World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013
Speakers
The Annual meeting of the World Economic forum involves some 3,000 participants representing all sectors of global society, from business and government to civil society, spiritual and media leaders. The people on these pages appear in the public programme, streamed live and archived on the internet.
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Presenter, Al Jazeera English, Qatar
World News Anchor and Host, business and economics programme Counting the Cost, Al Jazeera English.
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Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
1981, BSc and 1983, MSc in Economics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; 1997, degree in Sharia and Islamic Studies, African International ...
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Director, The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, USA
Attorney. Has headed national religious coalitions, including the Coalition to Protect Religious Liberty. 1999, 1st Chair, US Commission on Int'l ...
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Artist, Studio Tomás Saraceno, Germany
Artist known for rethinking urban geography. Work defies traditional notions of space, time, gravity, consciousness and perception through ...
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Editor-in-Chief and Vice-President, Editorial Board, TV Azteca, Mexico
Journalist and broadcaster. 1978-95, Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Latin America; 1981, Co-Founder, El Financiero newspaper; 1984, ...
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Chairman of the Board, Sauber Motorsport, Switzerland
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Chief Executive Officer, QIAGEN, Germany
1989, Master's in Finance, Univ. of St Gallen, Switzerland; 1991, MBA in Finance, Graduate School of Business, Univ. of Chicago. Former: Partner, ...
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Anchor and Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg Television, USA
BA in History, University of Toronto. Formerly: Correspondent, Knight-Ridder Financial News and Bridge News, Toronto and Santiago, Chile. With ...
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Director, Musik Akademie Basel, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
1984-88, music studies (guitar), Paris and New York. 1988-2001, Artistic Director, Master Classes and Professor, Berne. 2001-12, Dean, Hochschule ...
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Partner, Accel Partners, USA
Forty-five years' experience in high-technology industries. Formerly: 18 years in various positions with Hewlett-Packard, including General ...
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President, European Parliament, Brussels
1984-87, Municipal Councillor, Würselen; 1987-98, Mayor of Würselen. 1991-99, Member, SPD Party Council; since 1995, Member, Mittelrhein SPD ...
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Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Studies at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, University of Fribourg and Harvard University, including doctorates in Mechanical ...
Show Sessions- Meeting Millennial Expectations
- Special Address
- Welcoming Remarks
- Resilient Dynamism
- Special Address
- Welcoming Address by the Executive Chairman
- Scenarios for the Russian Federation
- The State of the World: A Strategic Assessment
- Special Address
- Special Address
- The Davos Choir
- A Conversation with Shimon Peres
- Leading against the Odds