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Some of the world's most powerful people are in the Swiss ski resort of Davos for the last full day of the annual World Economic Forum. This year's event is called Shared Norms for the New Reality. The BBC will be bringing you minute-by-minute coverage, analysis from our team of correspondents, and your reactions.
0850: Session on cyber attacks at #davos: "the problems are enormously expensive and much worse than most people recognise", tweets the BBC's Tim Weber.
0840: Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, says we have never before faced problems of the scale seen in the recent global crisis.
0839: Davos congress centre quiet this morning. world's most powerful ppl hung over, tweets The Observer's Andrew Clark.
0836: Delegates watch a video presentation from Dr Muhammad Yunus, founder of microcredit finance and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. He sas he hopes to see a move towards "social business" ideas and away from individual, or self-centred, economic aims.
0835: Carlos Ghosn, chief executive and president of Renault-Nissan Alliance, says it used to be rare for non-citizens to be in charge of national flagship companies, but that this is no longer the case. He also says the role of women at the top of major business corporations is increasing.
0830: Chinese economist lists Chinese provinces little known in the West, and how much larger each is than various Western economies, tweets the BBC's Tim Weber , who has been to a breakfast briefing on China's economy.
0828: 45% of participants think China might face relevant financial crisis within the next 5 years. I see myself as part of the other 55%, tweets businessman and entrepreneur Andy Freire from Davos. Later this morning there'll be a session on China's Image Abroad.
0826: Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, tells Davos delegates that the concerns of the 20th century - to offer people a stable living wage - had been lost, and that this is part of the reason for the recent troubles in Tunisia.
0821: The first session of the day on Creating Shared Norms has just kicked off. Speakers include European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn. Watch it live on the WEF website here.
0814: Good morning and welcome back to our live coverage of the last full day of the World Economic Forum at the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. We will be updating this page throughout the day, bringing you insights from BBC correspondents, some of your emails, tweets (hashtag: #davos), and the best of the blogs. As ever, we would love to hear what you make of developments at this year's summit. If you missed yesterday's coverage, you can catch up here.
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