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The World Economic Forum’s conference in Davos, Switzerland welcomed unusually large delegations from many universities, including Harvard, which sent a number of senior administrators and well-known professors.
University President Drew G. Faust was joined by Harvard Kennedy School Dean David T. Ellwood, Harvard School of Public Health Dean Julio Frenk, and Graduate School of Design Dean Mohsen Mostafavi at the conference last weekend, which ended on Sunday.
On Friday, Harvard faculty members held their own discussion panel at the conference, focusing on issues in healthcare. Panel members included such notables as Ellwood, Frenk, School of Public Health professor David E. Bloom, Design School professor Toshiko Mori, and Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter, along with Faust...
“MIT has been going to Davos since the start of the conference,” Richards said. “It seemed to me that we sent more faculty than we ever have.”
Founded in 1971, the World Economic Forum hosts several conferences every year, including its flagship event in Davos where business political, and academic leaders are invited to discuss pressing global issues. This year, the conference focused on topics such as health care, climate change, and the state of the world...