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3 Preface
6 Davos Highlights
32 Global Challenges
46 Acknowledgements
47 Further Information
48 Upcoming Meetings
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Preface
For 46 years, the World Economic mastering the speed, scale and
Forum has brought together leaders force at which the Fourth Industrial
and leading thinkers in Davos-Klosters, Revolution is reshaping the economic,
Switzerland, to exchange ideas and social, ecological and cultural contexts
seek answers to the fundamental in which we live; addressing a rapidly
economic questions of the times. changing security and humanitarian
landscape in which emerging
The Davos agenda has reflected the technologies also play a key role;
world’s focus on managing successive and solving problems of the global
waves of economic crisis: stabilizing commons, from climate change to
the financial system; countering the future of the internet, through new
concerns of regional disintegration; models of public-private cooperation
Klaus Schwab and increasing urgency about and the application of breakthrough
Founder and Executive Chairman unemployment, unfulfilled social science and technology solutions.
contracts and inequality. From year to
year, the tide of technology has been This report serves as a valuable
rising, bringing with it promise and peril document to stimulate deeper thinking
for the global economy. on the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
We gratefully acknowledge our
The technology wave has finally Partners, Members and participants,
crested. At the Annual Meeting 2016, as well as the Meeting Co-Chairs,
under the theme Mastering the Fourth for their leadership and guidance
Industrial Revolution, technology throughout the event. Thanks also to
shifted from a supporting role to the leaders from the Forum communities,
spotlight. More than 2,500 participants including Social Entrepreneurs, Global
from all walks of life came together Shapers, Young Global
in Davos to prepare for a future of Leaders and Technology Pioneers,
exponentially disruptive change as who played a significant role in the
assumptions about growth models design and development of the various
were overturned, the international sessions.
W. Lee Howell balance of power continued to fray,
Head of Global Programming and scientific and technological On behalf of the Managing Board,
Member of the Managing Board
breakthroughs stood poised to thank you again for your participation
transform economies and societies. and working together in the
collaborative and collegial Spirit of
The Meeting provided an unparalleled Davos.
platform for co-design, co-creation
and collaboration for global leaders We look forward to welcoming you at
from across business, government, our regional events and other meetings
international organizations, academia throughout the coming year, as well as
and civil society. in Davos in 2017.
2,500 participants
Four distinguished artists were honoured at the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank
22nd annual World Economic Forum Crystal Awards President Jim Yong Kim announced at Davos a high-
ceremony for their achievements and exemplary level panel to mobilize urgent action on water and
commitment to improving the state of the world sanitation-related Sustainable Development Goals.
through their craft. American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Chaired by the presidents of Mauritius and Mexico, the
a passionate advocate for environmental sustainability, panel will comprise heads of state and government
was recognized for his leadership in tackling the both from developed and developing countries, with
climate crisis. Chinese actress Yao Chen, who support from the World Economic Forum’s networks
dedicates her time as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and platforms. According to the UN and World Bank,
for China, received the award for her leadership in at least 663 million people lack access to safe drinking
raising awareness of the global refugee crisis. Award- water and 2.4 billion people lack access to basic
winning musician will.i.am, who advocates for good sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines. To meet
education through the i.am angel Foundation, was the targets set out in SDG6 – ensuring the availability
honoured for his leadership in creating educational and sustainable management of water and sanitation
opportunities for the underserved. World-renowned for all – the panel will focus on public-policy dialogue,
artist Olafur Eliasson, known for his large-scale private-sector models and civil society initiatives, as
installations and designs, won the award for his well as promote efforts to mobilize financial resources
leadership in creating inclusive communities. The and scale up investments.
award ceremony was followed by a concert performed
by acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma with an ensemble of https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org
master musicians, including Sergio and Odair Assad,
Sandeep Das, Johnny Gandelsman, Cristina Pato,
Kathryn Stott and Wu Tong.
