The 6th Annual GCF (2012) –
The Entrepreneurship Imperative
January 21-24, 2012
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF), now in its sixth year, has been successfully probing different areas of the competitiveness agenda and learning from an incredible wealth of experience shared both on and offstage. Each year, we reach
further, welcoming the next challenge, increasing collaboration, and tapping into enormous minds to effect change.
For 2012 we focus on the theme of entrepreneurship, or “the process of creating something new and valuable by devoting the necessary time and effort, by embracing the accompanying financial, emotional, and social uncertainties, and opening up to the resulting rewards of personal and possibly monetary satisfaction.”
The agenda will touch on all forms of entrepreneurship – from social entrepreneurship to government; corporate and intrapreneruship to the importance of failure, the value of risk as well as the anatomy of an entrepreneur, amongst many more. In addition, this year, the GCF will present a series of breakaway workshops that will expand on some of the valuable topics discussed onstage in small and intimate workshops.
The Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF), the only event of its kind, is an annual meeting of global business leaders, international political leaders, and selected intellectuals and journalists brought together to create a dialogue with respect to the positive impact organizational and national competitiveness can have on local, regional and global economic and social development. It was founded in 2006 by the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), and is held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under the patronage of HM King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
Vision: An annual program of activities attended by global business leaders, international political leaders, and selected intellectuals who share a common interest in competitiveness.
Mission: To continue fostering awareness and enthusiasm around the issue of competitiveness, and to evaluate the applicability of competitiveness theory and practice as a tool for generating real solutions to contemporary global challenges.