World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

The second day of our Annual Meeting in Davos begins shortly - you can stay up-to-date with all of the key developments here on our live blog. While you wait for today's sessions, catch up on what happened during day 1.

Don't forget that many of our sessions are live tweeted - just follow @Davos on Twitter to see all of the key quotes.

Here's some background reading for this session, which starts in 20 minutes.

What's happening on the Chinese stock market?

Christine Lagarge on what 2016 holds for the global economy - including this excellent chart from The Economist:

This session is just starting now - you can watch it live in the video player above.

Some context as you watch this session - China's latest GDP numbers released on Tuesday showed the economy grew by 6.9% in 2015 - the slowest rate in 25 years, as shown in this Quartz chart:

There's more on the future of the Chinese economy by Harvard's Jeffrey Frankel here: Where should we look for clues to China’s economic future?

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has told this session that China has a "communication issue" that unsettles markets.

More from this session:

20 minutes to go until the Prime Ministers of France, the Netherlands and Greece, along with Germany's Finance Minister, discuss the future of the European Union in this Davos session.

Prepare yourself with some background reading:

How Europe can pull back from the brink - by Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament

Also: our explainer on What's next for Europe?

This session is starting now - you can watch it in the video player above, and follow our live tweeting on our @Davos Twitter account.

The panel are discussing the future of the Schengen agreement - read more about it here.

There's a big focus on Europe's refugee crisis in this session:

Here's the white paper by our Global Agenda Council on Europe that was mentioned in this session: Europe: What to watch out for in 2016-2017

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble have been discussing the Greek crisis:

From this morning's session:

This special session on the future of Cyprus is just beginning now, with the President of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot Leader. Watch live above.

Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus, and Mustafa Akinci, the Turkish Cypriot Leader, shook hands on stage at the end of this session, accompanied by World Economic Forum Executve Chairman Klaus Schwab.

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek and Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz are on this panel, starting in 15 minutes.

Your background reading for this session includes:

Is there a cure for the world's economic malaise? by Joseph Stiglitz

My 3-step plan to keep Ireland’s recovery going, by Enda Kenny

And our explainer, 5 trends for the future of economic growth

Plus some context for the discussion: the latest IMF growth projections:

This session is just starting, watch on the video player above.

Some more background for this session in this graphic by HowMuch, visualising the global economy with each country shown relative to its share of total GDP.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has been giving his views on the global economy.

For more background on his views see this analysis of global economic prospects in 2016.

British Prime Minister David Cameron will be making a special address here at Davos in around 15 minutes.

The uncertainty around Britain's continued membership of the European Union has already been discussed in The Future of Europe session earlier today.

You could also read Should Britain leave the EU? while you wait for David Cameron to speak.

This session has just started - British Prime Minister David Cameron is speaking now. Watch live in the video player above, and follow live tweets @Davos on Twitter.

David Cameron is speaking about the British referendum on EU membership:

More from British Prime Minister David Cameron:

How will artificial intelligence affect defence systems? Join the discussion in around 20 minutes, and prepare with this article: Robots in war: the next weapon of mass destruction?

Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is speaking to Fareed Zakaria - you can watch in the video player above.

This discussion is now underway - join in by watching in the video player and following our live tweets @Davos on Twitter.

And take our poll to give your opinion.

Some of the key quotes from the session with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Peter Maurer, President of the Red Cross:

Here's Peter Maurer's blog: Why 2016 is the year to shake up humanitarian funding

And for more, read: Putting an end to atrocities in Syria

Hubo the robot continues to draw the crowds here at Davos. In case you weren't aware, he's a walking robot developed at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology to help with disaster recovery.

There's more on the latest developments in artificial intelligence in our session: The State of Artificial Intelligence.

So could artificially intelligent machines replace soldiers? It's possible, but not any time soon, according to the panel in this session:

Li Yuanchao, Vice President of China, is speaking about the rebalancing of the Chinese economy at a special Davos session (available in the video player above):

This Forum Debate begins in around 15 minutes - should energy companies and investors be planning for a post-fossil fuel future? The panel includes Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Ahead of the session, read our explainers: Are we ready for a fossil fuel-free future? and: Climate change: can we go from words to action?

The debate is just starting now - watch it in the video player above.

You can join in the debate by voting in our poll: wef.ch/ask

Here's some useful background for the debate - a breakdown of global energy use by source since 1965:

Source: Vox

So what does the panel think is the future of fossil fuels?

We have another busy few hours ahead - in 15 minutes we have World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in The New Climate and Development Imperative, and at the same time there's a live Facebook interview with economist Jeffrey Sachs and founder of SkyBridge Capital Anthony Scaramucci. Then in 30 minutes musician will.i.am is on the panel for The 21st-Century Dream, exploring what is inspiring young generations around the globe.

This session will be exploring the next steps for working towards the climate and development targets set last year with the Paris agreement and Global Goals.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is on the panel - read his article 5 next steps after the Paris Agreement.

Our explainer also provides some useful background: Climate change: can we go from words to action?

And here the World Economic Forum's experts explore the Global Goals for Sustainable Development: How can the development goals be achieved?

Our live Facebook chat with Jeffrey Sachs and Anthony Scaramucci has just started.

And this session is also just starting - watch in the video player above.

As the panel - including musician will.i.am - prepares to discuss what's inspiring the world's young generations, read our explainer: What do young people value?

This session is slightly delayed - while you're waiting, read more about the Crystal Award received by will.i.am earlier this week.

This session is just starting now, you can watch it in the video player above.

This video demonstrates the effects of climate change across the globe. See more in 5 videos that reveal the human impact on Earth.

Key quotes from the session:

will.i.am: "Who would have thought that a person from the projects would go around the world singing music, and risk all that money to start a consumer electronics company so I could show the kids in my neighbourhood that they should dream to be Steve Jobs, not just Stevie Wonder."

That's the end of day 2 here at Davos. You can see all of the highlights above, and watch sessions again in the video player. And there's always more to read on Agenda. Join us again first thing on Friday morning for day 3.