Forum for the ninth consecutive year.

The group includes Premier Pamela Gordon, Finance Minister Grant Gibbons, Mid Ocean Reinsurance Company president and CEO Michael Butt, Milligan-Whyte and Smith senior partner Lynda Milligan-Whyte, XL Insurance Company president and CEO Brian O'Hara and Bank of Bermuda president and CEO Henry Smith.

This year's conference, entitled Priorities for the 21st Century, begins in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday.

Government, business, academia and media leaders from nearly every country of the world attend the annual meeting to discuss issues connected to the global economy.

The Bermuda delegation will also seek new business opportunities for Bermuda's international business community through a variety of personal contacts and at a private dinner for a select group of delegates.

Highlights of the Premier's attendance at this year's conference will include: her nomination and acceptance as a member of the Forum's prestigious Global Leaders for Tomorrow Group; her participation in a session entitled Networking Women; and being the guest of honour at a dinner featuring North American leaders.