The Road to Transparency at Davos

The 2006 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum Weblog is an integral part of the 2006 meeting. The blog doesn't yet list who all the bloggers are but some of them have already begun posting. An indicator of what to expect as the meeting gets underway: [...] We will blog here summaries of the sessions we participate in and some personal ideas about them. As I said, this is an experiment and should be taken as is. In no way should the notes you will find here express the voice of The Forum itself but rather our personal experience of the Summit, as participants. That text looks as though it was written for the 2004 meeting. Nevertheless, that's what the podcasts and webcasts as well. With the podcasts in particular, I think we can expect some interesting and worthwhile content for our listening enjoyment when the first podcasts are available starting tomorrow (I've already subscribed to the resignation of Eason Jordan, chief news executive at Jay Rosen described that event pretty well. There is a clear This semi-transparency makes it clear what's public and what's private. Yet it was a private or closed session last year that was blogged (on an individual's blog, not the WEF one) leading to Jordan's downfall, which brings to mind one reality for me - little these days seems to be off the record. So the maxim of being cautious about what you say even in a private session is worth keeping in mind, especially when there's wi-fi (and podcasters with portable MP3 recorders) around. Still, I expect to see some good personal commentaries on this blog to balance the official stuff we'll read about in the media. Not only on the official blog, though, on others as well (follow the Technorati tags, below). driving force behind the WEF blog and will be in charge of that show. Good luck, Loic! Neville Hobson is the author of the popular Crayon. Visit Neville Hobson's blog: