Davos: After nearly two and a half years, the Swiss ski resort town of Davos is ready to host the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting once more, with a host of global leaders, including those from India, due to discuss the Ukraine crisis, climate change, and a variety of other global issues.
The high-profile annual powwow of the world’s affluent and powerful will begin with a welcoming reception on Sunday evening and will last through Thursday, May 26.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are among those expected to speak.
Three Union ministers, Piyush Goyal, Mansukh Mandaviya, and Hardeep Singh Puri, as well as various state leaders, including two chief ministers, Basavraj S Bommai and Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, as well as KT Rama Rao of Telangana, Aditya Thackeray of Maharashtra, and Thangam Thennarasu, will be discussing crucial problems over the next six days, along with several other
More than 50 heads of government or state are due to attend the annual summit, which usually takes place in January when this small town is completely blanketed in snow, but this time it is taking place during the day.
The annual meeting in 2021 could not take place in person, and the one in 2022 had to be postponed owing to the Covid epidemic.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) announced that the topic of the 2022 Annual Meeting will be “history at a turning point.”
The topics to be covered include government policies and business strategies in the context of a worldwide pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and geo-economic difficulties.
The gathering will take place at a strategic location where public figures and global leaders will meet in person to reconnect, exchange insights, gain new views, and develop solutions.
According to the WEF, the meeting’s overarching goal is to “accelerate progress and have an effect in addressing global concerns and improving the status of the world.”
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