Summary of key take-aways from Davos, 2021

The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum ('Davos 2021') took place virtually between 25 and 29 of January 2021. This year´s event focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of global collaboration, and the need to rebuild trust and to make bold and transformative choices today to face the urgent economic, environmental, social and technological challenges.

This is not an official document of the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (R&I). We provide you with a 1-page summary of some of the sessions of direct relevance for R&I. This is our own selection of key figures and statements made in the discussions.

Contributors: Lukas Borunsky, Ana Correia and Ruzica Rakic.