Fortieth World Economic Forum in Davos started

Today is the beginning of the fortieth World Economic Forum in Davos, where political and economic elite of the most developed countries will be the second year to discuss methods to combat the economic crisis. Note that the forum will visit the 2,500 participants - leaders of the world's largest companies, governments, international and nongovernmental organizations, renowned economists. Opening of the Forum will President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, which will call for tougher financial regulation. It is noteworthy that the leaders of the United States, Germany and Russia will not visit this time of Davos. Also, do not come this year in Switzerland and the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Among the representatives of big business the most famous actors will be CEO of the oil company BP, Tony Hayward, chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell, Peter Voser and CEO of Standard Chartered, Peter Sands. The Russian delegation was headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who will speak in the "History of the new growth", dedicated to discussion of the role of emerging markets in the world economy. In addition, Kudrin plans to talk about the post-crisis stage of economic development and to highlight the problem of attracting foreign direct investment. Among the most eminent representatives of Russian business forum will visit German Gref, the chairman of Vnesheconombank Vladimir Dmitriev, the owner of "Basic Element" Oleg Deripaska, the head of "RUSNANO" Anatoly Chubais, the owner of AFK "Sistema" Vladimir Yevtushenko, Chairman of the Board of Directors of "Troika Dialog" Ruben Vardanyan. It is noteworthy that in addition to economic, environmental and political issues and will focus on cinema - director James Cameron talk about the new cinema, which were used in "Avatar" - one of the most successful films of recent decades.