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The 56th Annual Meeting convenes nearly 3,000 leaders from over 130 countries to discuss sustainable growth, geopolitics, and responsible technology adoption, including generative AI.
- On January 19, the World Economic Forum opened its 56th Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, convening nearly 3,000 leaders from more than 130 countries from January 19 to 23, 2026.
- The forum, founded in 1971 by Klaus Schwab, uses the theme A Spirit of Dialogue as an impartial platform amid major geopolitical, technological and societal shifts.
- Record attendance includes nearly 850 chairs and chief executives, almost 100 unicorns, and about 400 political leaders, including nearly 65 heads of state and six G7 leaders.
- A key priority will be responsible AI adoption, with more than 200 live-broadcast sessions and the Open Forum widening public access to transformative technologies including generative AI.
- Oxfam warned `The widening gap between the rich and the rest...` is creating a political deficit, noting one in four people worldwide experiences food insecurity.
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The 56th meeting of the World Economic Forum officially opened in Davos today, and the event was also attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.
World Economic Forum Elites Should Focus on Economics, Not Climate Change, Climate Change News - ClimateRealism
A recent article at Climate Change News discussing this week’s 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting at the Davos, Switzerland ski resort worries that climate change is no longer such a high priority for the attending global elites, while also attempting to reassure readers that the topic hasn’t disappeared entirely. It is true that climate change is dropping on the list of elites’ concerns, but it is not a bad thing, although the attendees’ c…
What to know about the annual World Economic Forum
DAVOS, Switzerland — Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and outside observers are converging in the Swiss town of Davos for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting.
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