http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/meet-
the-davos-2016-crystal-award-winners
Since its launch a decade ago at the World Economic The World Economic Forum and International
Forum Annual Meeting 2006, the RED campaign has Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
raised more than $350 million to fight HIV/AIDS in (ICTSD) launched in Davos a detailed blueprint
Africa. The proceeds, with donations coming from for strengthening the global trade and investment
several Forum Partners, go directly towards life-saving system. The set of proposed reforms outlined in
anti-retroviral treatments for those that cannot afford the Strengthening the Global Trade and Investment
it. AIDS has killed more than 34 million people since System in the 21st Century report describes
its discovery in 1981, and today, more than 37 million a pathway for better aligning and eventually
people are living with HIV, with mothers continuing reintegrating the world’s myriad regional free trade
to pass on the virus to their children. Co-founded and investment agreements, as well as for adapting
by Bono, lead singer of rock bank U2, RED’s mission rules and institutions to recent changes in the world
is to make it easy for people to come together and economy, such as global value chains, the digital
join the fight against the virus. He is also the founder economy, services, climate change and Sustainable
of ONE, an advocacy organization campaigning for Development Goals. The proposals include measures
government policy that saves lives and improves that support progress on many global issues,
futures in the poorest parts of the world – in line with including boosting global growth and employment,
the Forum's mission. ensuring food security, combating climate change
and environmental degradation, and strengthening
https://red.org the legitimacy of the global trading system. The report
is part of the Forum-ICTSD’s E15 Initiative, which has
engaged over 400 experts from around the world in 15
expert groups and three cross-cutting task forces, in
partnership with 16 other institutions.
http://www.weforum.org/global-challenges/
international-trade-and-investment/projects/e15-
initiative
Why any company, organization or research and treatments across a Big data focus
individual must get a handle on the wide range of fields including genetics,
rapid advances in technology and not engineering and health insurance, Participants across sessions
let the opportunities created by the has to be tapped. Applying a big-data pinpointed the big-data aspect of
Fourth Industrial Revolution slip by was approach should yield ways to ramp the Fourth Industrial Revolution as
made clear from the first session of the up progress in fighting the disease by a common and urgent priority. The
Annual Meeting 2016. Just one week speeding up research and improving proliferation of mobile devices, online
after President Barack Obama asked access to new treatments. But to sensors and other means of collecting
him to take charge of “mission control” glean valuable insights from the vast information digitally has made it
for America’s new “moonshot” to cure amounts of data will require agreeing possible to obtain detailed, accurate
cancer, Vice-President Joe Biden on common standards for collection, and real-time data on everything from
appeared at the Congress Centre interpretation and access. purchases to patient care. Digital
in Davos to facilitate a discussion of platforms, including sharing-economy
what the initiative’s priorities should be “We can do more if this information apps such as Uber and supply-and-
with leading scientists, doctors and is widely shared,” Biden said. José demand matching services such as
technologists. He put across plainly Baselga, Physician-in-Chief and Chief Airbnb, allow for instant interaction,
the need for warp speed. “Our goal is Medical Officer at the Memorial Sloan- information exchange and closer
to make a decade worth of advances Kettering Cancer Center, noted that and broader collaboration, be it to
in five years,” he said. “We are not not enough work has been done to develop a rapid test for people with
looking for incremental changes; we analyse data on cancer cell mutations. a fever or connect a driver with a car
are looking for quantum leaps.” “In the computer science revolution, to a passenger who needs to get
medicine has been left behind,” he somewhere fast.
The key outcome of the gathering: get said.
a handle on the data. The treasure
trove of information on cancer cases,
Mary Barra
Chief Executive Officers and Chairman of General Motors, USA; Co-Chair of the Annual Meeting 2016
Let’s not rush too far ahead of reality. It is true that 2015 Robots may be common in modern factories and
was a big year for AI. For the first time, drivers could take automatons that learn are becoming more sophisticated.
their hands off the steering wheel and have a computer But robots that can do something simple – such as pick up
do the work. Major progress was made in getting drinks or pick berries from a bush – are still not a reality. For
machines to do the boring parts of white-collar work such computers, it turns out, “manipulation is a lot harder than
as legal document searches, to read facial expressions driving a car down a freeway,” said Andrew Moore, Dean
and emotions, and even to negotiate a deal with other of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon
machines. Last year, it could be argued, AI went from University. “To be as dexterous as a human being, a robot
curiosity to conventional – or at least something more visible has to have complex hands. It’s very expensive to develop
in daily life. that technology.”
