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G20 Cannes Summit 2011
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama confers with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a meeting with Eurozone leaders at the G20 Summit in Cannes, France, Nov. 3, 2011. (P110311PS-0692)
G20 Cannes Summit 2011
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama confers with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a meeting with Eurozone leaders at the G20 Summit in Cannes, France, Nov. 3, 2011. (P110311PS-0692)

G20 Cannes Summit 2011

Event TypeGovernment
November 3, 2011 - November 4, 2011
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The G20 (short for Group of 20) is an intergovernmental forum composed of most of the world's largest economies which encompasses 19 sovereign nations and the European Union. Formed in 1999, the goal of the G20 is to address issues related to the global economy and has had an annual summit, hosted by a member state, every year since 2008.

The 6th G20 heads of government meeting was hosted by France on November 3rd through 4th 2011 in Cannes. The primary priorities of the summit, as dictated by the host nation, were agriculture and food security.