Question : WEF shifts annual meeting 2021 from Davos to —
(a) Lucerne
(b) Basel
(c) Bern
(d) Zurich
Answer (a)
Related facts
- WEF shifts annual meeting 2021 from Davos to Lucerne.
- Detailed information
- The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday(7 October 2020) said it will hold its Annual Meeting 2021 in Lucerne-Burgenstock, Switzerland, from May 18 to 21, as against the traditional venue of ski resort town Davos in January-end.
- The change in schedule and venue was necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
- The Annual Meeting 2021 in Lucerne-Burgenstock will be held around the theme of ‘The Great Reset’.
- The meeting will focus on the solutions required to address the world’s most pressing challenges.
WEF(World Economic Forum)
- The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation
- The WEF hosts an annual meeting at the end of January in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland.
- The WEF was founded in 1971 by Klaus Schwab, a business professor at the University of Geneva.
- First named the European Management Forum, it changed its name to the World Economic Forum in 1987 and sought to broaden its vision to include providing a platform for resolving international conflicts.
By — Pankaj Pandey.
Link:
https://www.weforum.org/press/2020/10/annual-meeting-2021-to-take-place-in-lucerne-burgenstock