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WELCOM: The World Economic Leaders COMmunity

  What WELCOM is

Why WELCOM

Who is WELCOM for


What WELCOM is
WELCOM is a powerful new online communication and collaboration space designed specifically for the world’s top decision-makers.

With a range of innovative tools for locating and accessing expertise, sharing knowledge, and meeting and working with peers, WELCOM empowers a multistakeholder approach to addressing the most pressing business and global governance challenges.



Why WELCOM
WELCOM enables the peer-to-peer engagements that are the hallmark of World Economic Forum meetings to be extended, efficiently and conveniently, throughout the whole year. As a powerful network of 10,000 leaders and an online intelligent collaboration tool, WELCOM provides Forum constituents anywhere in the world with the ability to, for example:

Network with peers:
Engage with an exclusive, global community of peers, 24/7, in complete security and confidentiality, to share interests, expertise and knowledge.

Access the world’s experts:
Search for and pinpoint specific expertise, and efficiently communicate and discuss concerns with 1,000 of the world’s most renowned experts on global, regional and industry issues.

Manage crises in real time:
Respond to disruptive events instantly online by tapping the knowledge, insights and experience of peers and other experts as well as the full resources of the Forum.

Tackle global challenges:
Collaborate productively within self-forming communities that bring together a relevant portfolio of stakeholders to address issues in real time.

Set the agenda:
Shape Forum community agendas and follow up on meeting sessions, join deep dives on cutting edge issues, and help to define hundreds of on and offline WELCOM events throughout the year.



Who is WELCOM for
Greater than the sum of its 10,000 members, WELCOM comprises:
• World Economic Forum Members and Partners: CEOs of the top 1,000 global companies
• Public Figures: top government and international leaders
• Global Growth Companies: CEOs of emerging multinationals
• Young Global Leaders: top global leaders under the age of 40
• Technology Pioneers: a global community of ahead of the curve innovators
• Forum Fellows: top 1,000 global, regional and industry experts
• Societal Leaders: labour, religious and media leaders
• Social Entrepreneurs: a global community of social entrepreneurs

WELCOM is established and operated in collaboration with world leading technology and knowledge providers: Adobe, AMD, BT, Infosys, Microsoft and Reuters.

Contact us at welcom@weforum.org



Quote

Professor Klaus Schwab

WELCOM convenes the world’s top decision makers and opinion leaders in a virtual community – a single place online where you can work together with peers efficiently and securely to address your concerns and drive global, regional and industry agendas. WELCOM is both a community and a comprehensive resource for tackling our critical business and global governance challenges.


  Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum  

 

    

 
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