But as Cryan prepared to attend the high-profile gathering he faced criticism from Germany's minister for economic affairs, Sigmar Gabriel, for blaming speculators for the dive in the bank's shares to 30-year lows.
On Saturday night, a high-profile gathering formed alongside a vegetable patch in Staatsburg, N.Y., not far from Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, where a wall was covered in photographs recently taken by Annie Leibovitz.
Mrs. Clinton's distance from the health care initiative, figuratively and literally — she will be in Brussels on Thursday when Mr. Obama begins his effort to overhaul the system with a high-profile gathering of experts — underscores how the Obama White House is grappling with the cloud that still lingers over the Clinton plan 15 years after it imploded.
The report by the World Economic Forum – best known for its high-profile gathering each year in Davos, Switzerland – found that economic disparity between women and men around the world was rising even though the gap was closing on other measures, such as education.
This month the 25th anniversary of the high point of the movement the massive nationwide strikes and demonstrations of August 8th, known as "8888"—was marked in the new, open, reformed Myanmar by a high-profile gathering in Yangon, formerly Rangoon, the biggest city.
Beijing is currently hosting a high-profile gathering of world leaders from the Asia-Pacific bloc of countries.
The transition team has thrown a spotlight on the high-profile gathering because it wants to show that Obama has a steady hand on the economy, that he's listening to all sides and that he's seeking advice from well-respected leaders with significant experience in government and business.
Abbas condemned the kidnapping, not just for Israeli and US ears but also the Arab world, as he "delivered [his comments] at a high-profile gathering of Muslim and Arab officials in Saudi Arabia".
He has passed up high-profile gatherings like a recent conservative conference in favor of events back home.
Mr. McCain has come under fire for not attending two high-profile gatherings of conservatives in the past two weeks, and the sponsor of one of them, the Club for Growth, issued a report attacking his effort to present himself as a fiscal conservative by recalling his opposition to the tax cuts.
Beyond the high-profile selfies, we also get to vicariously experience the World Cup, concerts, and other high-profile gatherings through the visual exuberance of millions of "regular people" from around the world, rather than having our window onto the event curated by the aesthetics and storytelling of professional photographers.
