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Manpower Inc. is proud to be a strategic partner of the 41st World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2011. Over 2,500 leaders from business, politics, academia, the media and civil society will participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from 26-30 January.

Several Manpower executives are participating in this year's event:

Jeff Joerres, Chairman and CEO of ManpowerGroup, was interviewed by the World Economic Forum about global labor market prospects and trends for 2011.

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Jeff will be participating in the following sessions:

Entering the Human Age - Unleashing and Leveraging Human Potential in the New Reality
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Manpower Inc. and CNBC kick off the World Economic Forum with a thought-provoking panel discussion that explores a new, transformational era that the world is entering as talent becomes the competitive differentiator and human potential becomes the critical agent for economic growth.

The Future of Employment
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
The world economy has hemorrhaged more than 30 million jobs since 2007, three-quarters of them lost from advanced economies. Slow job growth is seen as the weakest link in the global recovery, challenging both developed and emerging economies. In partnership with the World Economic Forum, CNBC hosts this debate focusing on what business, education and government must do to boost employment.

You can watch the debate here.

Responsible Capitalism and the Role of Professional Services
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Chief executives from the largest accounting, consulting, human capital and law firms agree that the industry has both the responsibility and capability to play a positive role in maintaining a healthy global business environment. At the Professional Services Governors Meeting 2011, the industry leaders will revisit their commitment to supporting responsible capitalism and endorse foundational principles they are willing to champion.

Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders-Toward a New Global Growth Model
Friday, 28 January 2011
At their 2009 London Summit, G20 leaders pledged "to build an inclusive, green and sustainable recovery" and to "lay the foundation for a fair and sustainable world economy". With unemployment persisting and the path of recovery uncertain in many countries, how can this aspiration for more inclusive growth be translated more effectively into reality? How can surplus and deficit countries adopt a mutually reinforcing set of reforms to accelerate growth in global aggregate demand and median living standards? What cooperative measures could be undertaken to enhance the environmental sustainability of economic growth and development?

David Arkless, President of Corporate and Government Affairs, is participating in the following private sessions:

Professional Services Cross-Industry Private Meeting on Talent Mobility 2011: Preparing for the Global Talent Crisis: Action Time
Thursday, 27 January 2011
The unparalleled talent scarcity grows despite high unemployment and will put a brake on economic growth worldwide unless an action is taken now. By 2030, the world will need millions of new employees and millions of dollars of investments in 21st century skills development. The global mobility of talent must follow mobility of goods and capital, accompanied by improving skills through education and training, and with including underprivileged in the talent pool. Participants will examine outcomes of proprietary research on talent supply and demand trends 2010-2030, learn from the best practices from the Global Education Initiative and agree on: - How can governments, business and academia commit to joint action to address the impending talent crisis?

Professional Services Cross-Industry Private Meeting on Talent Mobility 2011: Future of the Talent Project: Setting Priorities
Saturday, 29 January 2011
The impending Global Talent Risk requires immediate Action. Key contributors to the project "Redesigning Talent Mobility, Addressing the Jobs Crisis" and their Guests will discuss the outcomes of the project and the Action strategy.

Françoise Gri, President of Southern Europe, is participating in the following private sessions:

Women Leaders & Gender Parity Programme Advisory Group Meeting
Thursday, 27 January 2011
This closed session will allow members to review program developments in 2010 and brainstorm program strategy for 2011-2012.

Jonas Prising, President of the Americas, is participating in the following private sessions:

Towards a New Strategy for Gender Parity
Friday, 28 January 2011
The Global Gender Parity Group brings together selected leaders who have taken successful actions towards gender equality in their organizations, countries or communities. How can this knowledge on the best interventions to promote gender equality be made widely available for emulation and implementation? In this session, leaders will discuss the most effective interventions to close gender gaps and design a framework for pooling this often fragmented knowledge, define a strategy for broad adoption and implementation of the framework, and identify champions for each intervention.