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World Economic Forum in Davos: Januar 23rd – 27th, 2013
High security will be at its maximum level next week in the town of Davos in the Canton of Grisons for the annual World Economic Forum.
Many VIPs are expected to come during the four days from January 23rd to January 27th.There will be more presidents, politicians, world leaders, company executives, young entrepreneurs, journalists and of course billionaires than anytime during the year.
Schatzalp Impression – Lunch at Schatzalp – Copyright by World Economic Forum
British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, the managing director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, the King of Jordan, Abdullah II and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti will be giving speeches at the congress center.
The forum, founded by the German/Swiss Professor Klaus Schwab in 1971, comes together each January to discuss global issues, trying to improve the state of our world. Mr. Schwab the Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, discusses in a video before the beginning of the forum the theme for this year, “Resilient Dynamism”. “We have to look at the future in a much more positive, much more constructive or in other words much more dynamic matter”, he says.
Klaus and Hilde Schwab – copyright by WEF – swissimage.ch Photo by Remy Steinegger
For the agenda of the 2013’s meeting, health will be an important pillar of the discussions with a strong focus on people’s individual health, wellness in the workplace but also about the ability of the national health systems to maintain themselves in the future.
There will be many talks about health issues every where in Davos in hotels, at the Swiss Alpine High School auditorium among other places. UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, is expected in Davos with many health ministers and 25 chief executives in the health care industry.
Here are some of the talks offered during the forum about health, business and world urgent issues:
- The future of health (Wed. at the congress center at 15h45 p.m.)
- Cancer: myths and truths (Wed. at the Derby Hotel at 8:00 p.m.)
- Transforming lives through healthy living (Thur. at the congress center at 2:45 p.m.)
- Preparing for aging (Fri. at the Congress center at 2:45 p.m.)
- Food for thought (Fri. at Hotel Grischa at 8:00 p.m.
- Open Forum: War against obesity – Fat invoice? (Sat. at 11:00 a.m. at the Swiss Alpine High-School auditorium)
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- Thinking fast and slow with Prize Nobel Laureate for economics Daniel Kahnemanin 2002 (Wed. at the congress center at 9:00 a.m.)
- Building resilience to Global risks with the Wharton School of business, University of Pennsylvania (Wed. at the congress center at 3:45 p.m.)
- Improving decision making (Wed. at the congress center at 2:00 p.m.)
- Secrets of success (Wed. at Hotel Cresta at 8:00 p.m.)
- Open Forum: Mega sporting events – in whose interest? (Thur. at the Swiss alpine High school auditorium at 12:30 p.m.
- Preventing a lost generation (Thurs. at the congress center at 4:30 p.m.)
- Shaping Syria’s future (Fri. at the congress center at 11:00 a.m.)
- Open Forum: is religion outdated in the 21st century (Fri. at the Swiss alpine High school auditorium at 12:30 p.m.)
- From Tabloid to Tablet (Fri. at the Hotel National at 12:30 p.m.)
- The Artist in me (Fri. at the Hotel National at 8:00 p.m.)
Bono Musician UK meets Angela Merkel – signature Peter Klaunzer – copyright WEF www.swissimage.ch
On the first day of the World Economic Forum there will be the Crystal Award Ceremony, a special concert and a welcome reception. Also the Hotel National will be hosting a Latin American dinner on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. For those interested in parties, the Schatzalp hotel will be organizing a soirée on the Magic Mountain at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday January 27th.
During the next World Economic Forum just like the previous 40 years, it is important to look for “solutions in the interest of the global community…and the next generation”, concludes Klaus Schwab in his video broadcast.
And let’s remember “it matters not how long we live but how” said once poet Philip James Bailey.
