Global “elite” use twitter and youtube to stay on message at Davos

You can now follow the meeting in Davos, Switzerland, of the political and financial elite that is responsible for the current economic meltdown of the USA and Europe on twitter and youtube. Risk management and risk networks seem to be a key theme this year – perhaps as the elite wonder how to escape revolutions if false flag terrorist operations and wars don’t distract people this time?

http://twitter.com/Davos

http://www.youtube.com/Davos

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http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/26/davos-forum-faces-joblessness-revolutions/

Davos forum faces joblessness, revolutions

Aerial Photo of Davos, the Alpine Host City of the World Economic Forum, captured before the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 17, 2011. Davos is in the middle of Swiss Alps and the city for holidays, sports, congresses, health, development and culture. (photo ©2011 World Economic Forum/swiss-image.ch/Photo by Andy Mettler)

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - All eyes switch to Davos, as the offices of the host, the World Economic Forum in Geneva, empty out for the annual meeting of business and political leaders at the Swiss resort in canton Graubuenden.

Newspapers and magazines are filled with Davos “news” which so far consists mainly of journalists’ descriptions of the pretty road or train ride from Zurich airport to the hills of Davos, where it has been snowing.

Some essential and non-essential Swiss facts about Davos:

The theme for 2011 is “Shared Norms for the New Reality”. This officially covers four topics: Responding to the New Reality; The Economic Outlook and Defining Policies for Inclusive Growth; Supporting the G20 Agenda; Building a Risk Response Network. Unofficially, it is  likely to include anything and everything on people’s minds, from wiki leaks to unemployment and elections and revolutions in Africa.

Swiss military forces are spending CHF1.5 million and putting 4,000 soldiers on the ground and in the air to protect and help the 2,500 guests at the forum. They’re using 18 km of protective barriers and 1,000 kg of sand to ensure helicopter landing pads and trains no matter what the weather. Media people make up 420 of the foreign visitors, with 80 Swiss journalists.

Bilateral agreements are likely to be on the agenda at meetings between the Swiss minister for the economy, Johann Schneider-Ammann, and German Minister of Economics and Technology Rainer Brüderle, Austrian Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Josef Pröll, and French Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Christine Lagarde.