(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
DOHA: H E Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, Minister of Commerce and Industry, attended the opening session of the 49th edition of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Minister is scheduled to participate in a number of sessions organized within the framework of the WEF, and will hold meetings with Ministers and senior government officials from participating countries, in addition to representatives of international organizations and private sector institutions. The meetings will take place on the sidelines of the forum.
Al Kuwari also met with his Omani counterpart on the sidelines of the WEF.
About 65 heads of state and leaders of 40 international organizations along with business executives, politicians, Ministers, academics, technology pioneers, representatives of civil society organizations, and intellectuals will participate in the forum.
This year's edition of the World Economic Forum, titled 'Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution features 350 sessions and seminars to discuss a number of key topics including geopolitics in a multipolar world, the future of the economy, industry systems and technology policy, risk resilience to promote systems thinking to radically improve the collective and integrated management of the key environmental systems, development of human capital and society and global institutional reform.
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