporate Blog
- Business Forum of Uzbekistan, lead by UNDP and Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Javits Center Website