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World Economic Forum 2008

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Blogging Davos

  • Tim Weber
  • 18 Jan 08, 05:32 PM

Welcome to our second ever blog from the World Economic Forum in Davos. This year my fellow bloggers will be the 大象传媒鈥檚 business editor Robert Peston, our economics editor Evan Davis, and 大象传媒 business presenter Declan Curry.

We want to give you a good feel for what鈥檚 happening at this annual meeting of the world鈥檚 movers and shakers: the big stories; the mood music, and what it鈥檚 like when 2,000 top business leaders and politicians pack into a narrow valley in the Swiss Alps.

This annual meeting of the World Economic Forum may well be less glitzy and glamorous than in previous years - but it will be one of the more interesting.

A year ago many economists in Davos were oozing economic confidence. Yes, there were a few wrinkles here or there, but the global 鈥淕oldilocks economy鈥 鈥 neither too hot nor too cold 鈥 was set to continue on its upward path.

Twelve months on we have a credit crunch and the economic train is close to derailing. Banks are poring over their books to track down assets that have gone bad; governments worry about a possible banking crisis; and bosses whisper the 鈥渞鈥 word 鈥 recession 鈥 and wonder whether financial markets will continue to provide their companies with much-needed credit.

But are things really that bad? Here in Davos we will hear from plenty of companies that are set for growth, and meet technology pioneers at the cutting edge of innovation. We will also find out how whether global leaders have strategies to tackle the economic and political volatility.

And we鈥檒l have some fun watching the world鈥檚 most powerful networkers in action.

Join us here on our Davos blog 鈥 and check out our . Compare them to the blog and we did in 2007.

And don鈥檛 miss out on the , which tracks Davos blog posts from around the world.

It will be fun.

Comments   Post your comment

  • 1.
  • At 01:49 PM on 23 Jan 2008,
  • Uwe wrote:

A word from the alternative opinions, voices and happenings to the WEF? Where are the voices of the rest of the planet?

It's the voices of those who don't have as much in terms of power and capital to show for. It's only the majority of the worlds population... millions of voices who want to be heard... will there be a place for them to speak and who want to listen and cares? That is of course without preemptive police strikes on the streets against those who want to be heard.

I wonder how able are those up there in the swiss mountains with all their fancy jets, cars, homes, jobs and a collective Billions of Euros in their pockets...

Do not forget that only a handful of them are democratically elected and even fewer do care for what is going on in the streets...

  • 2.
  • At 08:13 PM on 23 Jan 2008,
  • sean doherty wrote:

I Think its about time to inject a bit of humour into this whole stock market crash thing,So whats the difference between a recession and a depression ? the answer is a recession is when your best friend gets laid off from his job and a depression is when you get laid off .I Think people should focus on the real issues that affect all the people living on this planet,starvation global warming too name but a few, peace and love is all we need not the devil incarnate pulling the strings in these financial places holding all the power .

  • 3.
  • At 03:09 PM on 25 Jan 2008,
  • Phillip wrote:

Dear Breakfast Team

I am just writing with a bit of feed back about your annual coverage of the economic convention in Davos!

Every single year we see pictures of a chubby 大象传媒 journalist frolicking around in the snow, whilst the economic leaders of the world are located indoors discussing matters which are important for the future of the world economy.

I feel it is necessary to point out to the breakfast team that snow in Davos is not a news story. It would more accurately be described as 鈥楾he Weather鈥

The real news stories are happening indoors, and don鈥檛 involve woolly hats, scarves, snowboards or sledges. So I fail to see why these items are so dominant every year in your coverage of the convention.

2008 is looking like it could be a critical year for the world economy so I鈥檓 reasonably sure it would be easy for your Journalist, I believe you call him Declan to find an interesting story to cover, without having to degrade himself and your news coverage by rolling around in snow. Which I repeat has very little to do with the issues the conventions is covering.

If I am missing the relevance of the constant reference to snow each year please let me know.

Regards

Phillip B Atkinson

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