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Tuesday 23rd Jun

8:00
AI Everywhere, Not at Once

08:30 - 09:30 GMT+8

How can technology be harnessed for outcomes in the real economy?

AI Everywhere, Not at Once

Roli Agrawal, Stephen Engle, Feng Junlan, Jonas Prising, Xue Lan

Resisting Autarky

08:30 - 09:30 GMT+8

How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

Resisting Autarky

Yuen Yuen Ang, Matthew Klein, Yasushi Sasaki, Elizabeth Thurbon, Tian Wei

Press Conference: Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 Opening

08:30 - 09:00 GMT+8

Press Conference: Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 Opening

Mirek Dušek, Margery Kraus, Yann Zopf, Samaila Zubairu

9:00
Curiosity as Catalyst

09:00 - 09:30 GMT+8

How can technology be harnessed for outcomes in the real economy?

Curiosity as Catalyst

Vanessa Chan, Miguel Alejandro González Virgen, Jahnavi Phalkey

Top 10 Emerging Technologies 2026

09:30 - 10:00 GMT+8

How can technology be harnessed for outcomes in the real economy?

Top 10 Emerging Technologies 2026

Katherine Daniell, Frederick Fenter, Abdulaziz Al Jaziri, Stephan Mergenthaler

10:00
Energy Corridors, Reshuffled

10:00 - 11:00 GMT+8

Featured

How can we align energy and climate systems to drive competitiveness?

Energy Corridors, Reshuffled

Leila Benali, John Defterios, Bajabulile Tshabalala

Faster Drugs, Better Access?

10:00 - 11:00 GMT+8

How can we understand the next phase of China’s economic trajectory?

Faster Drugs, Better Access?

Giovanni Caforio, Gong Yingying, Li Xin, Ren Minghui, Eric Tse S Y

A World Out of Balance

10:00 - 10:30 GMT+8

How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

A World Out of Balance

Huang Yiping, Matthew Klein

11:00
The Many Lives of an Athlete

11:00 - 11:45 GMT+8

Featured

The Many Lives of an Athlete

Kody Blois, Vincent Chow, Birgit Skarstein

When Cars Became Software

11:30 - 12:30 GMT+8

When Cars Became Software

Elaine Buckberg, Ni Jun, Anindya Novyan Bakrie, Yin Fan, Zhenghua (Jack) Yu

Are Women Missing Out on AI?

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+8

How can growth create jobs and opportunities for the next generation?

Are Women Missing Out on AI?

Sabrina Peng Yijie, Joanna Riley, Lun Tian Yew, Carol Yu

Nature Is Infrastructure

11:30 - 12:30 GMT+8

How can we align energy and climate systems to drive competitiveness?

Nature Is Infrastructure

Ester Baiget, Andrew Forrest, André Hoffmann, Dany Qian Jing, Vijay Vythianathan Vaitheeswaran

13:00
Where Are We on Belt and Road?

13:00 - 14:00 GMT+8

How can we understand the next phase of China’s economic trajectory?

Where Are We on Belt and Road?

Zou Yun

What's the Limit for AI-First Enterprises?

13:00 - 14:00 GMT+8

How can technology be harnessed for outcomes in the real economy?

What's the Limit for AI-First Enterprises?

Mehdi Ghissassi, Michael Römer, Sudip Roy, Joey Wat, Yang Yanqing, Yuxiang Zhou

What if Fixing the System Isn’t the Answer?

13:00 - 13:30 GMT+8

How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

What if Fixing the System Isn’t the Answer?

Paulo Savaget

Media Session: Meet the Founders on the Frontier

13:00 - 13:45 GMT+8

Media Session: Meet the Founders on the Frontier

Kathleen Alexander, Kieran Donovan, Hannan Happi, Verena Kuhn, Michael Liu, Annie Lu, Le Song, Harry Xiong Yinjiang, Yann Zopf

14:00
Algorithmic Storytelling

14:30 - 15:00 GMT+8

How can technology be harnessed for outcomes in the real economy?

Algorithmic Storytelling

Victoria Fard

Less Talk, More Deals

14:30 - 15:30 GMT+8

Featured

How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

Less Talk, More Deals

Kody Blois, Mark-Alexandre Doumba, Ana Fernanda Maiguashca, Ravi Velloor

No Power, No AI

14:30 - 15:30 GMT+8

Featured

How can we align energy and climate systems to drive competitiveness?

