{"id":20715,"date":"2014-01-21T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-18T00:38:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:38:02","slug":"salesforce-com-chairman-and-ceo-to-participate-in-world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2014","status":"publish","type":"sf_press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/press-releases\/2014\/01\/21\/salesforce-com-chairman-and-ceo-to-participate-in-world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce.com Chairman and CEO to Participate in World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the world\u2019s #1 CRM platform, today announced that Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff will participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014 in Davos, SwitzerlandSalesforce.com Chairman and CEO to Participate in World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014<br \/> <br \/> Benioff joins technology leaders from AT&amp;T, BT, Cisco and Yahoo to discuss the new digital landscape <br \/> <br \/> DAVOS, Switzerland and SAN FRANCISCO &#8212; Jan. 21, 2014 \u2013 Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the world\u2019s #1 CRM platform, today announced that Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff will participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014 in Davos, Switzerland. <br \/> <br \/> Benioff will join a panel discussion featuring AT&amp;T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, BT CEO Gavin Patterson, Cisco Systems Chairman and CEO John Chambers, Yahoo President and CEO Marissa Mayer, and moderated by Forrester Research Chairman and CEO George Colony. A live audiocast and replay will be available on World Economic Forum\u2019s website on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, at 9 a.m. CET at http:\/\/wef.ch\/live<br \/> <br \/> The 44th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is taking place Jan. 22-25 under the theme \u201cThe Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and Business\u201d. More than 2,500 participants from more than 100 countries are taking part in the Meeting. Participants include 30 heads of state or government and more than 1,500 business leaders from the Forum\u2019s 1,000 Member companies, as well as Social Entrepreneurs, Global Shapers, Young Global Leaders and representatives from civil society, media, academia and the arts.<br \/> <br \/> Additional Information<br \/> \u2022 More information about the Annual Meeting 2014 is available at http:\/\/wef.ch\/davos2014 <br \/> \u2022 View the best pictures from the Annual Meeting on Flickr at http:\/\/wef.ch\/davos14pix<br \/> \u2022 Free media access to the Forum press photo archive Swiss-Image at http:\/\/wef.ch\/pics<br \/> \u2022 Watch live webcasts of sessions at http:\/\/wef.ch\/live and on demand at http:\/\/wef.ch\/davos14video<br \/> \u2022 Watch the sessions on demand on YouTube at http:\/\/wef.ch\/youtube or http:\/\/wef.ch\/youku<br \/> \u2022 Become a fan of the Forum on Facebook at http:\/\/wef.ch\/facebook<br \/> \u2022 Read the summaries of sessions at http:\/\/wef.ch\/davos14sessions<br \/> \u2022 Follow the Forum on Twitter at http:\/\/wef.ch\/twitter and http:\/\/wef.ch\/livetweet (hashtag #WEF)<br \/> \u2022 Read the Forum:Blog at http:\/\/wef.ch\/blog<br \/> \u2022 Follow the Forum on Google+ at http:\/\/wef.ch\/gplus<br \/> \u2022 Follow the meeting on a smartphone at http:\/\/wef.ch\/app<br \/> <br \/> \u00a9 2014 salesforce.com, inc. 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