Lee Howell, Head of Programming, talks us through how the Davos agenda comes together over the months prior to the Annual Meeting, and Martina Gmur, Head of the Network of Global Agenda Councils, introduces the Outlook on the Global Agenda 2012 – the report that briefs Davos participants and others answering the call to action that is the state of the world in January 2012. In addition, we interview Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer on the future of communications.