* Adam Shaw to anchor series exploring the future of business

MUMBAI: BBC World News will air Horizon, a series of 30-minute programmes, from late Spring 2011  BBC World News and BBC.com will showcase the multi-platform series exploring the business world of the future. Adam Shaw, familiar in the UK to listeners of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 and viewers of Panorama on BBC television, will anchor the series.

The programmes will examine the future of business, looking at the companies around the world that are likely to be making the greatest impact in influencing the way mankind will live and work in the future  The series will be supported on BBC.com and with live events throughout the year.

Paul Gibbs, Senior Commissioner, BBC Global News, said, Horizons will offer a glimpse of what the future holds for us by looking at the businesses that are testing the boundaries of science and technology  It's a global series and we'll be visiting companies across the world to uncover the ones with the most interesting, intriguing and advanced products and ideas  The approach we're taking is quite unique, so we're excited about the possibilities....

Mark Vergnano, Vice President-Executive, DuPont, sponsor of the series, said, It's going to take companies large and small, and ideas that are bigger than all of us, to solve the tough challenges facing our world   DuPont is proud to sponsor a series that highlights collaborative, business innovation from a global vantage point   The BBC has the reputation and integrity to tell these stories in a way that will educate, entertain, and even inspire....