He started the World Economic Forum in Davos.

In Davos, Switzerland January 28, opened the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), which is considered one of the world's leading platforms to meet businessmen and politicians. The fact that negotiations on the forum has already begun, reports AFP.
The main theme of the forum will become a world financial crisis and recession, which has already entered the world, including U.S. and Japan. Under the slogan event, participants will be required to discuss the formation of post-World ( "Shaping the Post-Crisis World").
Planned that the formal part of the forum will open the opening speech, Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin and Head of the Government of China Wen Jiabao. The Forum will visit the British and Japanese prime ministers Gordon Brown and Taro Aso, as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
This forum should be the most representative of its history. Participation in the event will be nearly 1600 business people and 41 head of the rank of president or prime minister.
In 2007, the Forum took place from 23 to 27 January. The head of the Russian delegation was the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin.