World Economic Forum

==Alternatives==
=== Open Forum Davos ===
Since the annual meeting in January 2003 in Davos, an ''Open Forum Davos'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openforumdavos.ch/ |title=Open Forum Davos, Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund |website=Openforumdavos.ch |access-date=7 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202022348/http://www.openforumdavos.ch/ |archive-date=2 February 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> which was co-organized by the [[Swiss Reformed Church|Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches]], is held concurrently with the Davos forum, opening up the debate about globalization to the general public. The Open Forum has been held in the local high school every year, featuring top politicians and business leaders. It is open to all members of the public free of charge.<ref name=pigman5>{{cite book |title=The World Economic Forum – A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Global Governance |last=Pigman |first=Geoffrey Allen |page=130 |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-415-70204-1 |publisher=Routledge |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=78AB043A344C2C6A |title=Open Forum |publisher=YouTube |access-date=7 March 2010 |archive-date=25 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125214215/http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=78AB043A344C2C6A |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Public Eye Awards ===
The [[Public Eye Awards]] have been held every year since 2000. It is a counter-event to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. Public Eye Awards is a "public competition of the worst corporations in the world." In 2011, more than 50,000 people voted for companies that acted irresponsibly. At a ceremony at a Davos hotel, the "winners" in 2011 were named as Indonesian [[palm oil]] diesel maker, [[Neste Oil]] in Finland, and mining company [[AngloGold Ashanti]] in South Africa.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lang |first=Olivia |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/davos/9379067.stm |title=BBC Davos Day three |publisher=BBC News |date=28 January 2011 |accessdate=29 November 2011 |archive-date=30 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130124254/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/davos/9379067.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> According to [[Schweiz aktuell]] broadcast on 16 January 2015, a public presence during the WEF 2015, may not be guaranteed because the massively increased security in Davos. The Public Eye Award will be awarded for the last time in Davos: "Public Eyes says Goodbye to Davos", confirmed by Rolf Marugg (now [[Landrat]]s politician), by not directly engaged politicians, and by the police responsible.<ref name="schweizaktuell-20150116">[http://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/wef-2015/wef-ohne-kritiker Gianluca Galgani: WEF ohne Kritiker] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804084820/http://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/wef-2015/wef-ohne-kritiker |date=4 August 2016}}. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, 16 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2015.</ref>