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Just as Richard Edelman was launching the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer at Davos, Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, was launching her High Level Group’s report on media freedom and pluralism.

Despite the rather disconcerting notion that women only accounted for just 17 percent of the delegates at the World Economic Forum, those who did attend certainly made sure their voices were heard.

Last week I had the opportunity to discuss one of the most important issues of our time, global hunger, with UN World Food Programme (WFP) executive director Ertharin Cousin.

Most notably, the members departed the snowy village with a greater sense of confidence than the prior four years.

Over the course of my third Forum, I was struck by how often communications was a central tenet of the discussions on advancing key global issues and business strategies.