15 must-read stories for the weekend

1. Top 10 global risks, 2015. Conflict rises to the top of the radar, overtaking extreme weather as the biggest threat facing the world.

2. Video: What’s at stake in Davos? Professor Klaus Schwab on why trust is the most important issue at the start of a turbulent year.

3. Who’s coming to Davos 2015? More than 2,500 leaders will grapple with ten global challenges. Podcast: How we created a programme with 280 sessions.

4. Where are the women in global power? They’re missing in the top tiers of business, academia, politics and finance, as these charts show.

5. Power used to lie in hierarchies. Now it’s in networks. And statecraft has yet to adapt, writes John Kerry.

6. Five things to know about geo-economics. Mark Leonard on the shift to a more multipolar world – and the spectre of economic warfare.

7. The genie of emerging tech is out of the bottle. So how do we manage the risks?

8. Conflict trumps economy as top risk to world in Davos survey.Cites the 2015 Global Risks report. (Reuters)

9. Q&A: World Economic Forum, Davos. “Professor Schwab calls it a platform for collaborative thinking and searching for solutions.” (BBC)

10. Here’s what everyone’s going to be talking about at Davos this year. “One major focus will be on the so-called second economy.” (Huffington Post)

11. World Economic Forum warns over international conflicts. More from the 2015 Global Risks report. (ABC News)

12. Forget emerging markets – the hot topic at Davos 2015 is the U.S. (Bloomberg)

13. Armed conflict is now the biggest fear for world leaders. The Guardian on the Global Risks 2015 report, ahead of Davos next week. (Guardian)

14. Will.i.am heads to Davos summit. The pop star swaps his swivel-chair for some snowy mountain air. (Guardian)

15. Davos 2015: Voices of the young, new leaders, social entrepreneurs. An interview with David Aikman. (BizNews.com)

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Author: Adrian Monck is Managing Director and head of Public Engagement at the World Economic Forum.

Image: A general view shows the Swiss mountain resort of Davos during sunny winter weather December 27, 2008. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann