Davos—the World Economic Forum’s gathering of the world’s most powerful people held every year in a Swiss mountain resort—will be delayed until early summer 2021 because of the ongoing coronavirus ...
Will we survive the 21st Century? This was the question Yuval Noah Harari, acclaimed author of Homo Deus, tried to answer when he took to the main stage of the 2020 World Economic Forum. He isn’t ...
What sort of leader do people want? Do they want someone who will inspire citizens to accept that short-term pain for some will mean long-term gain for all? Or do they want someone who believes that ...
Last week saw a whole host of world leaders — including United States President Donald Trump and Prince Charles of Wales, along with a number of other prominent dignitaries — come together to attend ...
For many of us, Davos 2020 will forever be associated with the first time we began to take in the potential scope of the mysterious virus that had infected what was then, by official counts, a few ...
At Davos this year, there is a greater sense of urgency behind stakeholder capitalism, leading corporate executives to explore how their companies can benefit all stakeholders, including customers, ...
In Davos, business leaders were newly vocal about the danger, though they gave few details about how they would reform their practices. By David Gelles and Somini Sengupta DAVOS, Switzerland — ...
The World Economic Forum's flagship Davos summit might be cancelled for 2021, according to a report in the Swiss media. Originally, the event was scheduled to take place from January 26-29 but was ...
It might sound glamorous to attend an event frequented by billionaires and heads of state, but Davos isn't all fun and games. Between the long lines, freezing cold weather, and boring panels, ...
What do you do if Tina Brown invites you to a dinner full of finance leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos—on the night of your 43 rd birthday, no less? When it happened this week to ...
When this hot planet finally begins to evict us en masse, the global elites might seek refuge up here in the Alps, in the highest town in Europe — if only out of habit. They’re here at this time every ...
The 50th anniversary of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos has concluded. The forum’s official theme was "Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World", but discussions about environmental ...