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2010. 6. 14.

World Knowledge Forum

The World Knowledge Forum is a fete of knowledge, the biggest in Asia. It is also known as Asia's Davos Forum (World Economic Forum). Established in October 2000, the World Knowledge Forum has gathered more than 250 business and opinion leaders from around the world ranging from environmental and international organizations to world's biggest corporations and institutions.

These leaders predict the future and discuss possible solutions for problems that are already, or might become, an issue. The main aim is to highlight the importance of knowledge sharing towards a balanced prosperity of the global economy.

Official Website is http://www.wkforum.org

Some of them are as follows;

Jack Welch, former Chairman of GE; Bill Gates, former Chairman of Microsoft; Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle;Michael Dell, Chairman of Dell Inc.; Carly Fiorina, former Chairman of HP; Paul Jacobs, Chairman of Qualcomm and many more CEOs from IT industries

Thomas Schelling, 2005 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics; Edward Prescott, 2004 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics; Francis Fukuyama, Professor of Johns Hopkins SAIS; Martin Feldstein, Chief Economic Advisor to former President Ronald Reagan; Fred Bergsten, Director of IIE and many more international economic advisors

Donald Johnston, former Secretary General of OECD; Supachai Panitchpakdi, former Director General of WTO (currently Secretary General of UNCTAD) and many more representatives of international organizations

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