World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

23–26 January 2018 Davos-Klosters, Switzerland

Opening Plenary with Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

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Opening Plenary with Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

January 23, 2018 11:15

Simultaneous interpretation in all languages

This session will be livestreamed on TopLink and the Forum website.

Speakers:

Narendra Modi

Prime Minister of India, Office of the Prime Minister of India

Klaus Schwab

Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, World Economic Forum

Sessions

Welcome to the Annual Meeting 2018

The 24th Annual Crystal Awards

Opening Performance

Global Markets in a Fractured World

Strategic Outlook: Energy Systems

Strategic Outlook: The Digital Economy

The Next Financial Crisis?

The New Health Paradigm

Why Is Our World Fractured?

In Technology We Trust?

Welcoming Remarks and Special Address

Opening Plenary with Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

Fostering Inclusivity

How Is Rentier Capitalism Aggravating Inequality?

Post-Establishment Politics?

Into a Deal-Based Global Order?

Strategic Outlook: Eurasia

Reconnecting Refugees

An Insight, An Idea with Cate Blanchett

Bio-Inspired Innovation Unleashed

Can We Live with Monopolies?

An Insight, An Idea with Shah Rukh Khan

Global Science Outlook

Gender, Power and Stemming Sexual Harassment

Next-Generation Storytellers

Saving Economic Globalization from Itself

How Is China Leading the World?

Pioneering the Future of Governance in the Arab World

A New Era for Energy Politics

Towards Better Capitalism

Special Address by Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada

The Weaponization of Culture

Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World

On the Menu: Sustainable and Nutritious Food

A Society Divided

Transforming Health in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The Belt and Road Impact

A Sprint to 2020

Solving the Economic Generation Gap

Could 2018 Be the Year of the Next Financial Crisis?

Special Address by Michel Temer, President of Brazil

Standing Up for the Enlightenment

China’s Economic Policy

Fake News versus Real Politics

New Consumption Frontiers

Spain and Europe: Present and Future

An Insight, An Idea with Ben Feringa

Enabling eCommerce: Small Enterprises, Global Players

Rejuvenating European Democracy

Finding a New Equilibrium in the Middle East

Stabilizing the Mediterranean

The 21st-Century Social Compact

Mental Health Matters

Special Address by Paolo Gentiloni, Prime Minister of Italy

An Insight, An Idea with Emmerson Mnangagwa

An Insight, An Idea with Richard Liu

Special Address by Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

Invisible Images of Surveillance

How Can We Fix Our Productivity Crisis?

China in the New Era

Securing a Common Future in Cyberspace

Strategic Outlook: Russia

Will the Future Be Human?

An Insight, An Idea with Sundar Pichai

Strategic Outlook: United States

What Is Happening to IPOs?

Responding to Extreme Environmental Risks

Future Shocks: Systemic Trade Tremors

A Voyage across the Oceans

A Conversation with Saad Hariri, President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon

A Journey of Discovery with Richard Thaler

Questioning Our Human Future

Special Address by Emmanuel Macron, President of France

Enabling Human Potential in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

India's Role in the World

The New Energy Equation

The Global Impact of America First

Special Screening: Last Men in Aleppo

An Insight, An Idea with Malala Yousafzai

Secrets to a Long and Happy Life

The Reconstruction Imperative for Peace in the Levant

Future Shocks: Rogue Technology

The Outlook for Japan

Postcards from Saturn

How Do We Stop Sexual Harassment?

A Conversation with King Abdullah II of Jordan

Stepping Up Climate Action

Special Address by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission

Data Responsibility in a Fractured World

The Remaking of Global Finance

Putting an End to Modern Slavery

Special Address by Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina and Chair of the G20, on the 2018 G20 Agenda

Creating a Shared Future through Education and Empowerment

What Could Trigger a Major Security Crisis in 2018?

Democracy in a Post-Truth Era

New Avenues for Global Trade

Building Saudi Arabia's Future Economy

A New Era for Global Health

Special Address by Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

A Conversation with Haider Al Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq

Hope for Elephants

The Great Energy Transformation

Beyond the Paradise Papers: Can Global Tax Avoidance Be Stopped?

Standing Up for Social Progress

How Do We Stop at Two Degrees?

Big Tech, Big Impact

Game-Changers: Playing Games for Good

Europe between Vision and Dilemma

Left Behind in the United States

Shifting Weight of Military Power

Special Address by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

A Conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel

A New Growth Paradigm for Emerging Economies

New Momentum for Europe

The Crypto-Asset Bubble

Agile Governance in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Climate’s Two Degrees of Separation

Special Screening: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Suffering in Silence: Tackling Depression

The State of Start-Ups

Bridges vs Borders: The Migration Dilemma

The German Gamble

Asia Works: The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Will Free Markets Make a Comeback?

Spaces of Hope

The End of Easy Money

From Linear to Exponential Value Chains

Future Shocks: Cyberwar without Rules

Investing for Impact

Central and Eastern Europe: A New Agenda for the Continent?

Secrets to a Long and Happy Life

The Promise of Precision Medicine

Guaranteed Income for Growth?

Special Address by Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America

Global Economic Outlook

The Power of Faith

Global Prospects for Human Rights

Finding Fortune in Failure

Visions for a Shared Future

Closing Concert

Closing of the Annual Meeting 2018