World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

22–25 January 2019 Davos-Klosters, Switzerland
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Searching for Magic in Real Life: An Insight, An Idea with David Blaine

January 22, 2019 17:30

A conversation with magician and performance artist David Blaine on how awe can shift perception and turn sceptics into believers

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

Speakers:

David Blaine

Magician

Francine Lacqua

Editor-at-Large and Presenter, Bloomberg Television

Sessions

Welcome to the Annual Meeting 2019

The 25th Crystal Awards

Opening Concert

Strategic Outlook on Energy

Future Frontiers of Global Value Chains

The Geopolitical Agenda

Shaping a New Market Architecture

Strategic Outlook on Healthcare

Designing for Everyone

Water for Life

Rethinking Global Financial Risk

Strategic Outlook on the Digital Economy

Strategic Outlook on Consumption

The Modern History of Globalization

The Collapse of Cryptocurrency

Radically Reinventing Social Systems

Welcoming Remarks and Special Address

Shaping Globalization 4.0

Automated Markets

Peace and Reconciliation in a Multipolar World

Managing a Global Garbage Crisis

Plastic Pollution: An End in Sight?

Nuclear Brinksmanship

Close Encounters with Jane Goodall and Skye Meaker

Advancing the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Trillion-Dollar Vision

Strategic Outlook on South Asia

Future Frontiers of Technology Control

Media Freedom in Crisis

Achieving a Single Market in Africa

A Conversation with Sir David Attenborough and HRH The Duke of Cambridge

Storytellers: The Road to Resilience

Special Address by Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil

Special Session with Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State of the United States

Future Frontiers of Strategic Infrastructure

The Female Icon

Governing Data in Our Daily Lives

Investing in Fragile Contexts

A New Day in Latin America

Building Sustainable Markets

Finding Meaning in the Unexpected

Safeguarding Our Planet

The Rise of Techno Nationalism

Searching for Magic in Real Life: An Insight, An Idea with David Blaine

Strategic Outlook on the Middle East

Globalization: Retreat or Reinvention?

Financial Innovation for Global Health

Business Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Promise and Peril: Mining Underwater

Averting 'Peak Europe'

Global Risk Perception, Deception and Delusion

Into the Grand Canyon

Escaping Extinction

Building a Sustainable Crypto-Architecture

Closing the Financing Gap

Emerging Markets Outlook

Keeping Russia Competitive

Evolution of Terrorism: How Society and Institutions Are Adapting

An Insight, An Idea with Haifaa Al Mansour

Ending the Corruption Crisis

When Global Orders Fail

More than GDP

Women in the New World of Work

A New Deal for Nature

Eurasia in a New Global Context

The New Science of Psychedelics

Special Address by Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan

Digitalizing Emerging Markets

A Conversation with Mahatir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia

How Power Adapts in a Changing World

The Psychology of the Con: How Not to Get Fooled

Ending Modern Slavery

An Insight, An Idea with Jane Goodall

Shaping the Future of Democracy

A Conversation with Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia

The Debt Time Bomb

Director's Cut: Freedom Fighters

Special Address by Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany

Realizing the Energy Transition

Ending Violence in the Sahel

The Geopolitical Outlook

The Future of Science and Technology in Society

Computing Technology at a Tipping Point

Storytellers: In Search of Belonging

Special Address by Wang Qishan, Vice-President of the People's Republic of China

An Insight, An Idea with Marin Alsop

Batteries or Hydrogen?

Reversing Paralysis

Strategic Economic Outlook on Europe

Strategic Outlook for Japan

Mental Health Matters

Making Digital Globalization Inclusive

Disease X: Confronting a New Era of Biological Threats

Design Different

Compassion through Computation: Fighting Algorithmic Bias

Technology Leadership in an Era of Digital Rights

Special Address by Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy

Finding Future Jobs

China Economic Outlook

Speaking out under Threat

When the Corporate Debt Bubble Bursts

Tackling the Growth Paradox

Taking Action for the Ocean

Special Address by Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain

Violence against Women

A Conversation with Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Viet Nam

Leading Europe's Transformation

A New Architecture for Cyber-Cooperation

An Encounter with the Sphinx Virtuosi

Mapping Paths to Stability in Venezuela

Digital Trust and Transformation: A Conversation with Daniel Zhang

Global Trade at a Tipping Point

Globalization 4.0: China's Role in the Future of Global Commerce

Digital Trust and Transformation: A Conversation with Satya Nadella

Is This the End or Beginning of Globalism?

Middle East Security Outlook

Mapping Data Dominance

Shaping the Future of Finance

A Jobs Creation Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Entering a New Space Age

The Next Giant Leap?

Female Leadership at a Tipping Point

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

Loneliness: An Epidemic?

Alternative Diet, Healthier Planet

Asia's Bet on the Middle East

Putting Europe's Union to the Test

Creating Visions of Another World

The Stranded Asset Problem

Transforming the Plastics Economy

Global Migration: Managing Flows, Not Crises

Realizing the Data Economy

Into the Dark: Globalized Crime

Europe after Brexit

Searching for Truth

Gene Editing at the Crossroads

A Conversation with Barham Salih, President of Iraq

A Storytelling Series: The Caring Effect

Rethinking Taxes: Creating a Fair and Balanced System

An Insight, An Idea with Denis Mukwege, Nobel Peace Laureate 2018

Learning Today for Tomorrow's Jobs

American Economic Power

Climate Leadership

Alzheimer's: A Global Call for Action

Defending the Shared Space

Digital Trust and Transformation: A Conversation with Marc Benioff

Futureproofing Cybersecurity

Identity in a Digital World

Resetting Financial Governance

Setting Rules for the AI Race

The Future of the Transatlantic Alliance

The Business Case for Disability Inclusion

The Price of Free

The New Normal in Global Trade

Bridging Science with Society

Rebuilding Societal Trust in Latin America

The Future of Hospitals

Preparing for Future Migration Scenarios

Combating Cancer

A 'Fourth Social Revolution'?

The Great Energy Race

A New Kind of Learning?

What If: Everyone Had Their Genome Sequenced at Birth?

Agility at All Costs?

Training Grandmothers to Treat Depression

Making Globalization 4.0 Work for All

The Cost of Inequality

Is the West Paralyzed?

Global Economy in Transition

Closing Remarks: The Road Ahead

Closing Performance