Use our handy web resources guide to link to Davos related sites. Connect to live Davos webcasts, agenda related sites, opposition groups, global think tanks and more.

Official Site:

The World Economic Forum launces its 31st annual meeting in Davos. This year, the site offers webcasts of key sessions and a chance for users to discuss the issues. Check out this year's key themes find out more about the meeting and access session summaries. The site also contains a knowledge navigator which enables users to access contents from World Economic Forum events and activities.

Industry

i2i Industry to Industry a commercial site, was launched at the World Economic Forum's 1999 Annual Meeting. It was established to give global businesses a new e-commerce model. The site provided a virtual marketplace manufacturers to promote their wares. Think Tools is a knowledge software company. Set up in the 1980s, it was presented to the public at the World Economic Forum in 1997. WEF is a shareholder in Think Tools.

International Organisations

World Trade Organization
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
APEC secretariat
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Organisation of American States
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Related Sites

Davos regular, Lance Knobel, runs the Insiders Guide to Davos where he writes a daily commentary up to and during Davos.

The Public Eye on Davos challenges the World Economic Forum and the neoliberal policies it promotes. The site includes details on activities to be run in tandem with Davos, including a four-day conference and demonstration on Saturday 27 January.

The World Social Forum has also planned a conference in Brazil to coincide with Davos. It advocates greater participation of civil societies in international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and WTO.

This site run by the Anti-WTO Co-ordination details its "Platform of Action against the World Economic Forum, including a meeting during Davos to launch an international alliance to demonstrate against the WEF.

Media sites

The Daily Davos is Newsweek's special edition site, covering the news and views as it unfolds in Davos, as does Forum News Daily, which is put out by The Earth Times Foundation.
CNN has a special report on Davos 2001.

Agenda material

The United States Government Electronic Commerce site contains numerous papers and resources on the digital economy as well inks to related sites.

Understanding the Digital Economy contains reports, background information and presentations from the 1999 US Department of Commerce conference by the same name.

Don Tapscott has written a number of books on the digital age including, Digital Economy (1996), which provides an interesting look at how far the digital economy has come already.

NASA's International Space Station will be an important venue for future research. The site tracks the crew's journey, offers a flight plan timeline and has an extensive image gallery.
Visit the interactive Hubblesite to view pictures and learn more about the Hubble Space Telescope's work.

The BioIndustry Association, works to promote the UK bio-technology sector. It provides news and publication sources and links to relevant sites.

The US version of the above,Biotechnology Industry Organization, covers industry policy, events and its members as well as news coverage and relevant links.

The National Human Genome Research Institute details the project's work and includes details on the work relating to its ethical, legal, and social implications.

Greenpeace provides the flip side of the argument, detailing the dangers of genetic engineering. It outlines negotiation progress for an international Biosafety Protocol.

The Energy Information Administration has a wealth of resources, covering energy via geography, sector, price and fuel. It also provides environmental and process information, forecasts, analysis and links to other sites.

The Opec site offers information about the organisation and it's press releases. While Opec.com provides coverage of oil related news.

Think Tanks

Europe
The Centre for the New Europe is a pan-European think tank focusing on Europe's future. Based in Brussels, "it reflects and stimulates debate on economic, political, cultural, and moral issues".

The Frankfurter Institut seeks to critique the workings of market economy and is an advocate of more socially inclusive economic models.

United Kingdom

The Institute of Economic Affairs is an independent think-tank, which seeks to improve public understanding of the institutions of a free society. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of markets in solving economic and social problems.

The Social Market Foundation focuses on developing a social market approach to economics. It commissions original papers by independent experts on key economic and social topics, with a view to stimulating public discussion on economic and social issues.

The David Hume Institute encourages discourse on public policy in the empirical style of the philosopher. Based in Edinburgh, it primarily focuses on the interaction between law and market forces

The Royal Institute of International Affairs is one of the world's foremost research organisations which works to advance the understanding of key international issues and activities.

Americas

The Aspen Institute is dedicated to enhancing the quality of leadership through informed dialogue. It provides a forum for world leaders to gather and discuss a variety of issues. The institute also has centres in Berlin and France.

The Fraser Institute is a Canadian think tank made up primarily of corporate members. It was founded in 1974 to highlight the role markets can play in providing economic and social well-being.

Ecuador's, El Instituto Ecuatoriano de Economa Poltica (The Ecuadorian Institute of Economic Policy) is another Spanish/English language site. The institute analyses the economic and social problems affecting Ecuador's population. It is a private and independent association.

Asia-Pacific

The Institute of Public Affairs founded in 1943, is Australia's oldest private-sector think tank. It is of liberal leanings and promotes free markets and free-societies.

The Korea Center for Free Enterprise (CFE) is a non-profit research foundation, which promotes free market principles, entrepreneurship, limited government and individual liability.

The Hong Kong Centre for Economics Research is an independent private research centre affiliated with the University of Hong Kong.

Tourism sites:

FTSki for the latest on snow, resorts and equipment worldwide.

Myswitzerland allows you to comprehensively plan your trip to Davos, including accommodation, a travel booking service, snow reports and schedule of events.

Skiswitzerland provides information on Davos snow conditions, weather and skiing facilities.

Davos.com is a German language site, which lists events in the town.