Top Labour Leaders include Sharan Burrow, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Australia, and President of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
Personalities from the cultural world coming to Davos include Bono, Musician, DATA (Debt, AIDS and Trade in Africa), United Kingdom; Paulo Coelho, Author, Brazil; Peter B. Gabriel, Musician, Real World, United Kingdom; Angelina Jolie, UN Refugee Ambassador, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva.
Representatives of the world's media will also be represented at the Annual Meeting, with 15% of the participants drawn from media organizations around the world. Media representatives will have access to every session at the Annual Meeting. Additionally, this year the Forum will invite every participant to join its weblog and will be podcasting key sessions. As in previous years, more than 40 sessions will be webcast.
For the first time ever, the World Economic Forum will integrate sports leaders into the Annual Meeting. The Forum is providing a platform to the most important sports leaders to discuss issues on the global agenda. Sessions will consider sport's role as a tool for development, key for economic growth and an unquestionable socio-political actor.
Some of the participants include: Joseph Blatter, President, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA); Jacques Rogge, President, International Olympic Committee (IOC); Larry Scott, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, WTA Tour; David Stern, Commissioner, National Basketball Association (NBA); Muhammad Ali, Former Heavyweight-Boxing Champion; Edson Arantes (Pelé) Nascimento, World Cup Soccer Champion; and Ernesto Bertarelli, President of Alinghi and Navigator, Winner of the America's Cup 2003.
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