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It’s that time of the year again: from January 20 to 24, the world’s business and political elite is headed to Davos, Switzerland for the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum.
The meeting has taken place in Davos in January for most of its existence, save for 2001 when it was held in New York City after the 9/11 attacks and 2021 through 2022 during which it was held ...
The Davos conference centre is hosting a meeting of the World Economic Forum this week (Alamy/PA) Importantly, the WEF issued a Davos Manifesto in 2020 which stated it is formally guided by ...
The World Economic Forum and its annual meeting in Davos have received criticism over the years, including allegations of the organization's corporate capture of global and democratic institutions, institutional whitewashing initiatives, the public cost of security, the organization's tax-exempt status, unclear decision processes and membership ...
Meetings were chaired by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands until 1975. The current Chairman is French businessman Henri de Castries. Since 1954, the meeting has taken place every year except in 1976, when it was cancelled due to the Lockheed bribery scandals involving Prince Bernhard, [1] and in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
An ecumenical council, also called general council, is a meeting of bishops and other church authorities to consider and rule on questions of Christian doctrine, administration, discipline, and other matters [1] in which those entitled to vote are convoked from the whole world and which secures the approbation of the whole Church.
Switzerland’s skies are ablaze with jets carrying business and political leaders, news pundits and billionaires into Davos for the World Economic Forum, an annual event where the elite hash out ...
A synod (/ ˈ s ɪ n ə d /) is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application.The word synod comes from the Ancient Greek σύνοδος (synodos) ' assembly, meeting '; the term is analogous with the Latin word concilium ' council '.