The 44th WEF annual meeting is bringing together more than 2,500 leaders , thinkers and public figures . Speakers range from Manuel Barroso , Christine Lagarde , Ban Ki Moon , Bill Gates to Matt Damon and Goldie Hawn . As for the United States , much of 2013 's focus was on the debt ceiling and October 's government shut-down . In the past few days there have been a number of protests against the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The 44th WEF annual meeting is bringing together more than 2,500 leaders , thinkers and public figures . Speakers range from Manuel Barroso , Christine Lagarde , Ban Ki Moon , Bill Gates to Matt Damon and Goldie Hawn . In the past few days there have been a number of protests against the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.