The landmark Forum will not only be hosted in-person at Case Weatherhead in October 2006, but it will also encircle the globe, with an expected 3000 delegates from around the world attending the Conference virtually. This forward-looking Forum is an unprecedented opportunity to bring together -- both in person and online -- leading business executives, management scholars, civil society leaders, government policy makers, and top students from around the world to identify and to leverage new solutions that have the potential to change the nature of 21st-century society.

The Virtual Forum will take place in a LearningTimes Online Conference Community, which provides an environment in which groups of participants, both small and large, can gather electronically to learn, collaborate, and network.  The Virtual Forum will offer both real-time and on-demand sessions and activities connecting participants logged in from around the globe with the events and dialogue unfolding in Cleveland.

Access to the Virtual Forum is included for those attending the in-person conference, and offered at a nominal fee for those attending completely online.  All registrants will have access to the resources and networking opportunities within the online conference community for several months after the Forum to keep the networking and collaboration thriving.

Virtual Conference Sessions

Presentations during the Virtual Forum may be conducted live online via interactive webcasts or online roundtable discussions, or asynchronously using threaded discussion boards, audio and video blogs, and poster sessions.  All tools used in the Virtual Conference community area are designed to work with both PC and Macintosh computers, at dial-up Internet connections or higher.