As in the past 3 years, I attended the Open Forum of the WEF this year again. My posts on the topics covered are in the “politics” category of my blog.
It was fun and as always, a very entertaining weekend. Novalis, a student friend of mine, and I had a Suite at the Hotel Europe right on the Promenade in Davos.
Usually you get to meet cool people at their piano bar. Two years ago, when we were there, Arthur Andersen had an invitation only cigars & jazz event we snook in to… 😉 This year it was open to the public, by the time we got there.
I was great fun mingling among people like former Swiss ambassador to Germany, Thomas Borer, who was accompanied by Victor Vexelberg, one of the Russian oligarchs, who is now increasingly based in Switzerland.
Also standing next to Google’s Eric Schmidt, while entering the Davos Casino, and seeing him sent away, as he wasn’t carrying his passport with him, was kinda fun. Imagine a casino sending away one of the worlds most influential persons, because he could not present proper ID… 😉
A great chat with a guy from the US Homeland Security Department, while having Fondue at a local Chalet was another unforgetable chat and allowed a new view on the current events in the middle east.
If you ever have time in January to attend, you should definitely plan a nice week of skiing vacation in Davos and while doing so, visit the WEF, you’ll really enjoy it!