
What is Davos? Myths and facts about the World Economic Forum's Alpine summit
You see it in the news every year – very, very important people meet for a week in the Swiss ski resort of Davos. But what really goes on there?
Robin Pomeroy is in charge of the World Economic Forum's audio content and hosts the Forum's weekly flagship podcast Radio Davos. Before joining the Forum, Robin spent more than two decades at the global news agency Reuters, as a correspondent in Brussels, Rome and Tehran, and as a senior desk editor in London. He helped found the London-based media literacy charity The Charlotte Project, and taught journalism to Masters students at City, University of London. Robin is a fellow of the Knight Wallace Fellowship of journalists.
You see it in the news every year – very, very important people meet for a week in the Swiss ski resort of Davos. But what really goes on there?
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