First World Economic Forum

At his first WEF as a Federal Councillor, Alain Berset focuses his talks on health, education and research. With John Dalli, European Commissioner for Health, he reviews the health issues between Switzerland and the EU; Dalli confirms the one-year extension of the agreement between the European Medicines Agency and Swissmedic, and accepts an invitation to a working visit.

With Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO, who has just been reappointed, he reaffirms Switzerland’s support for the organisation and its reforms, and the role of International Geneva. He also meets the Director-General of CERN, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, together with the presidents of the two Federal Institutes of Technology, Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, and the Indian Minister of State for Science and Technology.

Thursday 26 January 2012 — Davos

• Meeting with Raymond J. Baxter, President of Kaiser Permanente International
• Meeting with John Dalli, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy
• Meeting with Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO
• Meeting with Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director-General of CERN, in the presence of the presidents of ETH Zurich and EPFL
• Meeting with Pierre-François Unger, member of the Geneva cantonal government

Friday 27 January 2012 — Davos

• Meeting with Nicole Schwab, co-founder of the Gender Equality Project
• Meeting with Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women
• Meeting with Ashwani Kumar, Indian Minister of State for Science and Technology

Sources

• Federal Council, press release of 27.01.2012
• Federal Council, press release of 24.01.2012