World Strategic Forum

World Strategic Forum

Organized by	International Economic Forum of the Americas
Type	International Conference
Frequency	Annually
Founded	2011
Founded by	Nicholas Rémillard
Location	Miami, Florida, United States
Topics	Economy Finance Infrastructure Art & Luxury Energy Trade Agriculture
Next Event	April 19–20, 2017
Sister Organizations	Conference of Montreal Toronto Global Forum
Website	forum-americas.org/miami

The World Strategic Forum is an annual economic event organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas since 2011.

Mission

The World Strategic Forum is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to address the major governance challenges and to foster dialogues on national and global issues by bringing together heads of state, the private sector, international organizations and civil society. It also attempts to foster exchanges of information, to promote free discussion on major current economic issues and facilitate meetings between world leaders.^[1]

The Forum brings together more than 1,000 people from across the globe, every year.^[2]

History

The first Forum was presented in 2011 and was held in Palm Beach, Florida, until 2014. The subsequent editions, as of 2015, are held in Miami, Florida.^[3]

Notable speakers

See source

Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan (2004-2007)
Willem Buiter, Global Chief Economist, Citi
Amadou Diallo, Chief Executive Officer, DHL Freight
Thomas J. Donohue, President and Chief Executive Officer, United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC)
Jean-Louis Ekra, Chairman and President, African Export-Import Bank
Hage Geingob, Prime Minister of Namibia
Fred Hochberg, Chairman and President, Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank)
Michael Horodniceanu, President, MTA Capital Construction
José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States (OAS)
Salvador Namburete, Minister of Energy, Mozambique
Rick Perry, Governor, State of Texas, United States of America
Robert L. Reynolds, President and Chief Executive Officer, Putnam Investments
Rick Scott, Governor, State of Florida, United States of America
Strobe Talbott, President, Brookings
Julio Velarde, Governor, Central Bank of Peru

Advisory Board

Chair

Frank Holder, Berkeley Research Group (BRG)

Members

Current members of the Advisory Board of the World Strategic Forum are:

Fabiola Brumley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bill Johnson, Secretary of Commerce, State of Florida; Enterprise Florida
Manuel A. Mencia, Enterprise Florida
Gilberto Neves, Odebrecht USA
William Talbert III, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau^[4]

References

↑ http://forum-americas.org/miami/mission
↑ Heroux Pounds, Marcia. "World Leaders head to West Palm Beach". Sun Sentinel [Palm Beach] April 2, 2014 p.1D
↑ Ostrowski, Jeff. "Strategic Forum ends four-year run in county". The Palm Beach Post [Palm Beach] April 9, 2014 p.B6
↑ http://forum-americas.org/miami/advisory-board

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