4. World Business Forum
#5 Business & Financial Industry Event (new to the list)
Taking place at Lincoln Center, the World Business Forum draws more than 5,000 attendees from 60 countries, all of whom are passionate about business. This year’s conference will include presentations from Arianna Huffington, former GE C.E.O. Jeff Immelt, and Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman. Past speakers at the event, which started in 2004, have included Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan, Rudy Giuliani, Richard Branson, Colin Powell, and Alan Greenspan. Next: November 14-15, 2018
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