(Dubai) – The fifth Summit on the Global Agenda has began in Dubai, convening 88 World Economic Forum Global Agenda Councils with more than 1,000 of the foremost experts from academia, government, business, civil society and media to collectively discuss the world’s most pressing issues. The co-chairs of this year’s Summit on the Global Agenda are H.E. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy of the UAE, and H.E. Sami Dhaen Al Qamzi, Director-General, Department of Economic Development of the Government of Dubai.
At the three-day summit members are expected to focus collectively on identifying issues and solutions for serious global challenges in areas such as finance and economics, geopolitics, environment, society and technology. The councils act as incubators to nurture the ideas and to frame debates that will shape the Davos agenda at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting 2013.