Global leaders will arrive in this snow-laden Swiss ski resort town on January 16 for the biggest gathering of thousands, including around a hundred participants from India, set to discuss ‘cooperation in a fragmented world’ Huh.
This year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) summit will begin with the Crystal Awards ceremony.
Last year, the annual meeting was held in May as it could not be held in the usual month of January due to restrictions related to the COVID pandemic. Earlier the 2021 meeting was held online.
Although the pandemic has yet to be declared completely over, restrictions are few, and the economic fallout of the health crisis, along with the war in Ukraine and the geopolitical crisis, have led to the Davos meeting often being regarded as the largest gathering of the global elite. has been described. very interesting.
Over 50 heads of governments or states are expected over the next five days for the meeting starting on Monday, while four Union ministers – Mansukh Mandaviya, Ashwini Vaishnav, Smriti Irani and RK Singh – as well as Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde . Several officials and business leaders from India will be present.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Karnataka’s BS Bommai were also listed earlier but they are unlikely to attend the summit. AAP leader Raghav Chadha is also here, Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao and Tamil Nadu Minister Thangam Thennarasu are also there.
Among industrialists, Gautam Adani, Sanjiv Bajaj, Kumar Mangalam Birla, N. Chandrasekaran, Nadir Godrej, Ajit Gulabchand, Sajjan Jindal, Sunil Mittal, Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Nandan Nilekani, Adar Poonawalla, Rishad Premji and Sumant Sinha are likely to be present. ,
The meeting will call on world leaders to address the urgent economic, energy and food crisis and lay the groundwork for a more sustainable and resilient world.
Organizers expect significant participation from Asia, including China and Japan.
The theme of the 53rd annual meeting will be ‘Cooperation in a Fractured World’ and it will convene over 2,700 leaders from 130 countries, including 52 Heads of State/Government.
Top political leaders participating include German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, South African President Cyril M. Ramaphosa, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Swiss President Alain. Berset and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin.
Other top leaders include John F. Kerry, the President’s Special Envoy for the United States Climate; Avril Haines, US Director of National Intelligence; Martin J. Walsh, United States Secretary of Labor; Catherine Tai, United States Trade Representative; and Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank.
Heads of participating international organizations include UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The WEF said the annual meeting comes as several crises and deepening geopolitical landscapes loom large and leaders must address people’s urgent, critical needs while laying the groundwork for a more sustainable, resilient world by the end of the decade .
“We see manifold political, economic and social forces driving increasing fragmentation globally and nationally. To address the root causes of this erosion of trust, we need to strengthen cooperation between the government and business sectors, So that a strong position can be created.” and sustainable recovery,” said Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of WEF.
“At the same time it must be recognized that economic growth needs to be more resilient, more sustainable and no one should be left behind,” he said.
The program for the 53rd annual meeting focuses on solutions and public-private collaboration to address the world’s most pressing challenges.
“It brings world leaders together on the interconnected issues of energy, climate and nature; investment, trade and infrastructure; frontier technologies and industry resilience; jobs, skills, social mobility and health; and geopolitical cooperation in a multipolar world.” Encourages to work.” WEF, which describes itself as an international organization for public-private cooperation.
It added that there is a special emphasis on gender and geographic diversity in all sessions.
This year will bring the highest business participation ever to Davos, with over 1,500 leaders across 700 organizations registered, including over 600 of the world’s top CEOs, including top-level leaders from sectors such as financial services, energy, materials and infrastructure is a representation of. and information and communication technology.
As IFAD Goodwill Ambassador, he focuses on issues related to food security, climate change and environmental protection.
Civil society leaders attending the meeting included Gavi, Vaccine Alliance CEO Seth F. Berkeley, Secretary-General of the International Transport Workers Federation Stephen Cotton, President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad Hindou Ouamarou Ibrahim, Secretary-General of Religions for Peace Are included. Azza Karam, and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of Living Foundation.
The meeting will also be attended by over 125 experts and heads of the world’s leading universities, research institutes and think tanks.
Artist Maya Lin, acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming and actors Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba will receive the annual Crystal Award for 2023 on Monday.
These awards celebrate the achievements of prominent artists who are bridge-builders and role models for all leaders of society.
Ms Lin will receive the award “for her extraordinary creative talent combining science, art and architecture and her exemplary leadership in the promotion of nature and the environment”.
According to the WEF Ms Fleming will receive the award “for the power of music and the leadership it has shown in relation to health, community and culture”.
The WEF said that Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba will receive the award for their leadership in addressing food security, climate change and environmental protection.
Actor, filmmaker and humanitarian, Idris Elba and his wife, model, actress and humanitarian, Sabrina Dhowre Elba were appointed United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors for IFAD in April 2020.