Transcript of SpringBoard Activity 4.11. Group Assignment. You will now become an expert on one of the characters introduced in chapters 8 and 9; your job is to identify what is revealed about Chris McCandless via your particular comparison.
What people really mean when they say, âIâm going to Davos,â is actually that they are attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (or WEF) which takes place each winterâthis year, the 47 th meeting, will be Jan. 17-20âin Davos Switzerland, a usually sleepy ski town some 5,000 feet up in the Swiss Alps, about 90 miles southeast of Zurich.
American administrations regularly send representatives to Davos, but presidents often decline to attend. Ronald Reagan spoke to the forum via satellite as president, but Bill Clinton was the first to attend the summit in person who he traveled to Switzerland in 2000. Presidents George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Barack Obama never attended the meeting.