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Tue 9th Jan
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Fri 19th Jan

Tuesday 9th Jan

14:00
Pre-Annual Meeting Media Briefing

14:00 - 14:45 GMT+1

Pre-Annual Meeting Media Briefing

Mirek Dušek, Gim Huay Neo, Saadia Zahidi

Sunday 14th Jan

13:00
Press Conference: Switzerland – Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis on NSA Meeting for a Ukrainian Peace Process

13:00 - 14:00 GMT+1

Featured

Press Conference: Switzerland – Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis on NSA Meeting for a Ukrainian Peace Process

Ignazio Cassis

18:00
Press Conference: Ukrainian Delegation on Outcomes of National Security Advisor Meeting

18:00 - 19:00 GMT+1

Press Conference: Ukrainian Delegation on Outcomes of National Security Advisor Meeting

Mirek Dušek

Monday 15th Jan

18:00
The Crystal Awards 2024

18:00 - 18:30 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

The Crystal Awards 2024

Hilde Schwab, Nile Rodgers, Michelle Yeoh

Opening Concert

18:30 - 19:15 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Opening Concert

Angelique Kidjo, Refik Anadol

Open Forum: Liberating Science

18:30 - 19:30 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Open Forum: Liberating Science

René Bucken, Urs Gredig, Iliana Ivanova, Carlos Afonso Nobre, Naomi Oreskes, Luciana Vaccaro, Alois Zwinggi

Tuesday 16th Jan

8:00
Peak Private Markets?

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

Peak Private Markets?

Jonathan Ferro, William Ford, Blythe Masters, Jo Taylor

Europe's Rush to Innovate

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

Featured

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Europe's Rush to Innovate

Dimitri de Vreeze, Iliana Ivanova, Maria Leptin, José Luis Escrivá

Energy amid Rivalry

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Energy amid Rivalry

Shunichi Miyanaga, Meghan O'Sullivan, Hardeep Singh Puri, Kadri Simson, Tian Wei

First Movers for Frontier Clean Technologies

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

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First Movers for Frontier Clean Technologies

Anna Borg, Takeshi Hashimoto, Rachel Kyte, Tan See Leng, Carlos Torres Vila

The Right Stuff – A New Relationship with Materials

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

The Right Stuff – A New Relationship with Materials

Ed Conway, Arjun Dhawan, Nollaig Forrest, Cristina Gamboa, Coen van Oostrom

The High Rate Reality

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

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The High Rate Reality

Adena Friedman, Gita Gopinath, Chuck Robbins, Steve Sedgwick

Generative AI: Steam Engine of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

Featured

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Generative AI: Steam Engine of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Zanny Minton Beddoes, Julie Sweet, Omar Sultan Al Olama, Arvind Krishna, Cristiano Amon, Mike Rounds, Cathy Li

Satellites as Storytellers

08:30 - 09:00 GMT+1

Satellites as Storytellers

Dava Newman, Zachary Bogue

9:00
Not Losing Sight of Financial Vulnerabilities

09:30 - 10:15 GMT+1

Featured

Not Losing Sight of Financial Vulnerabilities

Jonathan Ferro, Greg Jensen, Lesetja Kganyago, Lim Chow-Kiat, Lynn Martin, Ronald P. O'Hanley

An African Economy of Scale

09:30 - 10:15 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

An African Economy of Scale

Wamkele Keabetswe Mene, Fernanda Lopes Larsen, Fifi Peters, Mary Vilakazi

Open Forum: Take a Deep Breath with Technology

09:30 - 10:30 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Open Forum: Take a Deep Breath with Technology

Jane Burston, Temuulen Enkhbat, Melissa C. Lott, Ma Jun, Peter BenHur Nyeko, Benjamin Von Wong

Mainstreaming Ecopreneurs

09:30 - 10:15 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Mainstreaming Ecopreneurs

Rebekah Braswell, Suzanne DiBianca, H.S.H. Prince Maximilian von und zu Liechtenstein, Arun Majumdar

Transforming Energy Demand

09:30 - 10:15 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Transforming Energy Demand

Fatih Birol, Peter Herweck, Anish Shah

When Climate Impacts Your Health

09:30 - 10:15 GMT+1

Featured

When Climate Impacts Your Health

Vanessa Kerry, Victor Dzau, Shyam Bishen, Nisia Trindade Lima, Cheryl Moore, Bill Anderson

On the Frontlines for Nature

09:30 - 10:15 GMT+1

Featured

On the Frontlines for Nature

Uyunkar Domingo Peas Nampichkai, Atossa Soltani, Emmanuel de Merode, Achim Steiner, Godfrey Mutizwa

