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GES Perspectives 2013

The Global Economic Symposium (GES) is a solution forum which identifies global challenges, examines their policy and business implications, and formulates concrete proposals for action with a view to creating a better world for the next generation. Unlike many other leading conferences, the Global Economic Symposium is both research-based and strongly action-oriented. Every session of the GES is organized by researchers and an international team of experts and supported by the GES’s own virtual platform. Results of the GES are published in the book Global Economic Solutions, which are submitted to national governments, the major international organizations, business leaders, academics and the wider GES community. The GES takes place in alteration between Kiel, Germany, and a major international center. This year’s GES will take place in Kiel from 1st to 2nd October.

GES Perspectives is a forum for Future Challenges bloggers who will attend the Global Economic Symposium. Each of our GES bloggers will take part in a session at the annual conference. They will regularly publish blogposts dealing with the topics of their session. Our goal is to provide diverse perspectives on the topics that will be discussed at the Global Economic Symposium. We have chosen one blogger out of each of the nine Future Challenges regional networks.

GES Perspective

  • Interview with John H. Bryant at the GES 2013

    A Stronger Economy? Learn Bank Speak!

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    This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. John Hope Bryant sat down with FutureChallenges contributor Jamie Stark after speaking at the 2013 Global Economic Symposium in Kiel, Germany. Bryant is the founder and chief executive of Operation Hope, Inc., a global nonprofit dedicated to […]

  • At the GES 2013: “Fostering a Fair Deal on Talent”

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    This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/.   The round table setting had everyone excited at this first session on the second day of GES 2013. This session was focused on fostering a fair deal for talent around the globe. While European countries […]

  • Participants in "Governance for Sustainable Development" at the GES 2013

    Sense and Sustainability – How Women can Boost the Economy

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    This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. Most of the panels at the Global Economic Symposium had quite a strict format,  with a bunch of luminaries in direct agreement over a topic discussing what the best approach  to the issue would be. Sometimes there […]

  • Bertelsmann Stiftung at the GES 2013

    Redefine Success So As to Achieve Sustainable Development

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    This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. The United Nation’s 2013 World Happiness report said Ugandans are the happiest people in East Africa, yet they are not the richest. Kenya, the region’s economic powerhouse, was ranked the second happiest. This implies that economic […]