WEF founder Klaus Schwab's bid to inspire Davos

22 January 2013 Last updated at 21:52 ET Help

The founder of the World Economic Forum has called for ideas that go "beyond crisis management", at the start of the 2013 event in Davos.

Klaus Schwab was speaking at the Forum's Crystal Award ceremony.

Presidents, prime ministers and other government officials are gathering at the resort in Switzerland for five days of discussions with captains of industry, bank bosses and heads of non-governmental organisations.

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