Overview
- Organizers say more than 3,000 participants and at least 64 heads of state or government will attend, including six of the seven G7 leaders.
- President Donald Trump will attend with the largest-ever American delegation, including at least five Cabinet secretaries such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, alongside envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
- This year’s theme is “A Spirit of Dialogue,” with sessions centered on Ukraine, the Gaza conflict and developments in Latin America, including Venezuela.
- Financial Times reporting says G7 leaders plan to join an anticipated Jan. 21 sidelines meeting between Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky to seek U.S. backing for security guarantees, a plan not yet formally confirmed.
- Top corporate figures are set to appear, with AI leaders like Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella joining a renewed contingent of major oil CEOs, while China’s delegation will be led by Vice Premier He Lifeng.