WEF

March 13, 2019

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Ruba Borno Joins the Forum of Young Global Leaders Class of 2019

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We proudly share that our own Ruba Borno, Vice President and General Manager of Cisco Managed Services, has been selected as one of the Young Global Leaders of 2019.

Vote for Cisco in the 2017 Corporate Citizenship Festival

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Each year, the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship hosts the International Corporate Citizenship Film Festival. Cisco CSR submitted its most recent video, "Leveraging Innovation to Change the World for Good," and is one of 16 "large companies" participating in this year's contest.

Cisco Demonstrates Responsive and Responsible Leadership at 2017 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

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Tomorrow, more than 3,000 global leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society will convene at the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

January 19, 2016

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is Still About People and Trust

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This week, I’ll navigate Davos with hundreds of global business and government leaders to tackle the opportunities and obligations we have to improve the state of the world. The theme for this year, “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” could not hit closer to home. Klaus Schwab of WEF has defined the Fourth Industrial Revolution as […]

Cisco Joins Global Problem Solvers at 2016 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

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This week, more than 2,500 leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society will convene at the 2016 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. As one of those attendees, Cisco will collaborate with other global problem solvers in strategic discussions about the political, economic, social, and technological transformations reshaping the world. This year marks Cisco’s 14th […]

April 14, 2015

HIGH TECH POLICY

The Paradox of ICT’s Impact on Growth and Inequality

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Thirty years ago a UN commission published the Maitland Report, proposing that by the early 21st century, every individual on the planet should “be within easy reach of a telephone” given the economic benefits. That was interpreted as being within a one day walk of a phone. Anyone suggesting back then that over 90% of the […]

January 27, 2015

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

John Chambers: “What does the Internet of Everything Mean for Security?”

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Last week, Cisco CEO John Chambers attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. A major theme of the week was security and the implications of the Internet of Everything…the topic which John focused on in his contributed article to the WEF blog, Agenda. You can read the full article here. In the article he […]

Cisco Joins Global Problem Solvers at 2015 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

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This week, the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting will convene 2500 leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society in Davos, Switzerland. There, these global problem solvers will engage in strategic discussions about the political, economic, social, and technological transformations reshaping the world. Cisco has been a WEF strategic partner for 17 years, putting […]

Cisco Multiples Impact at the World Economic Forum

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 Profound political, economic, social and, above all, technological forces are transforming our lives, communities and institutions. New global social communication channels are shifting the way decisions are being made from a hierarchical approach to a networked approach, with more access regardless of age, gender, and location. Given these large scale global changes, how do world […]