- Davos, Switzerland, is the highest town in Europe and is home to the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting.
- The 54th Annual Meeting took place between 15-19 January 2024.
- The gathering was held under the theme 'Rebuilding Trust' and featured over 200 sessions with leading public figures.
Close to 3,000 participants from 120 countries gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum.
Throughout the week, more than 200 public sessions were held on issues ranging from economic growth and energy security to the climate crisis and technology governance. Several heads of state and government – including Chinese Premier Li Qiang, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, among many others – delivered special addresses.
Here are some of the best picutres from Davos 2024:
Davos, Switzerland, is the highest town in all of Europe. Image: World Economic Forum The Annual Meeting Congress Centre in Davos. Image: World Economic Forum Andriy Yermak, the Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, speaks at a press conference following the 4th National Security Advisors meeting of the Ukrainian Peace Formula on 14 January. Image: World Economic Forum Francis Kéré, Nile Rodgers and Michelle Yeoh were awarded the Crystal Awards 2024 on 15 January. Image: World Economic Forum The opening concert of the Annual Meeting 2024 on 15 January. Li Qiang, Premier of the People's Republic of China, delivers a special address on 16 January. Image: World Economic Forum Dava Newman, Director of the MIT Media Lab, speaks during a session on satellites on 16 January. Image: World Economic Forum Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, at the Congress Centre on 16 January. Image: World Economic Forum Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, speaks with Forum President Børge Brende on 16 January. Image: World Economic Forum Participants engage in the Forum's Global Collaboration Village on 16 January. Image: World Economic Forum Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, delivers a special address on January 16. Image: World Economic Forum Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany; H.H. Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia; Christopher A. Coons, Senator, USA; Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria; Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland; and Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary-General, in a session of global security on 16 January. Image: World Economic Forum Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, delivers a special address on 16 January. Image: World Economic Forum Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, and Forum Prof. Klaus Schwab on 16 January. Image: World Economic Forum Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan; Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency; Catherine MacGregor, CEO of ENGIE Group; John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate; and Sally Buzbee, Washington Post Executive Editor, speak on COP28 and road ahead for climate negotiations on 16 January. Image: World Economic Forum Jake Sullivan, US National Security Adviser, delivered a public address on 16 January. Image: World Economic Forum Image: World Economic Forum Uyunkar Domingo Peas Nampichkai, President of the Board of Directors of the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance; Emmanuel de Merode, Director of the Virunga National Park; Atossa Soltani, Director of Global Strategy of the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance; and Achim Steiner. Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme speak on a panel about the the climate and nature crisis on 16 January. Image: World Economic Forum Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, in coversation with Thomas Friedman of the New York Times on 17 January. Image: World Economic Forum António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, delivered a special address on 17 January. Image: World Economic Forum Douglas Peterson, President and CEO of S&P Global, speaks about mapping solutions for trade and investment on 17 January. Image: World Economic Forum Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO Director-General; Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia; Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands; and Martin Wolf of the Financial Times speak on a panel about the North-South schism on 17 January. Image: World Economic Forum Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, sits down for a conversation with CNN host Fareed Zakaria on 17 January. Image: World Economic Forum Javier Milei, President of Argentina, delivered a special address on 17 January. Image: World Economic Forum Emmanuel Macron, President of France, in the Annual Meeting's Congress Centre on 17 January. Image: World Economic Forum Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, speaks with Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab on 17 January. Image: World Economic Forum Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain, delivered a special address on 17 January. Image: World Economic Forum Mattie Rodrigue, Director of Science Programme at OceanX, speaks live from a deep-sea submersible during a panel on the deep seas. Image: World Economic Forum Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank, and Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF, speak during a session on the response to the climate crisis on 17 January. Image: World Economic Forum Emmanuel Macron, President of France, delivered a special address on 17 January. Image: World Economic Forum Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of Nigeria, at a reception with WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and other Nigerian ministers on 17 January. Image: World Economic Forum Isaac Herzog, President of the Israel, speaks in conversation with Forum President Børge Brende on 18 January. Image: World Economic Forum Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy; Gao Jifan, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar; Enoch Godongwana, South African Minister of Finance; Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development of India; and Nadine Hani, Al Arabiya Senior Presenter speak about the expansion of BRICS on 18 January. Image: World Economic Forum Tali Sharot, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University College London, speaks about how to tackle emerging harms to young adults in the digital age on 18 January. Image: World Economic Forum Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, on 18 January. Image: World Economic Forum Participants in the Annual Meeting Congress Centre contribute to an ideas whiteboard. Image: World Economic Forum Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO of Salesforce; Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer; Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK; Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO of Accenture; and CNN host Fareed Zakaria speak about technological advances on 18 January. Image: World Economic Forum Nirvana Chaudhary, Managing Director of the Chaudhary Group; Urs Lehmann, President of Swiss-Ski; Monica Medina, President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society; Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; and Johan Eliasch, Chairman of HEAD, speak about global warming and Alpine economies on 18 January. Image: World Economic Forum Valdis Dombrovskis, Commissioner for Trade of the European Commission; Brian Moynihan, Chair and CEO of Bank of America; Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada; Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, CEO and Managing Director of Mubadala Investment; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO Director-General; and Forum President Børge Brende speak about trade and economic recovery on 18 January. Image: World Economic Forum Image: World Economic Forum Will.i.am, artist and Founder and President of the i.am Angel Foundation, in the Annual Meeting Congress Centre on 18 January. Image: World Economic Forum Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks with Ravi Agrawal, Editor-in-Chief of Foreign Policy, on 18 January. Image: World Economic Forum Famed conservationist Jane Goodall speaks about the urgent need to combat the climate and nature crisis on 18 January. Image: World Economic Forum Participants at an Annual Meeting session on turbocharging action around the climate and nature crisis on 18 January. Image: World Economic Forum Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg and filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy speak about leadership and women empowerment on 18 January. Image: World Economic Forum / Boris Bal Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of Singapore; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO Director-General; Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia; David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group; Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank; Christian Lindner, Federal Minister of Finance of Germany; and Francine Lacqua, Editor-at-Large of Bloomberg Television speaking in the Annual Meeting's closing session on global economic outlook. Image: World Economic Forum 
