Abeygoonasekara to attend World Economic Forum meeting

Executive Director of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies and Young Global Leader of World Economic Forum Asanga Abeygoonasekara will attend the Annual Meeting 2013 of the World Economic Forum in Davos -Klosters, Switzerland.

Asanga Abeygoonasekara

The World Economic Forum is strictly by invitation only with 2,600 participants representing over 100 countries. The roll call includes CEOs and representatives from the world's biggest corporations; politicians and heads of state from the G20 and other key countries; technology innovators; social entrepreneurs; philanthropists and media companies.

Abeygoonasekara will be the only Sri Lankan Young Global Leader attending from Colombo for the 2013 conference, where leaders from different spheres of the world are coming for this prestigious gathering,

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and David Cameron will be among this year's distinguished gathering. The Forum is a platform to address the pressing issues that threaten the world order and identify solutions to these challenges. This year's theme is "Resilient Dynamism" which in the context of today's economic conditions is timely topic.

As Professor Klaus Schwab founder of the Economic forum commented " Future growth in this new context requires dynamism - bold vision and even bolder action. Either attribute - resilience or dynamism - alone is insufficient as leadership in 2013 will require both, thus the theme of 'Resilient Dynamism'."

The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas for the last four decade.