We have reached out to our global audience for a diverse set of voices to bring different perspectives to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017.

This campaign is now closed. We have received hundreds of applications from around the world with different perspectives on the challenges facing the world as we head into 2017.

We are working our way through these applications to identify those with the most positive and engaging perspectives to include in video and live chat events throughout the meeting.  

If you have any questions about this campaign, please submit them below.

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The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017 in Davos-Klosters, January 17-20, will take place at a critical time for global affairs. Now, more than ever, it is crucial for the global leaders in Davos to hear and respond to the diverse challenges faced by people across the globe.

The theme of the Annual Meeting 2017 is Responsive and Responsible Leadership, and we will be focusing on five topics crucial for improving the state of the world in the year ahead:

1. Preparing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The convergence of technology and humanity will have a greater and longer-lasting impact on the future of workers and economies than many other economic issues. How can we brace ourselves for the coming whirlwind of change?

2. Strengthening the governance of globalization and international collaboration: Many of our global systems for cooperation between countries and stakeholders were built for a bygone era. How can we build a dynamic and inclusive system to help manage the effects of globalization?

3. Revitalizing global economic growth: Permanently lower levels of economic growth translate into permanently lower living standards. At the same time, billions of new jobs are needed to keep up with demographic changes over the next few decades, and we need to finance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the global fight against climate change. How can we reinvigorate our economies to meet these challenges?

4. Reforming market capitalism: Short-term thinking, self-interested behaviours and corruption are putting the compact between business and society at risk. How can we build on the energizing and entrepreneurial aspects of market capitalism, while redirecting it away from its worst excesses?

5. Developing positive identities through new narratives: Globalization has made the world smaller and more complicated, and many have lost confidence in institutions, and even in their own future. How can we inspire optimism and trust in the future? How can we show what can be achieved based on constructive steps to build a better future?