Connect with the India Economic Summit online

Social Media at the India Economic Summit

As hundreds of global thinkers, shapers and leaders arrive in Mumbai for the India Economic Summit you too can access, participate and join in the conversation.

Starting Sunday 13 November key sessions, highlights, pictures and videos from the Summit will be available for you to download and share.

The theme of this year’s Summit is Linking Leadership with Livelihood and using Twitter, Facebook, Livestream, YouTube, Scribd, Foursquare and Storify, the Forum ensures your voice is heard and the participant voices are shared.

We will be seeking public input for many of our sessions including the Closing Plenary Session and The Power and Pitfalls of Popular Media at 09.00 IST on Monday 14 November.

Stay tuned to our Facebook page to answer questions live from moderator Chrystia Freeland of The Power and Pitfalls of Popular Media and follow @wef to put your questions to the panel.

How to connect online during the India Economic Summit

Ask a Leader

The World Economic Forum is once again opening its meetings and making its participants available to the public by calling you to “Ask a Leader” at its annual India Economic Summit.

You are invited to upload or post any question from world politics to the environment and beyond in text or video format to the World Economic Forum’s Facebook page at wef.ch/facebook or Ask a Leader YouTube channel at youtube.com/Davos.

Watch the video appeal produced in collaboration with NDTV

Social Media Corner 

The Social Media Corner is where participants will upload their video responses to the Ask a Leader series published for you to view on YouTube.

Participants will also post video blog diaries from the Summit, sharing their reactions, thoughts and insights on the discussions.

Livestream

A selection of plenary sessions from Mumbai will be webcast live for public viewing on our Livestream channel and Facebook page. The session videos will also be available on demand on the Forum’s website and YouTube channel. See the Livestream programme here. 

Facebook

“Like” the Forum’s Facebook page to receive all the news and views from the Summit including participant blog posts (from the Forum Blog), photographs, video diaries and more.

Twitter
You can also follow the Summit on Twitter @Davos as well as our live tweet account @WEF, where World Economic Forum staff will share the best quotes, outcomes and thoughts from key sessions and events. The official India Economic Summit Twitter list, compiled by the Forum, also allows you to follow participant tweets from Mumbai and beyond.

 

 

Forum Blog
Read participant insights and views and watch their video diaries from Mumbai here on the blog.

Bloggers from Mumbai include Brij Kothari of Planet Read, Kris Gopalakrishnan of Infosys and Bill Powell of Fortune/Time Magazine.

Flickr

The best pictures taken at the Summit will be made available free of charge under a creative commons licence on Flickr http://wef.ch/ies11pix.

Global Shapers

The newest community of the World Economic Forum, the Global Shapers, will also be in Mumbai. Ten hand-picked Global Shapers representing the Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai hubs will take part. All are leaders in their respective industries, which include business, media, non-profit, government, social enterprise and even the film industry. They will participate in the official programme and special events, including sessions on SME Growth, Impact in South Asia and a special session on Mumbai. In addition, they will visit the Mumbai Stock Exchange, engage in a workshop on the Art of Story Telling and participate in an off-the-record Meet the Leader session. For the latest updates, pictures, and videos from the event, follow @GlobalShapers on Twitter and check out the Global Shapers Facebook Page