To the young people here today, let me hope that you too will go forth, one day, inspired to help change the world.

UN: Secretary-General

When companies such as Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter started off, were the founders aware from day one that they may change the world?

FORBES: By all means.

The declared aim of Davos is rather to share ideas, to inspire change, to give the leaders the ammunition they will need once they leave this secluded alpine valley and return to the real world, ready to change things, bit by bit, until hopefully, one day, the world has become a better place.

BBC: Davos 2013: 'Dynamic resilience' in a volatile world