The event engages the world's top leaders in collaborative activities to shape the global, regional and industry agendas at the beginning of each year, and the Forum's mission is to improve the state of the world.
At the core of the WEF's DNA is the stakeholder concept: no institution or individual alone can address the economic environmental, social and technological challenges of a complex, interdependent world. The Forum has had a single guiding vision for the past 50 years: to be the platform where business, government, international organisations, civil society and academia can act together to achieve a global impact.