No Power, No AI

Vanessa Chan, Nyam-Osor Uchral, Robin Zeng, Samaila Zubairu

Chief Economists Briefing

14:30 - 15:00 GMT+8

How can growth create jobs and opportunities for the next generation?

Chief Economists Briefing

Rita Babihuga-Nsanze, Carsten Fink, Paul Gruenwald, Shen Jianguang, Saadia Zahidi

15:00
Renminbi and the World

15:30 - 16:15 GMT+8

Featured

How can we understand the next phase of China’s economic trajectory?

Renminbi and the World

Robin Harding, Ashor Nick Sarupen, Zhu Ning

16:00
The Next Billion Jobs

16:00 - 17:00 GMT+8

How can growth create jobs and opportunities for the next generation?

The Next Billion Jobs

Peter Brown, Vijay Eswaran, Neeti Mehta Shukla, Saadia Zahidi

Robots in Rhythm with Us

16:00 - 16:30 GMT+8

How can technology be harnessed for outcomes in the real economy?

Robots in Rhythm with Us

Madeline Gannon, Andrew D. Maynard, Ya-Qin Zhang

What Next for the Middle East?

16:00 - 17:00 GMT+8

How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

What Next for the Middle East?

Mazen S. Darwazeh, Lina Noureddin, Khaled Sharbatly, Sanam Vakil, Karen E. Young

17:00
Glory, Failures and the Moments in Between

17:00 - 17:30 GMT+8

How can growth create jobs and opportunities for the next generation?

Glory, Failures and the Moments in Between

Factories that Learn

17:30 - 18:30 GMT+8

Featured

How can technology be harnessed for outcomes in the real economy?

Factories that Learn

Leila Benali, Jay Lee, Zongchang Liu, Low Minmin, Annie Lu, Padraig McDonnell, Xie Haiqin

Wednesday 24th Jun

8:00
Prosperity Is Material(s)

08:30 - 09:30 GMT+8

How can technology be harnessed for outcomes in the real economy?

Prosperity Is Material(s)

Dang Yanbao, Javier Garcia-Martinez, Conrad Keijzer, Barinder Rasode, Zhao Dong

Deep Tech, Shallow Markets

08:30 - 09:30 GMT+8

Featured

How can technology be harnessed for outcomes in the real economy?

Deep Tech, Shallow Markets

Anulika Ajufo, Brandon Barbello, Eleanor Olcott, Jonathan Zhu, Zhu Min

9:00
Who Pays for Inflation?

09:00 - 09:30 GMT+8

How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

Who Pays for Inflation?

Huang Yiping, Stacey Vanek Smith, Elizabeth Thurbon, Karen E. Young

Update on Iran

09:00 - 09:30 GMT+8

Update on Iran

Jason Bordoff, Mahmood Sariolghalam, Sanam Vakil

10:00
Opening Plenary

10:00 - 10:45 GMT+8

How can we understand the next phase of China’s economic trajectory?

Opening Plenary

Gim Huay Neo, Alois Zwinggi

11:00
In Dialogue with Our Heritage

11:30 - 12:00 GMT+8

How can growth create jobs and opportunities for the next generation?

In Dialogue with Our Heritage

Adalberto Lonardi

Is Finance Dividing Us?

11:30 - 12:30 GMT+8

Featured

How can we understand the next phase of China’s economic trajectory?

Is Finance Dividing Us?

Victor L. L. Chu, Robin Harding, Ana Fernanda Maiguashca, Paul Chan Mo-po, Ashor Nick Sarupen

How Far Can China’s Innovation Model Go?

11:30 - 12:30 GMT+8

How can we understand the next phase of China’s economic trajectory?

How Far Can China’s Innovation Model Go?

Stephen Engle, Feng Xingya, Chloe Mayenobe, Carlson Tong, Eric Tse S Y, Ya-Qin Zhang

12:00
The Latest on Industrial Clusters

12:00 - 12:30 GMT+8

How can we align energy and climate systems to drive competitiveness?

