More and more business people and world leaders are seeing the power of YouTube and blogs for broadcasting ideas.Now viewers can comment on the video proceedings of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos -"Shaping the Post-Crisis World" - Jan. 28 to 1 Feb. 2009. (The WEF YouTube slot had some 83,087 channel views as of Jan. 26.)
The WEF is an independent international organization incorporated as a foundation in 1971, and is based in Geneva, Switzerland. For a list of global corporate business leaders attending the event see this link.
This year two “citizen reporters” from MySpace and YouTube are invited to the annual gathering in Davos following online contests on both sites. Reports will be filed to their respective communities using the MySpace and YouTube platforms.
Rebecca McQuigg from Los Angeles, California, represents the MySpace community; Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post; Frank Luntz, communications specialist and political consultant; and Chris DeWolfe, CEO and co-founder of MySpace.
McQuigg receives an all-expense-paid travel to/from Davos and will report by blogging/vlogging on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/myspacejournal), and on the Wall Street Journal online.
Follow the forum exchange of ideas on Twitter at http://twitter.com/davos or Qik (mobile live video news) or visit the Davos Universe at http://www.netvibes.com/davosconversation.
The WEF is committed to improving the state of the world by "engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas." Its mission is impartial and not-for-profit; and is "tied to no political, partisan or national interests."
