Themes and Sessions 2011

The Symposium is divided into themes and each theme covers several symposium sessions. Each session of the GES deals with a problem that is relevant to the policy, business, academic, and civic communities and generates strategic responses to that problem.

Themes and sessions of the GES 2011 included:

GES Themes	GES Sessions

The Global Economy	Redesigning Fiscal Consolidation and Debt Management
	The Economics and Psychology of Building Sustainable Finance
	Coping with Systemic Risk
	Reinventing Education
	Open Innovation and Access to Knowledge
	Projects: Using Evidence to Fight Poverty

The Global Society	Ethics and Trust in Society and Business
	Migration, Integration and Identity
	Insuring the Poor
	Funding Social Enterprises
	Improving Retirement and Health Choices
	Board Diversity and Corporate Governance

The Global Polity	Avoiding Currency Wars and Ensuring Balanced Global Recovery
	Internet Governance Structures
	Identifying and Preventing Future Security Threats
	Norms for Global Governance
	Mobilizing Global Capital for Emerging Infrastructure Needs

The Global Environment	Managing Adaptation to Climate Change in the Developing World
	Dealing with the Race for Agricultural Land
	Water Scarcity and Virtual Water Trade
	Reducing the Water and Waste Footprints of Megacities
	Strategies for Climate Engineering
	Pioneering Smart Electricity Systems
	Shaping a Global Resource Strategy

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