Meaning, origin and gender for the name Forum: Forum -- Meaning: Fragrance - - Origin: Hindu, Gender: Female/Girl
Forum -- Meaning: fragrance - - Origin: India, Gender: Female/Girl
Introduction to Forum: forum: the central place in ancient Roman cities for the conduct of public and business affairs and for public assembly.
Some short facts about Forum: (Latin) civic and trade center where all manner of commerce, governmental and judicial procedings, and public assembly took place; the most famous forum was found in Rome, had been rebuilt in 54 BCE, and included buildings and landmarks such as the Curia Julia, Basilica Aemilia, the comitium, the rostra, the Volcanal, and the Lacus Curtius.
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the open plaza at the geographical and social center of a Roman city
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Some Timelines for Forum: 1962, May 8, The Stephen Sondheim musical comedy ’A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ opened at the Alvin Theater in NYC for 965 performances.
1971, Australia joined with New Zealand and 14 independent of self-governing island nations to form the South Pacific Forum. The name was changed in 2000 to Pacific Islands Forum. Member states include: Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Since 2006, associate members territories are New Caledonia and French Polynesia.
1979, At Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum became the first nongovernmental institution to initiate a partnership with China’s economic development commissions.
1979, China and the US formed the U.S.-China Joint Economic Commission forum to thrash out economic issues.
1982, The Fourth Freedom Forum was formed in Goshen, Indiana, by Howard Brembeck to advocate the use of economic power instead of military force.
1986, E.O. Wilson held a national forum on biodiversity and produced the subsequent volume ’Biodiversity.’
1986, In Latvia a citizen’s forum was organized by Mikhail Gorbachev in Jurmala. 2, 000 handpicked Communists faced 220 Americans on televised debates shown to the Soviet public.
1987, The KQED radio program ’Forum’ began with Kevin Pursglove as the founding host. He stressed politics on the program until 1993 when Michael Krasny, a literature professor at SF State Univ., became moderator and expanded the subject matter to a broad range of contemporary issues. Pursglove went on to become the press secretary to San Jose Mayor Susan Hammer.
1994, May 3, President Clinton presided over a televised forum from Atlanta, during which he denied suggestions he’d vacillated on foreign policy, but said global problems were more difficult than he’d imagined.
1995, Oct 11, Ten Republican presidential candidates used their first televised forum to politely compete for support in the New Hampshire primary.
1996, May 30, Voters in Northern Ireland selected 110 members for a forum on negotiations to determine its future status. Protestants want their British ties and majority position secured. Catholic leaders want linkage with the Irish Republic where they form the overwhelming majority.
1996, Nov 20-1996 Nov 25, In the Philippines the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) was to be held in Manila. APEC has 18 member countries and its goal is to remove all trade barriers by 2020.
1997, In New Delhi, India, the World Fisheries Forum was founded by a group of owner-operated fishermen whose aim was to push for human rights and social justice in the fishing industry. In 1999 they met in Point Montara, California.
1998, Aug 22, The 15 Caribbean leaders at the Caribbean Forum (Cariforum) said they wanted a new trade accord with Europe to maintain preferential quotas in order to gain time and adjust to the global liberalization of markets. The current agreement expires in 2000. A hemisphere-wide Free Trade Area was envisioned by the year 2005.
1998, Nov 14, In Malaysia thousands gathered to criticize Prime Minister Mahathir as world leaders gathered for the 6th APEC forum.
1999, Apr 14, The Financial Stability Forum was first convened in Washington, DC. Mr Andrew Crockett, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, was appointed Chairman of the FSF in a personal capacity. It was the result of a G7 decision on Oct 3, 1998.00.00
1999, At Davos, Switzerland, during the World Economic Forum, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced a Global compact to give a human face to the global market. He also called on business leaders to set global labor and environmental standards.
2000, Jun 25, In Poland a 3-day world Forum on Democracy in Warsaw was sponsored by the NY-based Freedom House and the Warsaw-based Stefan Batory Foundation.
1999, Nov 28, ASEAN leaders in the Philippines agreed to increase cooperation with Japan, China and South Korea in an ’East Asia Forum’ known as ASEAN+3 and to move toward a common market.
1999, Sep 11, In New Zealand the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) opened for its 7th annual session.
2000, Jan 29, In Switzerland Pres. Clinton addressed the World Economic Forum at Davos and urged corporate leaders to help lift the burden of debt from developing countries and to examine environmental concerns. Some 1000 protestors demonstrated outside.
2001, Feb 27, In Mexico some 30 protesters were injured and another 30 arrested near the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Cancun.
2001, Jan 25, The first World Social Forum (WSF), originated by Oded Grajew, opened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, organized by many groups including the French Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens (ATTAC).
2001, Jan 27, In Switzerland riot police prevented some 1,000 protestors from reaching the World Economic Forum at Davos.
2001, Jun 14, A forum in China inducted Uzbekistan as the 6th member of a regional group (the Shanghai Five) that included China, Russia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The 5-year-old group hoped to counterbalance US influence and fight Islamic separatism.
