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Echoes of Davos World Economic Forum 2009

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Partner:: swissnex San Francisco
Location:: Swissnex San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 02.05.09
Speakers:: Aron Cramer,; Paul V. Oliva,; David L. Sifry
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Summary: As a result of the present global economic crisis, the international landscape will be radically altered. This year's annual Davos meeting is organized under the theme Shaping the Post-Crisis World.

Tune in to learn how leaders from industry, government and civil society plan to shape this transformation.

Speakers are Davos World Economic Forum participants and bring their own unique insight.

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Aron Cramer

Aron Cramer is President and CEO of Business for Social Responsibility (BSR). Prior to assuming the post of President and CEO, he was based in Paris, where he launched BSR's Europe office in 2002. He also led the establishment of BSR's Hong Kong office in 2001. Cramer joined BSR in 1995 and served as the founding director of its Business and Human Rights Program. Cramer has worked closely with dozens of BSR's member companies in numerous industry sectors, providing advice and counsel on the full spectrum of CSR issues, including Ford Motor Co., Chevron, Nike, Unilever, Royal Dutch/Shell, Novartis, Novo Nordisk and Rio Tinto. He has also provided support and counsel to many of the leading CSR initiatives in recent years, including the UN Global Compact, the Global Reporting Initiative, the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, and the Fair Labor Association. He has worked extensively with the World Bank, the US Agency for International Development and other public institutions. Prior to joining BSR, Cramer served as an attorney in private practice in San Francisco and at ABC News in New York. He is a graduate of Tufts University and obtained his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Cramer speaks frequently before industry audiences and in other fora, and has been widely quoted in media outlets including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio and others. In 2004, he co-edited Raising the Bar, a publication providing guidance on implementation of the UN Global Compact principles.

Paul V. Oliva

Paul Oliva is an international communications and business strategy consultant with over 17 years experience. His career stretches from program development to strategy and from traditional public relations and media relations to corporate social responsibility, issues management, international trade policy, and government relations. After helping drive discussion of economic development issues at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland from 2003 through 2005, Oliva discerned a strong and growing need to help executives and their enterprises manage top-level communications and effectively engage in global policy debates. Oliva is recognized as a leader in helping organizations enhance their reputation and business growth through effective communications business strategy generally, but particularly through strategic relationships with partners such as the World Economic Forum and the United Nations.

David L. Sifry

Dave Sifry is a entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in the IT industry. Most recently, he founded Technorati, the largest blog search engine in the world, and was CEO from 2002-2007. He is Chairman of Technorati's Board of Directors. Sifry was a co-founder and the CTO of Sputnik. Prior to Sputnik, he was co-founder, CTO, and Vice President of Engineering at Linuxcare, Inc, having built Linuxcare's services infrastructure. Sifry is a recognized expert on leadership development, blogs and the massive changes in the digital media environment, Open Source development, and the Linux operating system. He is also the creator of Projectdocs, an online document management and collaboration service, and Hoosgot, a lazyweb service. He served on the founding Board of Directors of Linux International, the Advisory Board of the National White Collar Crime Center, and the Technical Advisory Board of the National Cybercrime Training Partnership for law enforcement. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.

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01 hr 12 min 49 sec

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01.: Introduction

00 min 49 sec

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02.: Background of Davos / Davos This Year

04 min 32 sec

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03.: Paul Oliva and Aron Cramer Introductions

04 min 04 sec

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04.: David Sifry Introduction

02 min 57 sec

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05.: Bumping Into People in Davos

02 min 37 sec

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06.: Doom and Gloom: Talk on the Streets About Crisis

07 min 10 sec

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07.: Financial Consensus

04 min 16 sec

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08.: Turkish Prime Minister Incident

03 min 47 sec

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09.: Q1: Chinese Prime Minister 'We can Save Ourselves'

03 min 45 sec

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10.: Q2: YouTube and Politicians Playing to Home Audiences

01 min 26 sec

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11.: Q3: Advice to Young People

06 min 29 sec

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12.: Broad Take-Aways From Davos

06 min 41 sec

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13.: Copenhagen Session

01 min 43 sec

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14.: Is Davos Worth it?

04 min 57 sec

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15.: Q4: What is the Answer?

02 min 01 sec

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16.: Q5: Any Visionaries?

01 min 47 sec

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17.: Q6: Green Coupled with Economic Crisis

02 min 13 sec

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18.: Q7: Proposed Solutions

02 min 55 sec

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19.: Q8: Togetherness Vs. Protectionism

05 min 01 sec

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20.: Q9: Gross National Happiness Index

03 min 24 sec

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Davos Behind the Scenes with David Sifry

02 min 37 sec

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Technorati founder David Sifry considers Davos' modest accommodations -- sleeping in Murphy beds in a former TB hospital -- to be a very "democratizing" experience.

He says, "It's the most incredible networking conference that you can possibly imagine."
Aron Cramer Finds Hope in the Gloom of Davos Echo Chamber

02 min 42 sec

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While Aron Cramer, President and CEO of Business for Social Responsibility, understands why a gloomy spirit dominated the Davos forum, he also sees cause for optimism.

He says, "If everyone is as wrong this year as they were last year, I think the economy is going to be in great shape."
Aron Cramer: 'The Marvin Gaye Davos' - What's Going On?

01 min 54 sec

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In response to a question about good and bad banks, Aron Cramer, President and CEO of Business for Social Responsibility, references Canada and India as countries with greater regulation and sound economic stability.
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01 hr 12 min 49 sec

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