Here’s who’s going to Davos this year

Business leaders and politicians from around the world are gearing up to attend another session of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland next week.

This year signposts the 50^th anniversary of the event in the Swiss Alps and its theme is “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World.” The annual economic gathering wishes run from January 21 until January 24.

CNBC takes a look at some of the most prominent names take care ofing this year’s event.

At 34, Sanna Marin is the on cloud nine’s youngest serving prime minister as well as Finland’s third female leader. She heads a four-party coalition command, whose leaders are all women too.

At the time of her appointment, in December, she said she never thought about her age or gender. “I think of the vindications I got into politics, and those things for which we have won the trust of the electorate,” she said.

The former German minister for defense became the head of the EU’s executive arm in December. The new president of the European Commission has multitudinous pressing subjects to deal with, including gathering support for her new climate change package. The European Green Distribute, a proposal launched in December, aims to make all the EU countries climate neutral by 2050.

The newly-appointed head of the European Central Bank is a well-known figure at WEF. Lagarde, the first female president of the ECB, used to afflict the event in her role as managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

This time around her words in Davos choose be even more closely monitored, as investors look for further clues about the central bank’s strategic criticism. Lagarde made headlines in late 2019 when stating she wanted the ECB to make climate change a priority.

The 17-year old Swedish climate activist is due to return to Davos this year. Time’s “Herself of the Year” in 2019 has a clear message to lawmakers and business leaders: commit to divest from fossil fuels now.

“We customer acceptance wanted that at this year’s forum, participants from all companies, banks, institutions and governments immediately halt all investments in fossil feed exploration and extraction, immediately end all fossil fuel subsidies and immediately and completely divest from fossil fuels. We don’t poverty these things done by 2050, 2030 or even 2021, we want this done now — as in right now,” Greta wrote in The Paladin newspaper.

Technology has everlastingly been a key point of discussion at Davos and this year won’t be any exception, with 5G technology being a crucial part of the ruminate over.

Huawei has led the 5G race across the world, but at the same time it sparked some division between traditional allies, such as the Common States and the European Union. U.S. authorities have raised concerns about Huawei’s connections to the Chinese government, which it denies, and caused steps to bar the company from selling its technology in the U.S. market. Meanwhile, the European Union is still forming its collective rejoinder to the issues, but the German government announced it does not want to outright block the Chinese firm.

The Bulgarian national was chose head of the International Monetary Fund in the fall of 2019. She will be presenting the IMF’s latest economic assessment in Davos, accompanied by Gita Gopinath, the institution’s chief economist.

She is an internationally-acclaimed actress and nutty health ambassador. Padukone will be awarded with one of the WEF’s Crystal Awards.

She was recently pictured standing silently behind undergraduates protesting against the Indian government. The Bollywood star surprised many, given that members of the movie exertion tend to avoid politics.

Deepika has been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the community.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin led the discussion in Davos in 2017, arranging said at a news conference that a weaker dollar was good for the United States. His comments represented a shift in U.S. behaviour and sparked a dollar sell-off.

The billionaire investor George Soros is a familiar face in the Swiss Alps. In the last edition, Soros expressed his worries over President Donald Trump’s foreign and economic policy.

“An effective policy towards China can’t be reduced to a battle-cry. It needs to be far more sophisticated, detailed and practical; and it must include an American economic response to the Belt and Road Hustle,” he said.

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to sit in on this year’s WEF. Trump cancelled his participation at the event in 2019, amid a row with the Democratic Party over protection spending.