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your majesty your Highnesses Vice
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President Joe Biden what great pleasure
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to have you here I have the honor to
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introduce you more formally tomorrow dr.
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Biden friends members of the World
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Economic Forum what incredible community
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again and I have sir pressure to welcome
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you on behalf of C managing board that
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here particularly of my colleague Howell
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who has a responsibility for this
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meeting and I'm not counting security
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and the 2,400 people who are here plus
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Robert who go to make your life
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efficient and enjoyable we are here
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leaders from all walks of life political
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leaders business leaders our partners
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and our members but also I would like to
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welcome C representatives of civil
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society particularly also say young
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people we feel with the median age of 27
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in the world young people have to be
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engaged so I welcome particularly our
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young local leaders our global shapers
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and our social entrepreneurs please
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for the first time we have even a
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younger a global shaper as one of our
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co-chairs welcome of course we know that
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this meeting is very much in the public
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eye we welcomes the public engagement
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and we welcomes the media here and see
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Sweeting is animated by the best minds
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in the world so a special welcome to the
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heads of all you will attend our
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councils to also spur alliant people who
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are here among us we are to community
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and Babbage is not just an event it's
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not just a conference it is the
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experience and I have three wishes when
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you leave the first wish I hope you have
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have made many friends here and friends
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particularly for Mazel countries which
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building second I hope said you go home
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with one transformative idea not just
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for your company but for yourself and
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finally I hope you go home and you are
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as myself and all my colleagues
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convinced such a future of our small
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global village can only be well managed
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if says as much dialogue collaboration
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and cooperation now I would like to
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invite my partner and actually is a
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chair of our partner organizations about
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arts forum to take the place here