“We are starting to see these technologies move out of While algorithms and hardware capability are improving
the data centres and into the world,” said Matthew Grob, rapidly, “we don’t have anything to worry about machines
Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer taking over in the near future,” Grob said. Yet it is hard to
at US wireless technologies company Qualcomm. Zhang overhype AI’s impact. “It will change our lives, mostly for the
Yaqin, President of Baidu, the Chinese search engine better,” he predicted.
company, agreed: “AI is really going mainstream.”
Russell said: “Everything we have that is good in our lives
AI has not yet taken over our lives. Some of the exciting is the result of our intelligence. So if AI can amplify our
products and services are not yet as intelligent as we intelligence, then we could be talking about a golden age of
may imagine. Siri, Apple’s Speech Interpretation and humanity.”
Recognition Interface program, which serves as a mobile
personal assistant and knowledge curator, is a far cry from
J.A.R.V.I.S., the seemingly omnipotent intelligent computer
in the Iron Man films. Siri voices prepared answers to
a prepared set of questions. “If Siri really understood
your questions and listened in on person-to-person
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The answer to the above question is: Global security experts are getting Strategies for action
unimaginably worse. If you want to educated quickly. In December,
wipe out everyone in New York City unknown parties launched a What can be done? Diplomats, security
today, said Stuart Russell, Professor cyberattack on the power grid of experts, academics, IT specialists,
of Computer Science at University of Ivano-Frankivsk region in Ukraine, military and intelligence leaders and
California, Berkeley, you would need denying more than 100,000 people even hackers participating in the
a million machine guns wielded by a electricity for six hours. And the Annual Meeting of the World Economic
million soldiers supported by 5 million terrorist group Da'esh, also known as Forum in Davos looked at the issue
civilians and backed by a nation-state ISIS, is using social media and mobile from a number of angles and came up
to pay for all of it. communications to recruit young with a variety of approaches.
people in Western countries.
But as the Fourth Industrial Revolution First, the immediate threats to global
deepens, it will be possible for just Great power geopolitics, in which state security must be neutralized. US
one human being to pay for a million players and their proxies use force Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter
autonomous machine guns equipped or intimidation to expand (or protect) said that the Da’esh strongholds
with artificial intelligence – and order territory and influence, is unfortunately of Mosul in Iraq and Arak in Syria,
them to attack New York. “Any skilled alive and well. But the Fourth the “parent tumour” of the terrorist
engineer can take control remotely Industrial Revolution is changing the network, will be retaken in 2016.
of any connected 'thing'," explained traditional ways that states anticipate The template will be the successful
Andre Kudelski, Chairman and Chief and plan for security risks, and the campaign by Iraqi forces to defeat
Executive of digital security firm actions they can take to protect their Da’esh in the city of Ramadi last year.
Kudelski Group. “Society has not yet people. Complicating matters is the
realized the incredible scenarios this emergence of extremist non-state Second, the roots of extremism
capability creates.” actors such as Da’esh. and other existential threats to
global security must be studied and
Sharan Burrow
General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation; Co-Chair of the Annual Meeting 2016
The various religions have a key role There is no lack of other successes,
as well. One panel discussion brought including the return of peace in the
together the Grand Mufti Shawki Balkans, the end of the civil war in
Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam of Egypt, Sri Lanka, the political settlement in
Islamic scholar Ayatollah Ahmad Iravani Northern Ireland and the waning of the
of Iran, and Archbishop of Canterbury insurgency in Colombia. “Problems
Justin Welby. have been solved before; they can
be solved again,” said Espen Barth
All three said religious leaders and Eide, Head of Geopolitical Affairs and
believers must heal the Sunni-Shia Member of the Managing Board of the
divide within Islam and the gap World Economic Forum.
between Islam and Christianity. They
must prevent the hijacking of religion “The fact is, change is occurring in the
in the geopolitical fight for influence world for the better, and it is occurring
between states, and the misuse of faster, moving faster than perhaps ever
religion to legitimize violence and hate. before,” said US Secretary of State
John Kerry. “I don’t believe that the
Third, security institutions and road ahead should be defined by the
approaches must be reconfigured to Cassandras who see only turmoil and
be able to respond to the challenges challenge.”
posed by the Fourth Industrial
Revolution and leverage its capabilities. Without in any way underestimating the
Da’esh should be confronted in social challenges that lie ahead, the world’s
media and the internet. The intelligence citizens and their leaders should keep
services should be open as much as this in mind as they grapple with the
possible to engage with the public massive changes that are redefining
using Fourth Revolution tools. the very foundation of global security.