2001, Mar 17, In Italy protesters demonstrated at the third Global Forum in Naples. They clashed with police and 50 officers and 70 protesters suffered minor injuries.
2001, May 10, In Hong Kong at the Fortune Global Forum Bill Clinton urged that China be admitted to the WTO.
2001, The Generation IV International Forum (IGF) was established to coordinate the development of new nuclear reactors. Members included America, Argentina, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, France, Japan, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland and Euratom, the EU’s nuclear body.
2002, Apr 23, China’s state security bureau requested information from Yahoo! about the creator of an online forum. Yahoo! complied with the notice and another one and authorities soon detained democracy activist Wang Xiaoning. Mr. Wang (62) was released on Aug 31, 2012.00.00
2002, Aug 13, President Bush hosted a half-day economic forum at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he assured Americans that his administration had a steady hand on the economy.
2002, Feb 2, In NYC protesters of the World Economic Forum turned out in large numbers. Inside foreign economic leaders criticized the US for protectionist policies, and Bill Gates and U2 rock star Bono pushed for increases in foreign aid by rich countries to poor countries.
2002, Feb 4, The World Economic Forum concluded five days of meetings in New York.
2002, Jan 31, Some 3,000 participants met at the 31st World Economic Forum in NYC at the Waldorf-Astoria with scattered demonstrations outside.
2003, Aug 14, The 16-member Pacific Islands Forum (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) planned to create a region-wide aviation market aimed at encouraging tourism.
2003, Jan 23, In Porto Alegre, Brazil, the 3rd World Social Forum began as anti-globalization activists demonstrated at the start of the third annual summit on ways to limit the excesses of global capitalism.
2003, Oct 10, A Central African Republic national forum recommended posthumous forgiveness for despot Jean-Bedel Bokassa (d.1996), whose 13-year rule (1966-1979) ruined the country. The vote followed an apology by Bokassa’s son Jean-Serge (31). About 60 legitimate children of Bokassa had mandated one of their number, Jean-Serge Bokassa, to sit as a delegate in a reconciliation forum called the ’National Dialogue.’ There, he asked ’forgiveness for the wrong’ done by his father and called for his rehabilitation because he had helped to build the country.
2004, Jan 16, In Bombay, India, activists gathered for the 6-day World Social Forum. The meeting, which attracts activists, political workers and intellectuals from around the world, is meant to be a counterpoint to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland later this month.
2004, Jan 20, Amnesty Int’l. released a report at the World Social Forum in Bombay, India, that charged North Korea with public executions of people stealing food.
2004, Jan 21, The 6-day World Social Forum ended in Bombay, India, as thousands marching against the Iraq war. Some 80,000 people from a hundred countries participated in the forum.
2004, Jan 23,The World Economic Forum began in Davos, Switzerland. The war in Iraq and the threat of terrorism dominated the Forum as the US appealed for cooperation on both issues and the U.N. chief warned that an overly narrow focus could worsen global tensions.
2004, Jan 24, Some 2,000 opponents of the World Economic Forum marched in Davos, Switz., to protest the meeting, which they say is elitist and does nothing for ordinary people.
2004, Jun 13, The UN Conference on Trade and Development opened in San Paulo, Brazil. This marked its 11th forum over a 40 year history. The so-called Group of 77 developing nations actually has 132 member nations.
2004, May 15, In Jordan a three-day World Economic Forum began. Augusto Lopez-Claros, chief economist and director of the Global Competitiveness Program in the World Economic Forum, said ’oil will remain a source of instability in the world, and perhaps in the short-term it is the most significant factor.’
2004, Oct 7, An Asia-Europe forum accepted Myanmar and 12 other new members ahead of a summit strained by Yangon’s human rights record. ASEM comprises 39 members: 25 from Europe, 13 from Asia and the European Commission.
2006, Crown Forum published ’Crunchy Cons’ by Rod Dreher. In 2002 Dreher coined the term ’crunchy conservatism’ to describe the political hybrid of a right-wing conservative with countercultural sensibilities.
2005, Jan 26, The 5th annual World Social Forum opened in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Activists from some 4,000 non-governmental organizations and 112 countries gathered under the theme ’Another World Is Possible.’
2005, Jan 26, The World Economic Forum, the global business meeting that attracts world leaders and Hollywood stars, opened in Davos, Switzerland. A Chinese economist said that China has lost faith in the stability of the US dollar and would seek to broaden the exchange rate for the yuan to a more flexible basket of currencies.
2005, Jan 30, The World Economic Forum ended 5 days of talks in Davos, Switz. Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju said Chinese per capita income will triple during the next 15 years and there was no reason for the world to fear his country’s emergence as a global giant. During the forum Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Lab, proposed providing personal laptops for under $100 to school children in the poorest parts of the world.
2005, Jan 31, In Brazil leftist activists opposed to the spread of American influence ended the fifth World Social Forum with a protest against unfettered capitalism and the war in Iraq. |
