Four global issues stand out as urgent and important, and will feature prominently on the agenda of the Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos.
This plenary explores how the Global Future Councils can contribute to:
– Addressing the climate and environmental challenges that are harming our ecology and economy
– Transforming industries to achieve more sustainable and inclusive business models as new political, economic and societal priorities change trade and consumption patterns
– Governing the technologies driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution so they benefit business and society while minimizing their risks to them
– Adapting to the demographic, social and technological trends reshaping education, employment and entrepreneurship
– Suzanne Fortier, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University, Canada
– Amandeep Singh Gill, Project Lead, International Digital Health and AI Research, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland
– Sophie Punte, Executive Director, Smart Freight Centre, Netherlands
– Usha Rao-Monari, Senior Adviser, Blackstone Group, USA
Chaired by
– Hadley Gamble, Reporter and Anchor, CNBC, United Kingdom
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