“Collaboration for the Intelligent Age” is the title of the 2025 World Economic Forum that will begin on 20 January in the Swiss town of Davos. For the following four days, this theme will be addressed by taking into consideration five “distinct but highly interconnected” thematic priorities: rebuilding trust, reimagining growth, investing in people, safeguarding the planet, and industries in the intelligent age. As usual, according to the organisers, 3,000 leaders from over 130 countries and 350 politicians, including 60 heads of state and government from all key regions, are expected to attend. The long list of attendees includes European leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Roberta Metsola; Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang; Argentina’s President Javier Milei; the Prime Ministers of Germany, Spain, Armenia, Belgium, Egypt, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Sweden; and the Presidents of South Africa, Azerbaijan, Congo, Iraq, Poland, and Serbia. Also attending the event are the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Mohammed Mustafa, and US President Donald Trump, who will join via live video link. “If the gulf between hopes and fears was in stark evidence last year, the context for Davos 2025 is no less conflicted”, the organisers explained. “Geo-economic uncertainty, trade tensions, cultural polarization, and climate anxiety are rumbling but there’s also the promise of rapid innovation” driven by AI, quantum computing, and biotech, which has the potential “to boost productivity and living standards”.