Online davos | will look at the agenda today? What are those?

Online davos | will look at the agenda today? What are those?

The following heads of State and Government and leaders of international organizations will deliver the special address today:

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa;

European Commission President von der Leyen;

German Chancellor Angela Merkel;

French President Emmanuel Macron.

Simultaneous interpretation of the special address is available in Arabic, English, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.

Recommended viewing sessions for today:

Practice the stakeholder philosophy

This leadership seminar will explore how business leaders disclose non-financial information about their companies and how investors and governments can work together to promote stakeholder ideas in the region.

Simultaneous interpretation in Chinese, English and Japanese is provided

Reassessing business risk and building resilience in the post-pandemic era

In addition to pandemics, the increasing frequency and severity of a range of catastrophic risks makes building resilience a critical mission for corporate leadership. What are the best corporate practices and cross-industry partnerships that can help respond to future catastrophic shocks in a more sustainable and proactive way?

Strengthen the financial and monetary system

Governments responded quickly to the coronavirus outbreak with fiscal and monetary support, while easing some regulatory requirements for financial institutions. ?

This leaders' seminar assesses the health of the financial system, identifies the potential financial risks of these interventions, and explores how industries and governments can work together in 2021 to improve the resilience of key financial institutions.

Simultaneous interpretation in Chinese, English and Japanese is provided

Instruct the board to focus on the long term

Shareholders and stakeholders are putting pressure on companies and their boards to take a responsible approach to financial performance and focus on the long-term health of the business and the environment. What practical steps can company leaders take to create a more multi-stakeholder business world?

Reshaping global value chains in the post-pandemic era

The pandemic is accelerating changes in the way global value chains work, with unprecedented impacts on manufacturing and supply chains. What policies, initiatives and partnerships are needed to reshape value chains that are more sustainable, inclusive and resilient?

Practicing the stakeholder philosophy in the Middle East and North Africa

The region's GDP is expected to contract by 5.2% in 2020, with the twin shocks of the pandemic and falling oil prices likely to reverse the region's development and further expose its inherent vulnerabilities, from worsening youth unemployment to mounting environmental challenges. What policies, practices and partnerships contribute to the implementation of the stakeholder philosophy in the region?

Adopting climate adaptation initiatives,

Building a more resilient social and economic system

The COVID-19 pandemic has tragically exposed many of the risks facing humanity, exacerbated by climate crises such as increasingly frequent extreme storms, droughts, heat waves, food crises and disease. What policies, practices and partnerships help integrate climate adaptation measures into corporate and government strategies?

To vaccinate all of humanity:

From mass production to last mile delivery

Vaccine developers expect to have enough doses for more than a third of the world's population by the end of 2021. Against this backdrop, countries are facing "unprecedented logistics challenges" in shipping, storage, refrigeration, communications and vaccination. What policies, practices and partnerships have helped produce and administer COVID-19 vaccines to nearly 8 billion people?

Promote innovation in manufacturing to promote economic growth

While pandemic lockdowns and demand shocks are undermining the economic progress made in recent decades, manufacturing companies are emerging with a unique opportunity to reinvent themselves and become an engine of economic growth. What policies, practices, and partnerships help transform operations and business models to increase productivity while creating new value for the enterprise, society, and the ecological environment?