The Latest on Industrial Clusters

Roberto Bocca, Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Ren Wenxun

13:00
Ageing as an Asset

13:00 - 13:45 GMT+8

How can we understand the next phase of China’s economic trajectory?

Ageing as an Asset

David Jacob, Liu Qian, Olivia Siong, Kevin Strain, Chavalit Frederick Tsao

Follow the Money: Where Climate Capital Is Going

13:00 - 14:00 GMT+8

Featured

How can we align energy and climate systems to drive competitiveness?

Follow the Money: Where Climate Capital Is Going

Guan Xin, Liu Zhenmin, Lina Noureddin, Sumant Sinha, Zhong Baoshen

Supply Chains Reborn?

13:00 - 14:00 GMT+8

Featured

How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

Supply Chains Reborn?

Li Dongsheng, Aditi Rasquinha, Swapnil Shah, Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa

Press Conference: Energy Transition Index 2026

13:00 - 13:30 GMT+8

Press Conference: Energy Transition Index 2026

Roberto Bocca, Gavin McKenzie, Zhang Chuanwei, Yann Zopf

14:00
More Content, Less Learning

14:00 - 14:30 GMT+8

How can growth create jobs and opportunities for the next generation?

More Content, Less Learning

Rahul Attuluri, Vanessa Chan, Andrew D. Maynard, Mosa Moshabela

APEC, ASEAN and the Art of Alignment

14:30 - 15:30 GMT+8

Featured

How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

APEC, ASEAN and the Art of Alignment

Chaichanok Chidchob, Eduardo Navarro Pedrosa, Satish Shankar, Karishma Vaswani

Why Biomanufacturing Is a Big Deal

14:30 - 15:00 GMT+8

How can we understand the next phase of China’s economic trajectory?

Why Biomanufacturing Is a Big Deal

Massimo Portincaso, Joy Y. Zhang

16:00
Growth Map Rewritten

16:00 - 17:00 GMT+8

Featured

How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

Growth Map Rewritten

Aparna Bharadwaj, A. Burak Dağlıoğlu, Leslie Vinjamuri, Elaine Yu, Zou Ling

Pathogens that Follow Us

16:00 - 16:30 GMT+8

How can technology be harnessed for outcomes in the real economy?

Pathogens that Follow Us

Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Mosa Moshabela, Wang Jian, Wu Bei

Special Address by Kim Minseok, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea

16:45 - 17:15 GMT+8

Special Address by Kim Minseok, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea

Alois Zwinggi

17:00
Can Intelligence Feed the World?

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+8

How can we align energy and climate systems to drive competitiveness?

Can Intelligence Feed the World?

Kathleen Alexander, Fan Shenggen, Svein Tore Holsether, Rattan Lal, Adam Tooze

Inside China’s Energy System

17:30 - 18:30 GMT+8

Featured

How can we understand the next phase of China’s economic trajectory?

Inside China’s Energy System

Liu Shijin, Qin Yi, Namita Shah, Zhang Wenfeng

Where the Money Dares

17:45 - 18:45 GMT+8

How can growth create jobs and opportunities for the next generation?

Where the Money Dares

Mohammad Abunayyan, Tian Wei

Thursday 25th Jun

8:00
US and China: From Here to Where?

08:30 - 09:30 GMT+8

How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

US and China: From Here to Where?

Graham Allison, Margery Kraus, Joseph Luc Ngai, Leslie Vinjamuri, Zhao Hai

10:00
Poetic Skylines

10:00 - 10:30 GMT+8

How can technology be harnessed for outcomes in the real economy?

Poetic Skylines

Ma Yansong

15th Five-Year Plan, Unpacked

10:00 - 11:00 GMT+8

Featured

How can we understand the next phase of China’s economic trajectory?

15th Five-Year Plan, Unpacked

Yuen Yuen Ang, Guo Lanfeng, Adam Tooze, Wang Guan, Wu Zuyu

11:00
Innovating at Scale

11:15 - 11:45 GMT+8

How can technology be harnessed for outcomes in the real economy?

Innovating at Scale

Mirek Dušek, Orit Gadiesh, Margery Kraus, Michael Liu, Padraig McDonnell, Le Song

Closing Remarks

11:45 - 12:00 GMT+8

Featured

Closing Remarks

Mirek Dušek, Li Qiang, Li Wenhai

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