The summit meeting, which begins with a working lunch Thursday, is to a large extent a photo opportunity at which leaders issue communiqués that were agreed upon well ahead of time.
They have also added weight to the annual event, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which has in the past been best known, perhaps, for the closing photo opportunity, at which leaders put on shirts that reflect the culture of the host country.
Meanwhile, the Chinese have struggled mightily to come up with something relevant for their guests to wear during the traditional APEC photo opportunity at which the leaders don shirts reflecting the culture of the host country.
Only then did the penny drop that the protests, upheaval, and overthrow of an oppressive regime were also a huge potential opportunity, at which point the assembled bosses showed admirable speed in allocating budgets for supporting civil society activists in Egypt, and backing it up with advocacy at the Arab League and elsewhere.
Saaed Ajmal was introduced in the 15th over and the bowling powerplay was taken, the earliest opportunity at which it may now be implemented, and from round the wicket turned his third delivery in to trap Pietersen plumb lbw for 26.
In Mountain View, California, a modern biologist might find opportunities at Alza Corporation, which solves problems in drug delivery.
Each year in January, the centre organizes the Job Opportunity Market (JOM), at which young scientists can apply on spec for any of the positions available within the NCMLS or the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre.
Alan Edwards, CEO of The Outside Organisation, which represents stars such as David Bowie and Naomi Campbell, helped to organise the photo-opportunity at Glastonbury, which once again had the added benefit of promoting women's health.
Haier certainly sees an opportunity at Maytag, which still has 13 of its 15 production sites in America.