Men, Women, Pathways to Equity

09:45 - 10:15 GMT+1

Men, Women, Pathways to Equity

Jude Kelly, Joseph Fowler

A Conversation with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar

09:45 - 10:15 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

A Conversation with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar

Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani

10:00
The Global Cooperation Barometer

10:00 - 10:30 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

The Global Cooperation Barometer

Jane Harman, Bob Sternfels

Welcoming Remarks and Special Address

10:30 - 10:50 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Welcoming Remarks and Special Address

Viola Amherd, Klaus Schwab

Special Address by  Li Qiang, Premier of the People's Republic of China

10:50 - 11:20 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Special Address by Li Qiang, Premier of the People's Republic of China

Klaus Schwab

11:00
Special Address by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission

11:20 - 11:50 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Special Address by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission

Ursula von der Leyen, Klaus Schwab

12:00
Open Forum: Medicine and Women

12:30 - 13:30 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Open Forum: Medicine and Women

Jude Kelly, Jodie Padilla Lozano, Bjoern von Siemens

13:00
Next Steps for Digital Worlds

13:00 - 13:45 GMT+1

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Next Steps for Digital Worlds

Nicola Mendelsohn, Sir Martin Sorrell, Heather Landy, Julie Inman Grant, Brittan Heller

Securing an Insecure World

13:00 - 13:45 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Securing an Insecure World

Annalena Baerbock, Christopher A. Coons, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Jens Stoltenberg, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Elina Valtonen

Musical Chairs: Europe in the New Global Economy

13:00 - 13:45 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Musical Chairs: Europe in the New Global Economy

Belen Garijo, Martin Wolf

Where Nature Meets Conflict

13:00 - 13:45 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Where Nature Meets Conflict

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, Feike Sybesma, Amy Pope, Antonella Di Ciano

The Workforce Behind the Workforce

13:00 - 13:45 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

The Workforce Behind the Workforce

Ricardo Hausmann, Reshma Saujani, David Edwards, Michael Sen, Karien van Gennip

Finnovation

13:00 - 13:45 GMT+1

Featured

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Finnovation

David Schwimmer, Teresa Clarke, Charlotte Hogg, Ricardo Bonilla González, Tamaz Georgadze

35.3m Refugees at a Critical Junction

13:00 - 13:30 GMT+1

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35.3m Refugees at a Critical Junction

Alexander Betts, Filippo Grandi, Ebru Özdemir, Alaa Murabit

Brazil's Sustainable Transformation

13:00 - 13:45 GMT+1

Featured

Brazil's Sustainable Transformation

Marina Silva, Monica Scaramuzzo, Nisia Trindade Lima, Alexandre Silveira

Setting Standards for Nature

13:15 - 13:45 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Setting Standards for Nature

Pam Cheng, David Craig, Marisa Drew

Humanitarian Briefing on Gaza

13:45 - 14:15 GMT+1

Humanitarian Briefing on Gaza

Jagan Chapagain, Mirek Dušek, Kitty van der Heijden, Samer S. Khoury

14:00
Special Address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

14:15 - 15:00 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Special Address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

Klaus Schwab, Volodymyr Zelenskyy

15:00
Empowering Humans and Machines in Industry

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

Empowering Humans and Machines in Industry

Justine Cassell, Christine Bastian

Hype Cycles and Start-ups

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Hype Cycles and Start-ups

Azeem Azhar, Zachary Bogue, Siyu Huang, Daniel Metzler, May Habib

Gulf Economies: All In

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Gulf Economies: All In

Khalid Al-Falih, Majid Jafar, Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi, Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Ali Ahmed Al Kuwari, Mina Al-Oraibi, Henadi Al Saleh

Regulating Non-Banks

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

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Regulating Non-Banks

Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Anne Walsh, Greg Ip, Steven Tananbaum

The Expanding Universe of Generative Models

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

The Expanding Universe of Generative Models

Yann LeCun, Daphne Koller, Aidan Gomez, Nicholas Thompson, Kai-Fu Lee, Andrew Ng

The World in Numbers: Inequality

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

The World in Numbers: Inequality

The End of Development?

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

The End of Development?

Faisal Islam, Ebrahim Patel, Simon Freakley, Rebeca Grynspan

COP28 and the Road Ahead

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

COP28 and the Road Ahead

Fatih Birol, Sally Buzbee, Mikayil Jabbarov, Catherine MacGregor

A Conversation with Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Viet Nam

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

A Conversation with Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Viet Nam

Klaus Schwab, Thomas L. Friedman

The Economics of Gender Parity

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

The Economics of Gender Parity

Shereen Bhan, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Annette Mosman

16:00
The World in Numbers: Jobs

16:00 - 16:30 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

The World in Numbers: Jobs

Erik Brynjolfsson, Saadia Zahidi

Finding a Balance for the Amazon

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Finding a Balance for the Amazon

