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Despite the global gender gap narrowing slightly in 2018, proportionately fewer women than men are participating in the labour force or in political life Overall, the economic gender gap narrowed in 2018; however, access to health and education, and political empowerment suffered reversals Iceland remains the world’s most gender-equal country. At the current rate of …
The digital world is facing a crisis with slowing internet growth and declining levels of trust that urgently need to be addressed 60% of global GDP is expected to be digitized by 2022, with very little distinction between the digital economy and the economy, or between digital society and society The Forum highlights six priority …
World Economic Forum to support initiative for open, secure, stable, accessible and peaceful cyberspace Initiative is supported by EU member states, Norway, Switzerland, Japan, Mexico, Chile, Lebanon, Morocco and Republic of Korea as well as 150 companies and 60 civil society organizations The Call is a recognition of private sector’s key role in tackling cybercrime …
The World Economic Forum objects to the use of the “Davos” brand for events that have nothing to do with its own activities. The World Economic Forum, as the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, is not related to any political, commercial or personal interests. It brings leaders together from government, business and civil society for …
Indian government, States of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra and business leaders to pilot emerging technology policies created at the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution India Artificial intelligence, blockchain and drones selected as first project areas Policies and frameworks developed in India to be shared and scaled up in global network of centres New …
Calls for responsible and effective procurement of artificial intelligence to protect citizens United Kingdom to work with the World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution to co-design these new frameworks For more information about the Annual Meeting of the New Champions, please visit: http://wef.ch/amnc18 Follow the conversation using #AMNC18 Tianjin, People’s Republic of …
World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018 will focus on the impact of science and technology on shaping economies, societies and geopolitical structures of the future Meeting comes at an important juncture for global relations, as increased geostrategic competition accelerates movement towards a multi-polar world Geneva, Switzerland, and Beijing, China, 29 June …
The World Economic Forum today launched its ASEAN “Start-Ups Programme”, aiming to bring together the region’s most innovative start-ups and connect them with business, political and academic leaders Start-ups can apply now to join the community, and participate to the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, which takes place on September …
Knut Haanaes becomes Dean of the World Economic Forum’s newly established Global Leadership Institute Previously, Haanaes was a Senior Partner at BCG and taught at IMD Business School in Switzerland, Stanford University, BI Norwegian Business School and in the private sector The Global Leadership Institute will shape the future of learning and leadership in the …
Troels Oerting will assume leadership of the Global Centre for Cybersecurity as of 2 April 2018 Previously, Oerting held senior positions at Europol, Danish Intelligence and in the private sector The Global Centre for Cybersecurity is dedicated to fighting cybercrime and organized digital crime For more information visit www.weforum.org Geneva, Switzerland, 26 March 2018 – …