• From left: Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Sultan Al Mansouri, the Minister of Economy, and Ali Majed Al Mansoori, the chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development and co-chair of the Summit on the Global Agenda, during the opening plenary. Courtesy World Economic Forum
    From left: Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Sultan Al Mansouri, the Minister of Economy, and Ali Majed Al Mansoori, the chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development and co-chair of the Summit on the Global Agenda, during the opening plenary. Courtesy World Economic Forum
  • Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, gives a speech during the opening plenary. Courtesy World Economic Forum
    Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, gives a speech during the opening plenary. Courtesy World Economic Forum
  • Above, participants during the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
    Above, participants during the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
  • Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, with former British prime minister Gordon Brown during the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
    Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, with former British prime minister Gordon Brown during the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
  • Former British prime minister Gordon Brown, left, and Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, during the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
    Former British prime minister Gordon Brown, left, and Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, during the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
  • Above, participants during the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
    Above, participants during the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
  • Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, joins participants in a brainstorming session at the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda that is being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
    Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, joins participants in a brainstorming session at the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda that is being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
  • Klaus Schwab, standing, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, joins participants in a brainstorming session at the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda that is being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
    Klaus Schwab, standing, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, joins participants in a brainstorming session at the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda that is being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
  • A participant discusses a point in one of the brainstorming sessions at the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda that is being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
    A participant discusses a point in one of the brainstorming sessions at the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda that is being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
  • Above, participants to the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda that is being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
    Above, participants to the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda that is being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
  • Above, one of the brainstorming sessions at the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda that is being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
    Above, one of the brainstorming sessions at the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda that is being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
  • A participant discusses a point in one of the brainstorming sessions at the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda that is being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum
    A participant discusses a point in one of the brainstorming sessions at the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda that is being held in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy World Economic Forum

Summit on the Global Agenda of the World Economic Forum in Abu Dhabi – in pictures


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Thought leaders from academia, business, civil society, international organisations and government gather in Abu Dhabi for this year’s Summit on the Global Agenda of the World Economic Forum.