The WEF begins in Davos on Monday.Image: keystone
January 15, 2026, 11:04January 15, 2026, 11:04
The WEF begins next Monday. This year again, numerous heads of state and government as well as representatives from business and society will be attending Economic forum expected in Davos.
An overview.
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A total of over 60 heads of state and government are registered. According to the new WEF boss Børge Brende, this is a record, as he told a press conference on Tuesday. These include, among others:
- US President Donald Trump
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
- US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer
- Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky
- Israel President Isaac Herzog
- Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Mohammed Mustafa
- Argentina President Javier Milei
- Chinese Deputy Prime Minister He Lifeng
- EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
- Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz
- Federal President Guy Parmelin
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
- Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa
- Colombia President Gustavo Petro
- French President Emmanuel Macron
- Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
- Armenia President Vahagn Khachaturyan
- Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev
- Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever
- Congo President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo
- Ecuador President Daniel Noboa Azín
- Finland President Alexander Stubb
- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
- Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof
- Pakistan Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif
- Poland President Karol Nawrocki
- Qatar Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
- Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić
- Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Coming to Davos on Wednesday: US President Donald Trump.Image: keystone
Business
Numerous high-ranking entrepreneurs from the business world are also expected. Around 1,700 top managers are registered, including 850 CEOs. These include, among others:
- Microsoft boss Satya Nadella
- UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti
- Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan
- Nvidia boss Jensen Huang
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy
- Meta top executive Dina Powell McCormick
- DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis
- Palantir CEO Alex Karp
- OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar
- Agility Robotics Peggy Johnson
- Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch
- Sierra co-founder Bret Taylor
UBS boss Sergio Ermotti.Image: keystone
International organizations
Representatives of international organizations and activists from various NGOs will also be there. These include, among others:
- UN Secretary General António Guterres
- WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- World Bank President Ajay Banga
- NATO chief Mark Rutte
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
- Head of the United Nations Development Program Alexander De Croo
- IMF head Kristalina Georgieva
- Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union Doreen Bogdan-Martin
- UNHCR chief Barham Salih
UN Secretary General António Guterres.Image: AP/AP
NGOs
Nearly 200 leaders from civil society and the social sector – including trade unions, non-governmental organizations and religious organizations, as well as experts and leaders from world-leading universities, research institutes and think tanks – will also take part in the meeting. Among other things:
- Oxfam boss Amitabh Behar
- Human Rights Watch boss Philippe Bolopion
- Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard
- International Red Cross General Secretary Jagan Chapagain
- WWF Director General Kirsten Schuijt
Oxfam boss Amitabh Behar.Image: keystone
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