Leaders, business leaders and celebrities will finally gather again in Davos, Switzerland, this week for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, after Covid-19 delayed the in-person summit for more than two years.
The conference normally takes place in January but was pushed back to May after a surge in coronavirus cases forced the WEF to postpone the December summit.
The meeting starts on Tuesday and ends on Thursday.
In line with this year’s theme – “History at the Turning Point: Government Policies and Business Strategies” – the gathering will feature sessions on economic rebalancing, governance and security, and equity and global health against the backdrop of inflation, supply chain disruptions, the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will give a special virtual address on the first day of the conference. Russian leaders and leaders were not invited to the summit in response to the invasion.
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, will deliver an opening address on Europe’s global role at a dinner on Tuesday and will speak on Wednesday in a panel on unity on the continent.
Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs at Facebook’s parent company Meta, will attend the same dinner as Lagarde, along with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, the Prime Ministers of Belgium and Luxembourg and other world leaders.
Ruth Porat, Chief Financial Officer of Google parent company Alphabet, will discuss the digital economy at a panel on Tuesday. Alan Jope, CEO of consumer goods company Unilever, will discuss global environmental, social and governance issues during a panel with Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan on the same day.
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