AFN and the forum sponsors welcomed all leaders to this inclusive forum to discuss the most pressing issues, learn from one another, seek new ways to work together, question conventional approaches and create new solutions to chronic problems that keep Alaska from reaching its utmost potential. In order to create vision of a robust economy and a healthy society, all constituencites must be at the table.

The forum comprised of two days. Each day took on a sub-theme; the first day centered on Elements of an Inclusive Economy. To lead us in this discussion, we were please to bring via live video conferencing Hernando de Soto, world-renowned Peruvian economist and author of The Mystery of Captial: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else. A strategic dialogue with a diverse set of Alaska leaders from different sectors of our economy followed his address.

Ian Ayres, Yale law professor and author of Why Not?: How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small, kicked off the second day of the Forum, focusing on the theme of Innovation. Entrepreneurship & Our Future. Both days of the Forum included a series of seminars relevant to the day's theme, as well as a selection of pivotal issues, such as climate change and pandemic influenza.

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