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ECONOMICS

ANNUAL MEETING 2018 TO FOCUS
ON CREATING A SHARED FUTURE

The WEF Annual Meeting will policies are being formulated to By coming together at the
take place in Davos, from preserve the benefits of global start of the year, we can
23rd to 26th January 2018. integration while limiting shared shape the future by joining
The theme for the meeting is obligations such as sustainable this unparalleled global effort
‘Creating a Shared Future in a development, inclusive growth in co-design, co-creation and
Fractured World’. and managing the Fourth collaboration. The programme’s
Industrial Revolution. Socially, depth and breadth make it a
The overview of the meeting is citizens yearn for responsive true summit of summits.
based on the challenges facing leadership; yet, a collective
us all today. The global context purpose remains elusive despite Truly global leaders lead the
has changed dramatically: ever-expanding social networks. thought creation at the meetings
geostrategic fissures have re- All the while, the social contract and presentation sessions
emerged on multiple fronts with between states and their citizens throughout the forum. Over
wide-ranging political, economic continues to erode. the years strategists and
and social consequences. thinkers such as Dambisa Moyo,
Realpolitik is no longer just a The 48th World Economic Forum Noreena Hertz, and Joseph
relic of the Cold War. Economic Annual Meeting therefore aims Stiglitz have contributed their
prosperity and social cohesion to rededicate leaders from all deep economic insights. Lynda
are not one and the same. The walks of life to developing a Gratton has focused on the
global commons cannot protect shared narrative to improve future of work in an ever-ageing
or heal itself. the state of the world. The population, whilst Wolfgang
programme, initiatives and Ischinger has focused on the
Politically, new and divisive projects of the meeting are increasingly critical role of
narratives are transforming focused on Creating a Shared security on a global scale.
governance. Economically, Future in a Fractured World.

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