On Tuesday, January 22 at 2 P.M. CET, Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron will participate in a discussion on contemporary challenges to a free press. The session titled “Media Freedom in Crisis,” will be moderated by Stephen J. Adler, Editor-in-Chief of Reuters. Other participants will include Aleksander Vučić, President of Serbia; Matthew Caruana Galizia, Director of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation; and Tinatin Kandelaki, General Producer of Russia’s Match TV.
Economics Correspondent Heather Long will moderate a conversation on Wednesday, January 23 at 4 P.M. CET titled “Making Digital Globalization Inclusive.” Panelists include Michael Dell, founder of Dell Technologies; Keith Block, CEO of Salesforce, Michael Froman, Vice Chairman and President of Strategic Growth of Mastercard; Gayle Smith, former USAID administrator; and other top business and development leaders.
Long will also moderate a discussion on modernizing taxation systems titled “Rethinking Taxes: Creating a Fair and Balanced System” on Thursday, January 24 at 3:30 P.M. CET. Panelists for the discussion include Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance of Ireland; Mark Pieth, Chairman of the Basel Institute of Governance and others. The discussion will be webcast here [weforum.org] [1].
Additionally, Foreign Affairs Reporter Ishaan Tharoor will write from Davos about the major themes emerging at the conference and their context for his daily newsletter, Today’s Worldview. Sign up here [2] to receive the newsletter. Readers can also follow Long’s on-the-scene reporting for the latest news and discussions from the forum.
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