And now…?

Not everything is at it first appears: An artistic exhibit of Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning in Davos, using the controversial DNA phenotyping technology. Keystone

So I've arrived in Davos for another installment of the WEF annual meeting. This year the big question will be: "What happens next?"

What happens when intelligent robots start making a more noticeable impact on our everyday lives? What happens after the Paris COP21 climate accord? What happens when migrants and refugees move from one place to another in increasing numbers? What happens when democratic states have to take further steps against terrorism? 

And what happens when all this is going on against a backdrop of still unresolved issues from the financial crisis (high rates of unemployment, volatile currencies, volatile regions of the world and disappointing economic growth)?

There is a sense of uncertainty about the future. Just as the world readjusts to the new post-financial crisis world (and this is still happening), it is faced with a new set of game changing issues.

WEF Davos will never be able to find all the answers, but there will be a lot of opinions flying around over the next few days. If it does one thing, the WEF Davos summit provides a litmus test of what different stakeholders want the world to look like.

I’ll be following the debates and speaking to delegates at Davos all week. On Wednesday, German President Joachim Gauck will give his views on migration – bearing in mind that Chancellor Angela Merkel cancelled her Davos trip to deal with migration problems in Germany.