Cultural Leaders - Annual Meeting 2019

The document lists cultural leaders attending the 2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, including Crystal Award winners and specialists in disability inclusion. It details their professional backgrounds and the specific contributions, exhibitions, or sessions they are bringing to the event, such as Sir David Attenborough's focus on the preservation of life on earth and various initiatives promoting disability inclusion in the workplace.

• The 2019 Crystal Award, which celebrates artists and cultural figures inspiring "inclusive and sustainable change", was awarded to Marin Alsop for diversity in music, Haifaa Al-Mansour for cultural transformation in the Arab world, and Sir David Attenborough for "environmental stewardship".
• Sir David Attenborough is presenting sequences from the series "Our Planet" at the meeting, which focuses on the "preservation of life on earth".
• Basima Abdulrahman founded KESK, the first green design and construction initiative in Iraq, to help businesses and government implement "green building strategies and solutions".
• The document highlights a "Special Focus on the culture of Disability Inclusion", featuring leaders such as Caroline Casey, who works with CEOs to put disability on the "global business leadership agenda", and Susanne Bruyere, who researches "employment and disability policy".
• Several participants use art and technology to address social and environmental issues, including Milica Zec and Winslow Porter's "Tree VR" project, and Patrick Chappatte's exhibition addressing "climate change", gender rights, and freedom of speech.
• Michelle Yeoh, a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals and supports "conservation work in Malaysia".
• Susannah Rodgers, a retired Paralympic swimmer, serves as an "Ocean Ambassador for the Marine Conservation Society in the UK" and advocates for "marine conservation".

APA

World Economic Forum (2019). Cultural Leaders - Annual Meeting 2019. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM19_Cultural_Leaders_biographies.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Cultural Leaders - Annual Meeting 2019. 2019. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM19_Cultural_Leaders_biographies.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2019cultural, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Cultural Leaders - Annual Meeting 2019}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2019}, url = {http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM19_Cultural_Leaders_biographies.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }