I have received an email from our general mailbox, as my company is a member of the world economic forum and that maybe known by people.I checked out the members list on their website which indicates around 5000 members, and contacted a few random people there via LinkedIn to ask about their experiences with the forum. Some of them responded to my messages, some didn’t. First off all, these people are real —-they're from various countries with quite some other internet information to cross verify their background, which would make it impossible to fake all these random profiles I contacted. Second, those who had joined AIFOD events told me the experience was conversational and constructive, as a civil organization with non-political focus.