ADVANCE PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

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Advance preparations for logistics and security at the International Convention Centre in Puerto Vallarta are underway for the World Economic Forum for the Americas which will be held from the16th to the 18th of this month. Director Patricia Farias said that the infrastructure is designed to receive large events continuously such as the Tourism Tianguis and upcoming Forum.
She said advance parties of organizers are already here who are coordinating logistics, preparations, control and security scenarios needed for the political leaders, businessmen and personalities participating in the World Economic Forum.

On the event's website it was announced that the opening meeting Monday, April 16, will be chaired by Daniel Servitje, Bimbo director, Juan Jose Suarez, Coppel, Pemex, Martin Senn, Zurich Financial Services, Sally Blount, dean of the business school at Northwestern University, Prince Haakon of Norway, and Jeffrey Joerres, the CEO of Manpower.

President Felipe Calderon will offer a cultural dinner for the leaders present with music performed by the National Symphony Orchestra. The meeting will be accompanied by a Sustainability Summit and a meeting of Ministers of Economy and Trade.
The website notes that this year it is particularly important that Mexico is host to the World Economic Forum because we have the presidency of the G20. The 2012 edition is titled "The Regional Transformation in a New Global Context."

To prepare for the discussions in Mexico and the relevance of this event, the forum will launch a campaign called "Ask a Leader" where people can upload to YouTube a question to be answered by the forum. Anyone can post a question on the channel,

wef.ch/askaleader on YouTube. The forum will devote resources and leaders who will go to Puerto Vallarta to answer the questions.
It was also announced that the World Economic Forum has announced its Young Global Leaders (YGLs) for 2012, recognizing the speaker including Venezuelan Maickel Melamed.

The international organization recognizes up to 200 outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to help shape the future of the world. This appointment is awarded annually to leaders around the world who are under 40 years old.

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