Tony Abbott goes on world stage at Davos G20 leaders summit: Prime Minister Tony Abbott hopes the meeting in 2014 can help world leaders strengthen the global economy. Prime Minister Tony Abbott will rub shoulders with about 40 multinational chief executives and captains of industry in a dinner in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday morning, Australian time. Australia took over the presidency of the Group of 20 major economies in December and Mr Abbott, still relatively unknown on the world stage, would be hoping to use the three-day World Economic Forum in Davos to highlight his government's economic reform agenda. He warned he did not want the G20 leaders summit in Brisbane in November to be a talkfest and said on Sunday before leaving Australia it was "critically important that the G20 isn't simply a gathering of world leaders, but rather a year in which leaders can make a practical difference towards building a stronger and more prosperous global economy." British Prime Minister David Cameron. It's my intention to showcase Australia, to argue for the policies of the new government and do my best to ensure that Australia is seen as an attractive place to invest and do business. The guest list for the dinner Mr Abbott will address includes the chief executives of multinational firms including KPMG, DuPont, BT Group, Royal Dutch Shell, ArcelorMittal, Dow Chemical and Russia's VTB Bank. The annual Davos get-together is a who's who of prime ministers and presidents, including Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and British Prime Minister David Cameron - both of whom have meetings pencilled in with Mr Abbott - as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Wesfarmers' Richard Goyder, who chairs the B20 business taskforce, Telstra's David Thodey and Fortescue Metals' Nev Power are among the Australians chief executives at the event. On Thursday night Mr Abbott will deliver a keynote address titled "Australia's vision for the G20."