Held in New York this year, although normally held in Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum is an annual gathering of some of the world's most prominent leaders in government, business, academia, journalism, and theology. Around 2,500 participants attended this year's forum, the theme of which was "Leadership in Fragile Times: a Vision for a Shared Future."

Selected C-SPAN Coverage:
Thursday, January 31st | Friday, February 1st | Saturday, February 2nd |
Sunday, February 3rd | Monday, February 4th

World Economic ForumShare Your views on the meeting and its speakers. What would you like to see achieved? What did you learn? Thursday, January 31, 2002 Watch from 1/31/02 5:30pm - 6pm Welcome to the Annual Meeting • Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, USA • George Pataki, Governor of New York, USA • Klaus Schwab, President, World Economic Forum • Kaspar Villiger, President, Swiss Confederation 6pm - 6:15pm Special Message • Hamid Karzai, Chairman, Interim Administration of Afghanistan • Klaus Schwab, President, World Economic Forum 6:15pm - 7:30pm For Hope • Bono, Composer & Singer, Principal Management, Ireland • Hamid Karzai, Chairman, Interim Administration of Afghanistan • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President, Philippines • H.M. Queen Rania of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordon • Desmond Tutu, Archibishop Emeritus, South Africa • Elie Wiesel, Professor of the Humanities, Boston University, USA Friday, February 1, 2002 Watch from 2/01/02 8:15am - 9:45am Building a Coalition for a Stable World: Who Will Share in the Burden? • Ismail Cem, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey • Han Seung-Soo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea • John Howard, Prime Minister, Australia • Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State • Lord Robertson, Sec-General, NATO, Brussels • Javier Solana Madariaga, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign & Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council, Brussels • Hubert Vedrine, Minister of Foreign Affairs, France 9:45am - 10:15am Special Message from: • Jean Chretien, Canadian Prime Minister - Watch from 2/1/02 • Gerhard Schroder, Federal Chancellor, Germany • Klaus Schwab, President, World Economic Forum 2:15pm - 4pm Media & Terrorism: Changing the Ground Rules Watch from 2/1/02 • Christopher Dodd (D-CT), USA • Tom Glocer, CEO, Reuters Group, UK • Ibrahim Helal, Editor-in-Chief, Al Jazeera Satellite Channel, Qatar • Ann Morrison, Editor, Time Europe, UK • Ronald K. Noble, Secreatart-General, Interpol, Lyon • Andres Ortega, Chief Editor, Opinion, El Pais, Spain • Thomas Ridge, Asst. to the President & Director of the U.S. Office of Homeland Security, USA • Lowell Bergman, Producer/Reporter, Frontline West, USA • Ken Auletta, Communication Columnist, The New Yorker Magazine, USA • Orville H. Schell, Dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA 4:15pm - 5:45pm Watch from 2/1/02 New Sources of Vulnerability: Thinking the Unthinkable • Donald Carty, Chairman, President & CEO, American Airlines, USA • Larry Ellison, Chairman & CEO, Oracle Corporation, USA • Richard Fuld Jr., Chairman & CEO, Lehman Brothers, USA • Armin Meyer, Chairman & CEO, Ciba Speciality Chemicals, Switzerland • John Potter, Postmaster-General & CEO, United State Postal Service, USA • Thomas Ridge, Asst. to the President & Director of the U.S. Office of Homeland Security, USA • Rudolph Giuliani, President, Giuliani Partners, USA • Raymond Gilmartin, Chairman, President & CEO, Merck and Co., Inc., USA; Co-Chairman of the Annual Meeting 2002 Saturday, February 2, 2002 Watch from 2/2/02 8:30am - 9:45am The Global Economic Outlook • Kenneth Dam, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury, USA • Hans Eichel, Federal Minister of Finance, Germany • Laurent Fabius, Minister of Economy, Finance & Industry, France • Horst Kohler, Managing Director, IMF, Washington, DC • Yashwant Sinha, Minister of Finance, India • Heizo Takenaka, Minister of Economic & Fiscal Policy, Japan • Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics, Princeton University, USA • Yotaro Kobayashi, Chairman, Keizai Doyukai, Japan, Co-Chair of the Annual Meeting 2002 2:15pm - 4pm The Path of the U.S. Economy: What Kind of Recovery? • Don Evans, U.S. Secretary of Commerce • Eric Benhamou, Chairman of the Board, 3Com Corporation, USA • Alan Blinder, Professor of Economics, Princeton University, USA • Philip Condit, Chairman & CEO, The Boeing Company USA • Thomas Donohue, President & CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, USA • A.G. Lafley, President & Chief Executive, Provter & Gamble, USA • Stephen Roach, Chief Economist, Morgan Stanley, USA • Joseph Stiglitz, Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, USA • Nigel Roberts, TV Presenter, Journalist & Markets Editor, CNBC UK Sunday, February 3, 2002 12pm - 1:45pm The Northern Ireland Peace Process: Next Steps? • Gerry Adams, President, Sinn Fein Party, Ireland • Mark Durkan, Deputy First Minister, Northern Ireland • David Ervine, Member of the Progressive Unionist Party, Northern Ireland • Richard Haass, Director, Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State, USA • John J. Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO, USA • David Trimble, First Minister of Northern Ireland • James Hoge, Editor, Foreign Affairs Magazine, Council on Foreign Relations, USA • George Mitchell, Chairman, Verner Liipfert Bernhard McPherson & Hand, USA 2:30pm - 2:50pm Watch from 2/3/02 Special Message • H.M. King Abdullah II Ibn Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan • Klaus Schwab, President, World Economic Forum 2:50pm - 3:10pm Special Message Watch from 2/3/02 • H.H.Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, Chairman, Islamic Conference Organization, Qatar • Klaus Schwab, President, World Economic Forum Monday, February 4, 2002 Watch from 2/4/02 10:15am - 12pm The Voice of Islam in Development • H.M. King Abdullah II Ibn Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan • S. Mohammad Hossein Adeli, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran • H.H. Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crowne Prince & Commander-in-Chief, Bahrain Defence Force • H.R.H. Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research & Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia • Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar • Francois Burgat, Director, Centre Francais d'Archeologie et des Sciences Sociales de Sanaa, Yemen • Nemir Kirdar, President & CEO, Investcorp., UK