World Strategic Forum

The World Strategic Forum is an annual economic event organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas since 2011.

World Strategic Forum
Organized byInternational Economic Forum of the Americas
TypeInternational Conference
FrequencyAnnually
Founded2011
Founded byNicholas Rémillard
LocationMiami, Florida, United States
Topics
Next EventApril 6-7, 2020
Sister Organizations
Websiteforum-americas.org/miami

Mission

The World Strategic Forum is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to address the major governance challenges and to foster dialogues on national and global issues by bringing together heads of state, the private sector, international organizations and civil society. It also attempts to foster exchanges of information, to promote free discussion on major current economic issues and facilitate meetings between world leaders.[1]

The Forum brings together more than 1,400 people from across the globe, every year.[2]

History

The first Forum was presented in 2011 and was held in Palm Beach, Florida, until 2014. The subsequent editions, as of 2015, are held in Miami, Florida.[3]

Notable speakers

See source

Advisory Board

Chair

Members

Current members of the Advisory Board of the World Strategic Forum are:

  • Steven Cernak, Chief Executive Officer & Port Director, Port Everglades
  • Michael Ferris, Chief Executive Officer Abacode Cybersecurity Experts
  • Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General, Ibero American Conference SEGIB
  • Frank Holder, Managing Director & Head of Latin America Berkeley Research Group
  • Juan M. Kuryla, Director and Chief Executive Officer, PortMiami
  • Karl Sestak, Chief of Staff, Carnival Cruise Line
  • Alvin West, CFO & SVP Finance, GMCVB

See also

References
  1. http://forum-americas.org/miami/mission
  2. Heroux Pounds, Marcia. "World Leaders head to West Palm Beach". Sun Sentinel [Palm Beach] April 2, 2014 p.1D
  3. Ostrowski, Jeff. "Strategic Forum ends four-year run in county". The Palm Beach Post [Palm Beach] April 9, 2014 p.B6
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