Overview
- Organizers expect close to 3,000 participants, about 400 political leaders and roughly 850 CEOs, with more than 60 heads of state or government on site.
- President Donald Trump arrived with what WEF calls the largest U.S. delegation, as his escalating tariff threat tied to a U.S. push to take over Greenland dominates diplomatic conversations.
- Denmark’s government opted not to attend this week, underscoring tensions after Trump warned of tariffs on several European countries resisting a Greenland deal.
- India mounted one of its biggest delegations, led on the policy side by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and featuring multiple chief ministers; Maharashtra’s Devendra Fadnavis is pitching a $1 trillion state economy after citing ₹16 lakh crore in MoUs last year, and Assam is making a first appearance.
- WEF’s agenda tilts toward AI and growth under the theme “A Spirit of Dialogue,” with tech leaders such as Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis among the headline attendees, and Trump scheduled to speak Wednesday.