The genesis of the Power of Peace Network is in this Forum room today, where we have assembled.
Among the participants which took part in this forum were the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Mr Rafael Correa Delgado and at least 15 Ministers of the region.
"What we want is to take the time in this forum to not just hear a quick sound bite -'yes, I'm for reform of don't ask, don't tell', " he told the BBC News website.
So while the sports fan in me would love to write a piece about the game itself and specifically why I think the Ravens won, in this forum and in this context, the name of the game is branding and advertising.
FORBES: How One Brand Won And Lost During The Same Super Bowl
Another oft-repeated complaint about these industries, and worth repeating in this forum as well: these companies have to evolve to offer products and services that consumer want today, not what the producers were selling at such profit five or ten years ago.
FORBES: What To Do When Your Customers Flock to the Cloud? Hopefully, You Don't Sue Them
During the opening session, Isabel Viera, Official of the Programme of Communication and Information of the UNESCO Office in Havana, expressed gratitude for the opportunity to participate in this recognised forum for exchange, which has become a tradition.
Finally, KUDOS for putting the ethics back into trust in this important business forum.
This Forum in Dhaka is an opportunity to encourage wider efforts by all states to ratify the Convention.
In this light, the Forum aims to renew mobilisation and awareness regarding the link between gender equality, development and peace, and to anticipate post-2015 challenges.
We welcome your thoughtful comments in this open and participatory forum.
Or, when we meet again at this Forum in one year or five years or ten, will we have seen the prospects for reform fade and remember this moment as just a mirage in the desert?
The experts quoted in this article were all attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
But what is clear is that in any open forum, this type of commenter comes to the surface very quickly.
FORBES: Anti-Amnesty Conservatives, Meet Your Ambassadors To The Latino Voter
When I mentioned this quote in a LinkedIn forum, I was chided by a woman for not posting a more empowering message.
This forum is in response to the overwhelming political activism of young people recently observed on the African continent and around the world.
WHITEHOUSE: Blog Posts Related to the African American Community
Finally there will be a meticulously neutral forum in which this conversation can be conducted and where policy can be assessed on its merits.
FORBES: Forget Howard Jarvis And A California Tax Revolt, Is A Money Revolt On The Way?
The majority of chief executive officers attending the World Economic Forum in Davos this week say they believe 2013 is going to be rather boring.
Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa, a key figure behind F1's development in Bahrain, said at the Motor Sport Business Forum held in the country earlier this month that it had benefited from the exposure generated by hosting a grand prix.
This article was published as part of a debate on Big Data and in advance of the Skoll World Forum in April, which will host a session on exactly this topic.
Much has been made about the dearth of women at Davos this year and the fact that the World Economic Forum, in an effort to address this inequity, imposed a quota on its 100 corporate sponsors.
Labor unions will launch renewed calls for investment in infrastructure this week at the OECD forum.
Georgia Secretary of State Kathy Cox spoke at a forum this week in Washington.
The July missile tests were scarcely mentioned during the ASEAN Regional Forum in Brunei earlier this month.
About 1, 500 media executives from 60 nations will attend the World Editors Forum this June in Beirut, Lebanon.
But soon after this, in a much quieter forum, Facebook made another announcement.
FORBES: Facebook Credits Opens Up to More Developers, Adds More Ways to Pay
Mr Erdogan made the controversial comments at a meeting of the UN Alliance of Civilisations Forum in Vienna earlier this week.
BBC: Israel condemns Zionism comments by Turkey's PM Erdogan
He wants to hear from the executives who will be part of this forum, participating in it, and who are examples of major American companies that have brought jobs back to the United States, why they did that, what were the incentives to doing that.
The first Forum using this format was held in Christchurch a year ago and such was the success of that, a second forum was held in Sendai Japan earlier in the year.
UNESCO: United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day
This is the first time in nearly 20 years that the United States has hosted this forum, and it comes at a time when America is very focused on how we can work together in a cooperative, effective way in the Trans-Pacific region.
应用推荐