World leaders will meet on Monday for the biggest gathering in this snowy Swiss ski resort, where thousands of people, including around a hundred participants from India, are set to discuss “cooperation in a fragmented world”. This year’s summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will start 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. Previously, the 2021 meeting was held online. Although the pandemic has not yet been declared completely over, restrictions are far and few between, and the war in Ukraine and the economic impact of geopolitical and health crises have made the meeting in Davos, often described as the largest gathering of the global elite, very interesting.
More than 50 heads of government or state are expected to attend the meeting starting Monday over the next five days, while four Union ministers – Mansukh Mandaviya, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Smriti Irani and RK Singh – as well as Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be present along with a host of officials and business leaders from India.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Karnataka B S Bommai were also mentioned earlier but are unlikely to attend the summit. AAP leader Raghav Chaddha is also there, as are Telangana minister K T Rama Rao and Tamil Nadu minister Thangam Thennarasu.
Among the business leaders likely to be present are 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.
The meeting will challenge leaders from around the world to address the immediate economic, energy and food crises while laying the foundations 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 will bring together more than 2,700 leaders from 130 countries, including 52 Heads of State/Government.
Top political figures attending 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 prominent figures include John F. Kerry, United States Presidential Special Envoy for Climate; Avril Haines, US Director of National Intelligence; Martin J Walsh, United States Secretary of Labor; Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative; and Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank.
The WEF said “the annual gathering comes at a time when multiple crises are deepening divisions and fragmenting the geopolitical landscape, and leaders must address people’s immediate critical needs while laying the foundations for a more sustainable and resilient world by the end of the decade”
The founder and WEF Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab said “We see multiple political, economic and social forces creating increased fragmentation at the global and national levels. To tackle the root causes of this erosion of trust, we need to strengthen cooperation between government and the business sector and create the conditions for a strong and lasting recovery, the same time it must be recognized that economic development must be more resilient, more sustainable, and no one should be left behind.
The agenda for the 53rd Annual Meeting focuses on solutions and public-private collaboration to address the world’s most pressing challenges.
Klaus Schwab also said”It encourages world leaders to work together on the interconnected issues of energy, climate and nature, investment, trade and infrastructure, frontier technologies and industrial resilience, jobs, skills, social mobility and health, and geopolitical cooperation in a multipolar world”.
This year will bring the highest-ever business attendance at Davos, with more than 1,500 registered leaders across 700 organizations, including more than 600 of the world’s leading CEOs with the highest representation in sectors such as financial services, energy, materials and infrastructure, and information and communications technology.
As IFAD Goodwill Ambassadors, they focus on issues related to food security, climate change and environmental protection. Civil society leaders attending the meeting include Gavi, Director General of the Vaccine Alliance Seth F Berkley, Secretary General of the International Transport Workers Federation Stephen Cotton, President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Secretary General of Religions for Peace Azza Karam and Art of Living Foundation founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
More than 125 experts and leaders of the world’s leading universities, research institutions and think tanks will also participate in the meeting. Artist Maya Lin, acclaimed soprano Renee Fleming and actors Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba will receive the 2023 annual Crystal Award on Monday.
These awards celebrate the achievements of leading artists who are bridge builders and role models for all of society’s leaders. Lin will receive the award for “her extraordinary creative talent in the combination of science, art and architecture and her exemplary leadership in the promotion of nature and the environment”.
According to the WEF, Fleming will receive the award for “her leadership in championing the power of music and its relationship to health, community and culture. 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 UN Goodwill Ambassadors for IFAD in April 2020.
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