Nine-strong Commission to take part in World Economic Forum

The European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, will participate in this year’s World Economic Forum, due to take place in Davos, Switzerland, later this week.

The Research Commissioner will be joined by eight of colleagues in the College of Commissioners, including First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, who will represent President Jean-Claude Juncker; High Representative Federica Mogherini; Vice-President for the Energy Union, Maroš Šefčovič; Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, Valdis Dombrovskis; and Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, Jyrki Katainen. The European Research Council and its president, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, will also participate in a series of events at the forum.

Also participating are 2,500 leaders, including the heads of 1,000 of the world’s largest and most successful businesses, heads of state or government from the G20 group and other nations, the heads of the world’s foremost international organisations alongside leaders from civil society, labour unions, the world’s major religions, media and the Arts.

This year’s four-day conference takes place under the theme ‘The New Global Context’ and reflects the period of profound political, economic, social and technological change that the world has entered.