World Economic Forum

Swiss business gathering

The World Economic Forum is an international organization that convenes political leaders, business executives, and intellectuals annually in Davos, Switzerland.

Founded in 1971, it promotes public-private cooperation on global economic issues.

The forum has become shorthand for elite globalism, drawing both praise for facilitating dialogue and criticism as a gathering of disconnected plutocrats: The Davos crowd at the World Economic Forum.

summit

Davos

Swiss economic summit site

session · symposium · roundtable · keynote · panel · delegates · agenda · communique · resolutions · convention

geopolitics

diplomacy

Negotiation between nations

G7 · international relations · trade agreements · peacekeeping · human rights · foreign policy · sanctions · emerging markets · superpowers · sovereignty

sustainability

climate change

Planetary atmospheric transformation

renewable energy · Paris Agreement · environmental policy · sustainable development · SDGs · decarbonization · climate action · energy transition · biodiversity

economics

macroeconomics

Study of aggregate economies

recession · trade · GDP · globalization · capitalism · neoliberalism · regulation · deregulation · privatization · subsidy

innovation

technology

Applied scientific methods

digital transformation · startups · entrepreneurship · disruption · research · biotech · cybersecurity · automation · smart cities · quantum computing

leadership

CEOs

Highest corporate officers

decision-makers · stakeholders · chairperson · board of trustees · young leaders · influencers · business leaders · thought leaders · elite · governance

Categories
Opposites
economic ideology

World Economic ForumOccupy Wall Street

2011 anti-inequality protest movement

anti-capitalism · Zapatistas · eco-socialism

geographic scope

World Economic Forumlocalism

Preference for nearby things

neighborhood associations · parish councils

Family

world, worlds, worldly, worldwide, unworldly, otherworldly, economic, economical, economically

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G