Daily Davos: Europe, easing and the digital world
Here is your daily digest of news from, and about, the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2015.
On the agenda
We celebrate 15 years of GAVI. How a Davos-born idea has seen half a billion children immunized.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she is proud to be part of the EU and stressed the need for long-term investment.
How do we create jobs for young people? Global Shapers host a worldwide conversation on #shapingwork, bringing in views from Chandigarh, Abuja, Orlando and Jeddah.
Intimate one-on-ones with Atif Mian, Angelique Kidjo, Arun Jaitley and Shimon Peres. Plus Nobel Laureate Christopher Pissarides on income inequality.
Davos in the news
“The key idea of the future is social growth.” Which are the most used phrases in Davos this year? (Independent)
“Pick up the agenda and run with it.” Helen Clark of UNDP tells the World Economic Forum to get serious on war and climate change. (Guardian)
Why Davos thinks quantitative easing won’t save Europe. (Reuters)
Is Africa struggling to be heard? (Deutsche Welle)
Technology, health and entrepreneurship: vignettes from #wef15, liveblogged. (Huffington Post)
Your pre-reading for Friday’s sessions
“Inequality is out of control and getting worse,” says Winnie Byanyima. Watch her in action in the BBC debate A Richer World, But for Whom? at 9am CET.
2015: the year for action on global challenges. Ban Ki-moon and Jim Yong Kim on what’s at stake, ahead of the plenary session Tackling Climate, Development and Growth at 10.30am.
The role of business in building a better India. “We can’t just be mute spectators,” writes Hari Bhartia. He’ll be discussing his country’s future in India’s Next Decade at 11am.
The future of Europe. Angela Merkel on democracy, Enda Kenny on pulling Ireland back from the brink, Matteo Renzi on the euro and leading voices on the economic outlook, ahead of the Special Address by François Hollande at 11.30am.
What is the digital age doing to jobs? Guy Ryder is worried. Follow our debate on the global jobs shortfall, Employment: Mind the Gap at 12.30pm.
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Author: Adrian Monck is Managing Director and head of Public Engagement at the World Economic Forum.
Image: Sheryl Sandberg (L), Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board, Facebook, USA, walks onto the podium at the beginning of the session ‘The Future of the Digital Economy’ in the congress centre at the Annual Meeting 2015 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 22, 2015. WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Valeriano DiDomenico
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