China’s economy is slowing and risks a hard landing. Like other economists in Davos, Roubini thinks a hard
Monetary policies in the United States, Japan and Europe landing in China is not likely. “My view for the last few years
are diverging. The United Kingdom may exit the European in China is that we will have neither a hard landing nor a
Union. Oil prices have fallen 70%. Financial markets are soft landing,” he said. “I would say China is going to have a
swooning. Is the global economy headed for yet another bumpy landing.”
crisis?
But everyone is acutely aware of the risks. In Europe,
The broad consensus at the Annual Meeting of the World Lagarde pointed to the UK’s possible exit from the
Economic Forum in Davos? Not really. European Union and the influx of people fleeing war in Syria
and other places as red flags. However, she added: “If the
“We see global growth in 2016 as modest and uneven,” said refugee crisis is handled well and the integration process
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International is conducted in a cohesive and organized way, it will be an
Monetary Fund (IMF). “There is modest optimism but upside for growth.”
significant risks.” The IMF expects 3.4% growth in world
GDP this year and 3.6% in 2017. George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK,
argued that the reforms Britain is seeking from the EU
Resilient economic activity in the United States would help would mean a “yes” vote in the 2017 referendum. “I am
the world’s largest economy grow 2.6% in both 2016 and optimistic we will get a deal for Britain and for the EU,” he
2017. China, the second-largest economy, is forecast to said. “I want our continent to be a source of innovation,
slow to 6.3% and 6.1% in the next two years, after GDP growth and jobs. If people see we are delivering that
expanded 6.9% in 2015. change, they will want to stay in a reformed EU.”
The world’s two other engines of growth, Europe and The IMF expects 2016 growth of 4.3% in emerging markets,
Japan, are expected to grow 1.5% and 1%, respectively. held back by forecast recessions in Brazil and Russia. But
All this was good enough for Martin Wolf, Chief Economics even as Chinese growth decelerates, India is expected to
Commentator at the Financial Times. “The basic lesson is expand 7.5% and South-East Asia 4.8% this year.
not to be worried about markets,” he said. “We have some
big issues, but the United States, Europe and China look “We need a high growth rate sustained over a long period
OK and they are the core of the world economic system. of time,” said Arun Jaitley, India’s Minister of Finance,
So, it should be all right – cheer up.” because poverty is still endemic in the world’s second most
populous nation. Ensuring prosperity for all is what it’s all
Even Nouriel Roubini, one of the few economists who about.
foresaw the 2008 global financial crisis, was relatively
optimistic. He cautioned against reading too much into the
financial market meltdown so far this year. “Markets tend
to be manic depressive,” he said. “They go from excessive
optimism to excessive pessimism.”
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Founder and Executive United States in 2016 Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer,
Chairman, World session Co-Founder, SOHO Microsoft Corporation,
Economic Forum; Ashton 04: Jacob J. Lew, US China, People’s Republic USA
B. Carter, US Secretary Secretary of the Treasury of China 08: Javad Zarif, Minister
of Defense talking with Thomas L. 06: Joel Sartore, of Foreign Affairs of the
02: H. Cuneyd Zapsu, Friedman, Columnist, Contributing Islamic Republic of Iran
Chairman, Cuneyd Zapsu Foreign Affairs, New York Photographer, National
Danismanlik AS, Turkey; Times, USA Geographic Magazine,
Ahmet Davutoglu, Prime USA
Minister of Turkey
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Governance of a
brave new world
The global commons is an ever-shifting landscape. Borderless,
connected and interdependent, it is mapped by the systems that
drive our world. This new geography, powered by technology,
needs coherent, transparent and inclusive global governance.
