Monday is for the most part a travel day, with the opening concert taking place mid-evening.
That’s accompanied by just the one major panel event, entitled “Open Forum: Which 2050 Do We Want?”
Speakers include the co-founder of Distyl AI, Arjun Prakash, WEF Managing Director Alois Zwinggi and Agnes Callamard, secretary-general of Amnesty International.
Notable speakers on Tuesday include French President Emmanuel Macron, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and He Lifeng, the vice premier of the Chinese Republic.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez may leave a gap in Wednesday’s schedule, given the train crash in Cordoba. But US President Donald Trump and Argentina’s Javier Milei are both on the dock that day. Meanwhile, discussion sessions will pose questions including whether China’s economy is “fully emerged” and whether Russian can “sustain a wartime economy.”
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s address to the forum on Thursday also appears in doubt, given the political situation in his country with the Syrian government having announced a new ceasefire deal with Syrian Democratic Forces as recently as Sunday.
But on that day, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, Finland’s head of state Alexander Stubb and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are scheduled to take the floor.
Friday’s highlight, just before the closing statement scheduled for noon local time, is an hour looking at the “Global Economic Outlook.” Participants in that session include European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
