>>reporter: 2500 delegates from 42 different countries arrived at the kazakh capital astana recentlyfor the 7th world islamic economic forum. the meeting was held at a time of real political and economic change in the muslim world in the wake of the arab spring. one topic high on the agenda with delegates was how the uprisings will play out and why the governments that replace the old regimes must embrace the principles of good governance. >>reporter: every winter thousands of the world's business, political and media elite gather in the swiss town of davos to discuss the world. the world economic forum is a huge meeting, but one biasedtowards the stagnant economies of the west. >>every summer thousands a different set of elite gather from the muslim world for what is already being called the islamic version of davos: the world islamic economic forum. >>unlike davos, this meeting changes location each year and this summer for the first time was held in central asia this summer; in astana, the capital of kazakhstan, current chair of the organisationon the islamic conference and an econom