Are we up to it?
In 2015, the international community Painful lessons revolution we have faced to date.” The
committed to increased financing response is new jobs for the green
for development, agreed to in The Ebola crisis is a painful reminder economy.
Addis Ababa; the 17 Sustainable of the world’s initial slow reaction
Development Goals (SDGs), adopted as an international, interconnected Christine Lagarde, Managing Director
within the framework of the 2030 community. The virus raised its of the International Monetary Fund,
Agenda for Sustainable development ugly head again in January 2016 – said that COP21 “was a big boost but
in New York; and the Paris Climate have we learned our lessons? Are now we need to invest in infrastructure
Agreement (COP21). we prepared? Climate change is a to deliver”.
persistent existential threat. Are we
A very ambitious agenda for turbulent doing enough? Will we do enough? The Asian Infrastructure Investment
and troubling times. Geopolitically, Bank (AIIB) is open for business and
our world is becoming increasingly A global network of systems, including could set an example for quality
complex and potentially vulnerable. finance and trade, underpins our investments in the economy of the
What used to be local is now global. interconnectedness. Do we have the future. Jin Linquin, AIIB president, said:
The tragic Syrian catastrophe, for tools to manage them? Sharan Burrow, “AIIB will be clean, lean and green as it
example, reverberates across the General Secretary of the International seeks to invest in sustainable projects.”
world. When China decides to Trade Union Confederation and a Jin noted that while Asia is “awash
transition its economy, global financial Co-Chair of the Annual Meeting, put in liquidity”, money is not capital.
markets roil in response. it bluntly: “There are no jobs on a Long-term finance is paramount.
dead planet. Achieving the SDGs and Transparency and good governance
realizing the promises of COP21 will are a magnet for investment.
require incredible systems change
… it will be faster than any industrial
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Founder and Chair, Al Bawsala, Tunisia; Co-Chair of the Annual Meeting 2016
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Prime Minister of Turkey
Life as a refugee
A bearded man in balaclava and combat fatigues was and queue for food and medicine. They were then corralled
waving an AK-47, shouting: “Refugee, get down! Turn off into makeshift tents, all under the watchful eyes of “guards”
your light or you will get us all killed!” It was pitch dark, there played by actors, some of whom were once refugees
were 30 of us kneeling together on the ground. Suddenly, a themselves. One man recounted how the Lord’s Resistance
deafening barrage of gunfire, mortar fire, artillery exploded Army in Uganda turned him out of school at gunpoint and
around us. forced him to shoot members of his own family and tribe.
As leaders debated the issues of the day – plummeting While the creators of the simulation admitted the experience
oil prices, changing climate and global conflicts – in the was a fraction of the stress felt by real refugees, even within
Congress Centre, across the street at the Annual Meeting the 45-minute session one soon got a sense of how quickly
2016 a group got a glimpse of the struggles of what millions one can lose one’s identity and dignity.
go through each day.
At the end of the session, Alexandra Chen, a child trauma
According to the UN, the number of refugees and displaced specialist from Hong Kong, spoke about a young Syrian
exceeds over 60 million, mainly driven from the Syrian war boy she befriended in a refugee camp. When she had to
and other conflicts in the Middle East. leave the camp to travel to Davos, she asked him what he
would like her to bring back for him. “Just ask them not to
At the Crossroads “Refugee Run”, each participant was forget me,” he said.
assigned an ID card and made to pass through checkpoints
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Embracing technology to
reshape a better future
Political, business and civil society leaders, working together on
the World Economic Forum’s Global Challenge Initiatives, are
having to rethink old models of behaviour to tackle the big
issues in a fast-changing world. With the help of technology,
they’re also making plans for the future.
The World Economic Forum has Social innovation reduced calorie counts in their
defined 10 global needs where it can products without seeing any decline
most help to accelerate public-private With that idea in mind, many in sales; a pharmacy chain ended the
collaboration. These are: Food Security corporations are moving away from the sale of tobacco products and saw its
and Agriculture; Economic Growth and old model of social activity as a charity stock price rise.
