Last year YouTube scored big at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. They had the best space at the conference, with world leaders and celebrities wandering through on the way to the press area (I, on the other hand, flailed).
Attendees and everyone else were asked to create a video and answer the question “What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?” Here’s Bono giving his answer. Henry Kissinger and Shimon Peres were among the others to do so.
This year they’re back with a new format called The Davos Debates. And the best part of it is, whoever creates the best video gets a free all expense paid trip, including a press pass, to the event. This is no small prize. Davos is arguably the most exclusive and interesting conference in the world, and you will have the chance to interact directly, one-on-one, with world leaders.
YouTube users are asked to answer one of four questions:
- Are you confident that global growth will be restored in 2009?
- Will the environment lose out to the economy in 2009?
- Will the Obama administration improve the state of the world in 2009?
- Should company executives have a code of ethics similar to doctors and lawyers?
The winner will be chosen by a panel of experts based on the following criteria: overall originality and creativity, offering tangible solutions and popularity of the video based on views and ratings (so you’ll want to get everyone you can to watch your video).
We will of course be playing favorites with our readers, so if you create a video leave a link in the comments below. We’ll embed the best ones in a post in the coming weeks.
Mike if this is true then something must be done FAST
http://online.w...0127905065.html
I’m hoping they’ll be getting a lot of comments from the Chinese and Indians – let’s be honest, their opinion matters the most considering they own most of our debt.
Wrong: China and Japan “own most of our debt” (as you phrased it). India owns very little. The whole “Chindia” idea that is spouted by Vinod Khosla is ridiculous: China’s economy is twice the size of India’s and growing at a faster clip. In fact, China’s economy is larger than the other three so-called “BRIC” countries COMBINED (i.e., China’s economy is larger than india + Brazil + Russia).
Whereas India MAY become a force to be reckoned with in the future, China and Japan already are. India still has a long way to go in comparison to China, but China is hardly siting on it’s hands and waiting for India to catch up.
mike, you were at Davos last year too, right?
what were last years goals and promises? how many of them became real? The only thing that makes Davos special is that world leaders are there to attend, I dont think any solid decisions are made or agreements signed there.
Wow, that is a serious prize. Weird, that a criteria is ‘offering tangible solutions’, yet that doesn’t appear to be the intent of either of the four bulleted questions.
And you are still not getting on that jet!
no videos yet? come on! I want a techcrunch reader to win this.
Ok Michael, there you go:
http://www.yout...h?v=_pCI_SSRKlI
hah! not bad.
so, you still going to embed the best videos in a post? mine is going to be sweet… i’m having people from 3-5 other countries commenting to support my position
Here is the link to our organization’s entry. Feel free to contact us at millennialbeacon@gmail.com with any questions or if you would like to get involved, and be sure to check out the Millennial Beacon Facebook group as well. Happy 2009!
http://www.yout...h?v=4HFAbuRvb98
Dear Sir, Mr. Michael Arrington,
You’re certainly right in saying, “Davos is arguably the most exclusive and interesting conference in the world,” and therefore, by means of the Davos Debate at YouTube (2009) I am looking forward to, “interact directly, one-on-one, with world leaders.”
My video contribution approves, and answers Dr. Klaus Schwab’s (Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum) question – Should company executives have a code of ethics similar to doctors and lawyers?
The submission follows all of the above mentioned (in your blog post) criterion i.e.
1. All concepts and supporting ideas are my original content.
2. I have tried to be creative by making use the ’step-by-step’ editing style, thereby making the video/concepts more interesting and ‘easy to understand’.
3. Offered a clear solution for Business Leaders, across industries.
As far as the video’s popularity goes, I uploaded it just the other day; and am looking forward to TechCrunch’s take on solving that one.
Here’s the direct YouTube link – http://www.yout...h?v=_TxQB5YlX38
Video Contents:
1. Introduction (Principal).
2. Code of Ethics (similar to Doctors and Lawyers) for Business Leaders?
3. That is?
4. Why only Doctors and Lawyers?
5. What do you think should be done, then?
6. Introduction (Secondary, principal to The Universal Declaration of Employee Code of Ethics)
a. Personal Integrity for Professional Trustworthiness.
b. Efficient use of Resources
c. Social Responsibility
d. Focus on Real Assets and Real Jobs
e. Education and Training
7. Conclusion
alright Michael, if you find this interesting, which I think you might, let’s work together to get it out there: http://tinyurl.com/9f5woj
thanks and huge thanks to you and your staff for your hard work with TC.