Yo-Yo Ma - Musical Perspectives on Global Cultures

Acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma brings together a world-class ensemble of master musicians, including from his award-winning Silk Road Ensemble, for a globe-spanning concert celebrating intercultural dialogue and trust. 

Yo-Yo Ma is joined by Sérgio and Odair Assad (Brazil), Sandeep Das (India), Johnny Gandelsman (USA), Cristina Pato (Spain), Kathryn Stott (UK) and Wu Tong (China) in a Silk Road collaboration.

Hilde Schwab - 22nd Annual Crystal Awards

The World Economic Forum's Crystal Award honours artists whose important contributions are improving the state of the world and who best represent the “spirit of Davos." 

• William Adams, Founder, I.Am.Angel Foundation, USA
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Actor, United Nations Messenger of Peace for Climate and Founder, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation - LDF, USA
• Olafur Eliasson, Artist, Studio Olafur Eliasson, Germany
• Yao Chen, Actress, Beijing Chen Xin Culture and Art Studio, People's Republic of China 

Chaired by Hilde Schwab, Chairperson and Co-Founder, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Switzerland

Klaus Schwab - Welcome Message at Davos 2016

Joe Biden - Cancer Moonshot: A Call to Action

US Vice-President Joe Biden convenes international leaders in cancer research, cancer treatment and data science to discuss potential opportunities to advance the pace of progress in the fight against cancer.

Chaired by Joseph R. Biden Jr, Vice-President of the United States of America 

Discussion Leaders:

• David B. Agus, Professor of Medicine and Engineering, USC Center for Applied Molecular Medicine, USA
• José Baselga, Physician-in-Chief and Chief Medical Officer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
• Elizabeth Blackburn, Professor, University of California, San Francisco, USA
• Francis S. Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health, USA
• Delos M. (Toby) Cosgrove, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Clinic, USA
• Jennifer Doudna, Professor of Chemistry and of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Paula T. Hammond, David H. Koch Professor in Engineering; Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
• Sylvia Mathews Burwell, US Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Bill McDermott, Chief Executive Officer, SAP, Germany
• Charles Sawyers, Chairman, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program (HOPP), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Women Equality = $12 Trillion in Global Growth

Improving economic parity between men and women can add $12 - 28 trillion in annual global GDP.

Creating the changes that will lead to gender parity

Creating the changes that will lead to gender parity | barriers to gender parity

Creating the changes that will lead to gender parity | 4 types of gender inequality

Creating the changes that will lead to gender parity | priorities for gender parity

Creating the changes that will lead to gender parity | working solutions for gender parity

Creating the changes that will lead to gender parity | addition to annual global GDP

Gender inequality is not only a pressing moral and social issue but also a critical economic challenge.

~Jonathan Woetzel et al

How advancing women’s equality can add $12 trillion to global growth

Jeff Immelt: Leadership with less Control

"The most important thing that happens with tenure is you just become more humble."

~Jeff Immelt
GE Chairman and CEO

Reference: GE’s Jeff Immelt on digitizing in the industrial space.

Jeff Immelt: The GE Store

"Leadership and education, one company strategy. We call all of that 'The GE Store'."

~Jeff Immelt
GE Chairman and CEO

Reference: GE’s Jeff Immelt on digitizing in the industrial space.