Social Inclusion; Employment, Skills or sideline. They are embedding social
and Human Capital; the Environment programmes into their core activities In healthcare, the focus is now not
and Natural Resource Security; Future and looking for buy-ins from all levels just on improved techniques, but on
of Health; Future of the Internet; of management. If senior management keeping costs down so more people
Future of the Global Financial System; integrates social innovation into long- can benefit. Big and better data is
Gender Parity; International Trade and term planning, with transparent metrics facilitating individually tailored precision
Investment; and Long-term Investing, to demand and measure progress, the medicines as well as smart wellness
Infrastructure and Development. whole company will respond. and preventive care programmes.
Using both population and individual
Participants at the Annual Meeting Most companies find that social data to examine health risks enables
exchanged notes on progress on these activities help not only their bottom earlier – and therefore cheaper –
pressing global challenges and on line but also their branding with intervention. Better treatment means
new strategies. The Fourth Industrial consumers, employees and investors. shorter hospital stays.
Revolution is already influencing their Examples are common. A medical
plans. Maurice Lévy, Chairman and device company, by working on an As technology improves and better
Chief Executive of Publicis Groupe, inexpensive device to reduce deaths data is made available to healthcare
said: “CEOs cannot just sit and during childbirth in the developing providers and individuals, the conflict
say, ‘we will wait for decisions from world, has developed a new business
politicians to create a better society’.” line; a group of food corporations
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada
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Executive Officer and Learning session Valls, Prime Minister of
Managing Director, 04: Rosanne Haggerty, France; Alexis Tsipras,
Infosys, USA; Guy President and Chief Prime Minister of Greece;
Ryder, Director-General, Executive Officer, Emma Marcegaglia,
International Labour Community Solutions, Chairman, Eni, Italy;
Organization (ILO), USA Wolfgang Schaeuble,
Geneva; Ali Velshi, 05: Muhammad Yunus, Federal Minister of
Anchor, Al Jazeera Chairman, Yunus Centre, Finance of Germany
America, USA; Laura Bangladesh 10: Gordon Brown,
D'Andrea Tyson, 06: Jiang Jianqing, UN Special Envoy for
Professor and Director, Chairman of the Global Education; Chair,
Haas School of Business, Board, Industrial and Global Commission
University of California, Commercial Bank of on Financing Global
Berkeley, USA; Arne China, People's Republic Education Opportunity
Sorenson, President and of China
Chief Executive Officer, 07: Navigating the
Marriott International, Geosecurity Landscape
USA; Andrew McAfee, 08: Naomi Oreskes,
Principal Research Professor of the History
Scientist, MIT Initiative of Science, Harvard
on the Digital Economy University, USA
Massachusetts Institute 09: Robin Niblett,
of Technology (MIT), USA Director, Chatham
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Opera ensemble Kaeser, President and Richard Solomons, 06: Rebecca President and Editor-in- Officer and Co-Founder,
02: Rahul Bajaj, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive, Blumenstein, Deputy Chief Quartz - Atlantic SOHO China, People's
Chairman, Bajaj Auto, Siemens, Germany InterContinental Hotels Editor-in-Chief, Wall Media, USA; Nelson Republic of China
India; Al Gore, Vice- 03: Future of Global Group, United Kingdom; Street Journal, USA Henrique Barbosa-Filho,
President of the United Trade session Taavet Hinrikus, Chief 07: Klaus Schwab, Minister of Finance of
States (1993-2001); 04: Laurent Fabius, Executive Officer, Founder and Executive Brazil; Enda Kenny,
Chairman and Co- Minister of Foreign TransferWise, United Chairman, World Taoiseach of Ireland;
Founder, Generation Affairs and International Kingdom; Devin Wenig, Economic Forum; Joseph E. Stiglitz,
Investment Management, Development of France President and Chief John F. Kerry, US Professor, School of
USA; Jim Hagemann 05: Amy Wilkinson, Executive Officer, eBay, Secretary of State International and Public
Snabe, Chairman, Lecturer, Stanford USA; Soraya Darabi, 08: A Day in the Life of a Affairs (SIPA), Columbia
Centre for Global Graduate School of Impact Investor & Co- Refugee experience University, USA; Zhang
Industries, Member of the Business, USA; Mitch
Managing Board, World Barns, Chief Executive
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More than 40 cultural leaders joined the World Crystal Award winner installation artist Olafur
Economic Forum’s business, government Eliasson.
