MADRID Jan. 14 () –
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will once again attend the World Economic Forum, which will be held in the Swiss town of Davos between January 20 and 24, accompanied again by the Minister of Economy, Commerce and Business, Carlos Body, as well as of other members of the Executive, and where he will meet representatives of several of the main Spanish listed companies.
With his presence at the 55th edition of the Swiss conclave, Sánchez confirms himself as a regular at this annual meeting of the economic, social and political elite, in which in previous years he has participated as a speaker and has also taken the opportunity to meet with multinationals and investors. , as well as with the representatives of the Spanish companies present there.
The organization of the event indicates that the President of the Spanish Government will speak on January 22 at 10:15 a.m. in a colloquium on health and prosperity through prevention together with the CEO of Novartis, Vas Narasimhan; Adar C. Poonawalla, CEO of the Serum Institute of India; Peter Sands, director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF); and Sania Nishtar, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
That same day in the afternoon, the President of the Government will speak at an event on climate and nature in which Al Gore, who was vice president of the United States between 1993 and 2001, current president and co-founder of Generation Investment Management, will also participate; Muhammad Yunus, advisor to the Government of Bangladesh; Katherine Gao Haichun, co-president of Trina Solar; Andrew Forrest, CEO and founder of the mining company Fortescue; and Salil S. Parekh, CEO of Infosys.
In this sense, according to sources from Moncloa, consulted by Europa Press, the agenda for the 2025 meeting “is still being finalized”, although they indicated that it would be “in line with previous years.”
In addition to the Minister of Economy, the Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Sara Aagesen, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, will also attend Davos.
For his part, the governor of the Bank of Spain, José Luis Escrivá, plans to speak on Thursday, January 23 at an event together with the president of the New York Stock Exchange, Lynn Martin; TWC President Kathryn Koch; and William Ford, president and CEO of General Atlantic.
Apart from the Government representation, the Swiss town will also have the presence of Spanish business leaders such as Ana Botín, president of Banco Santander, over the next week; Carlos Torres, president of BBVA; José María Álvarez-Pallete, president and CEO of Telefónica; Ignacio Sánchez Galán, executive president of Iberdrola; Josu Jon Imaz, CEO of Repsol; and the president and CEO of Naturgy, Francisco Reynés.
Outside of the Ibex 35, the CEO of Moeve, Maarten Wetselaar, Belén Garijo, CEO of Merck, and Beatriz Martín Jiménez, head of the Non-Core & Legacy area and president of the EMEA region (Europe, East Nearby and Africa), as well as CEO of UBS for the United Kingdom; and Raquel Urtasun, founder and CEO of Waabi.
Other Spaniards with a notable presence at the 2025 World Economic Forum will be Teresa Ribera, who attends this year as executive vice president for a Clean, Fair and Competitive Transition of the European Commission; Nadia Calviño, president of the European Investment Bank (EIB); and Arancha González Laya, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation.
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Since its creation in 1971, the conclave, better known as the Davos Forum, aims to bring together annually senior executives from major global companies, heads of state, ministers, influential political figures, renowned academics, representatives of organizations, young people, as well as as well as representatives of technological innovation and civil society.
In its 2025 edition, the meeting is held under the motto “Collaboration for the intelligent era”, taking into account how converging technologies are rapidly transforming the world, and pushing us towards a turning point, “an era that goes much further beyond technology.”
As one of the highlights of the event, the organizers have confirmed that Donald Trump, president-elect of the United States, will speak in a virtual format, among around 3,000 leaders from more than 130 countries, including 60 heads of State and Government.
In this sense, in addition to Donald Trump and the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, the planned interventions of Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, stand out; Ding Xuexiang, vice president of China; Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany; Javier Milei, president of Argentina or Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine.
Among the representatives of international organizations, the participation of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is expected; Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); Mark Rutte, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Likewise, it is expected that the European Central Bank (ECB) will have the representation in Davos of Christine Lagarde, president of the institution, who will take part in a colloquium on January 22, in which Belén Garijo will also intervene, as well as in another event on January 24, together with Kristalina Georgieva and Laurence Fink, president and CEO of BlackRock.
“Despite divergent positions and great uncertainties, the 2025 Annual Meeting will foster a spirit of cooperation and constructive optimism with the aim of shaping the next Smart Era in a more sustainable and inclusive way,” said Klaus Schwab, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the World Economic Forum.
For his part, Borge Brende, president and executive director of the World Economic Forum, considers that this year’s edition is held at a time marked by “the highest level of global uncertainty than we have seen in a generation”, driven by tensions geopolitics, economic fragmentation and the acceleration of climate change.
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