and civil society communities at the Annual
Meeting 2016 in Davos to help shape the Reflecting the meeting’s theme, Mastering the
global agenda. Fourth Industrial Revolution, many expressed
their views through digital exhibitions and
Personalities included actor Kevin Spacey, immersive installations intended to create
author Elif Shafak, film-maker Sharmeen awe and reflection. Using visual, literary
Obaid-Chinoy, vlogger John Green, and sonic journeys, they offered alternative
photographer Platon, artist Lynette Wallworth narratives and perspectives on today’s myriad
and many others. Through their active challenges, not just cultural but also economic
engagement, they added their inspiring voices and political.
and insights on a range of issues, including
migration, climate change, cultural heritage Arts and culture also has the potential to
and freedom of speech. impact youth. As Spacey said: “It’s also about
what the tools of theatre and arts and culture,
“Art offers one of the few places in our society as well as the artists, can do for a kid who
today where people from various backgrounds has no self-esteem, who suddenly through
can come together to share an experience a poetry project or a theatre workshop finds
while having different opinions. Disagreement a way to express themselves, finds a way to
is not only accepted but encouraged,” said stand up. That’s better for all of us.”
Kevin Spacey
Actor
Resilience Insights
In the report, the Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Risk & Resilience takes on
key findings of the Global Risks Report 2016. The report’s insights can spark a
more in-depth discussion about how best to build and strengthen resilience to
today’s risks.
http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-agenda-council-on-risk-
resilience-resilience-insights
http://wef.ch/am16report
Rwanda has dramatically transformed since the 1994 genocide and civil war. It is emerging as
a regional high-tech hub and boasts one of sub-Saharan Africa’s fastest GDP growth rates. It is
one of the continent’s most competitive economies and a top reformer in improving the business
environment. Under the theme, Connecting Africa’s Resources through Digital Transformation, the
26th World Economic Forum on Africa will convene regional and global leaders from business,
government and civil society to discuss digital economy catalysts that can drive radical structural
transformation, strengthen public-private collaboration on key global and regional challenges, and
agree on strategic actions that can deliver shared prosperity across the continent.
For more information, email: Africa@weforum.org
The World Economic Forum will celebrate 25 years of shaping East Asia’s regional agenda in 2016
with both its international and regional multistakeholder communities. The forthcoming launch of the
ASEAN Economic Community exemplifies the region’s continued commitment to removing barriers to
the free flow of goods, services and people while improving sustainability, infrastructure and livelihood.
One year after assuming chairmanship of ASEAN, Malaysia will host the meeting, which will be an ideal
platform for senior decision-makers from various sectors to facilitate greater collaboration between
industry, government and civil society and to address regional challenges.
For more information, email: EastAsia@weforum.org
The World Economic Forum on Latin America brings together leaders from all sectors, as well as
academic thought leaders and millennials, to explore how a new prosperity agenda can be actively
shaped. Returning to Colombia and hosted in the city of Medellín, the meeting gathers at a remarkable
place and time: Medellín’s transformation over the past two decades is a good example of successful
21st-century urban innovation. At the same time, Colombia is close to an historic accord that
promises opportunities for sustained peace, economic progress and social inclusion. These inspiring
achievements teach valuable lessons and are a reminder that socio-economic advances require
constant attention as well as concerted and strategic action.
For more information, email: LatinAmerica@weforum.org
Established in 2007 as the foremost global gathering on science, technology and innovation, the
Annual Meeting of the New Champions convenes the next generation of fast-growing enterprises
shaping the future of business and society, and leaders from major multinationals as well as
government, media, academia and civil society. More than 1,500 participants from 90 countries will
convene in Tianjin to engage in a truly global experience, addressing today’s unprecedented set of
intertwined global challenges – economic, political, societal and environmental.
For more information, email: NewChampions@weforum.org