Ilan Goldfajn, Luciano Huck, Gustavo Petro, Marina Silva

2024 Social Innovation Awards

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

2024 Social Innovation Awards

Pascale Bruderer, Mohamed Amine Zariat, Vivi Yulaswati, Juan Manuel Martinez Louvier, Uyunkar Domingo Peas Nampichkai, Angela Gichaga, Rudayna Abdo, Temie Giwa-Tubosun, Li Xia, Jennifer Blatz, Atossa Soltani, Gerald Abila, Shuchin Bajaj, Chantal Line Carpentier, Catalina Cock Duque, Hilde Schwab, Ajaita Shah, Ruchika Singhal

The Business Case for EU Enlargement

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

The Business Case for EU Enlargement

Mariya Gabriel, Christian Levin, Milojko Spajić, Sasha Vakulina

Workers in Focus

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Workers in Focus

Jamie Heller, Christy Hoffman, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Judith Wiese

Treating Soil as a Precious Resource

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

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Treating Soil as a Precious Resource

John Harris, Svein Tore Holsether, Agnes Kalibata, Cindy H. McCain, Ibrahim Thiaw

Facing a World without Antibiotics

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Facing a World without Antibiotics

Shyam Bishen, Helen E. Clark, Stella Kyriakides, Peter Sands, Severin Schwan

Software.gov

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Software.gov

Ngaire Woods, Nivruti Rai, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Cina Lawson, Bosun Tijani

Forests as a Climate and Livelihood Solution

16:15 - 16:45 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Forests as a Climate and Livelihood Solution

Thomas Crowther, Alfonso Escolar González, Gill Einhorn

Multilateral Development Banks: Bigger, Bolder, Better?

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

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Multilateral Development Banks: Bigger, Bolder, Better?

Lord Nicholas Stern, N. K. Singh, Vera Songwe, Charles Forelle, Sri Mulyani Indrawati

A Conversation with Satya Nadella and Klaus Schwab

16:30 - 17:00 GMT+1

A Conversation with Satya Nadella and Klaus Schwab

Satya Nadella, Klaus Schwab

17:00
A Special Address by Jake Sullivan, United States National Security Advisor

17:00 - 17:30 GMT+1

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A Special Address by Jake Sullivan, United States National Security Advisor

Jake Sullivan

The Humanitarian System under Pressure

17:15 - 17:45 GMT+1

Featured

The Humanitarian System under Pressure

Filippo Grandi, Kitty van der Heijden, Raj Kumar, David Miliband

AI: The Great Equaliser?

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

AI: The Great Equaliser?

Paula Ingabire, Han Duck-soo, Karen Tso, Amandeep Singh Gill, Ruth Porat, Abdullah bin Amer Al Swaha, Cathy Li

Ukraine's Horizons

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Ukraine's Horizons

Timothy Snyder, Gitanas Nausėda, José Manuel Albares Bueno

Investing with Purpose in Frontier Markets

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Investing with Purpose in Frontier Markets

Peter Maurer, Mirek Dušek, Jessica Anderen, Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade

Industrial Policy 2.0

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Industrial Policy 2.0

Roland Busch, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Leela de Kretser, Bandar Alkhorayef, Jonathan Reynolds, Adam Posen

Frictionless Services

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Frictionless Services

Martin Eurnekian, Fifi Peters, Majid Al-Kasabi, André Esteves

Protecting Democracy against Bots and Plots

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Protecting Democracy against Bots and Plots

Matthew Prince, Ravi Agrawal, André Kudelski, Alexandra Reeve Givens

A Conversation with Bisher Hani Al Khasawneh, Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

17:30 - 18:00 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

A Conversation with Bisher Hani Al Khasawneh, Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

18:00
Open Forum: R&D Disrupted

18:30 - 19:30 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Open Forum: R&D Disrupted

Maria Leptin, Dava Newman, Guilherme Rosso, Magdalena Skipper, Martin Vetterli

Chief Economists Briefing

18:45 - 19:15 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Chief Economists Briefing

Karen Harris, Saadia Zahidi, Mario Mesquita, Ludovic Subran

Wednesday 17th Jan

8:00
Press Conference: UpLink Mobilizes CHF 37M for SDGs

08:00 - 08:30 GMT+1

Press Conference: UpLink Mobilizes CHF 37M for SDGs

Sarah Chapman, Suzanne DiBianca, Kwasi Mitchell, Nidhi Pant

9:00
Recharging Growth in China

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Recharging Growth in China

Belen Garijo, Jia Shaoqian, Jin Keyu, Kevin Rudd, Tian Wei, Zhu Min

The Tokenization Economy

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

The Tokenization Economy

Jeremy Allaire, Denelle Dixon, Anthony Scaramucci, Matt Turner

A Key Moment for Latin America

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

A Key Moment for Latin America

Marisol Argueta de Barillas, Luís Roberto Barroso, Marcos Bulgheroni, Ilan Goldfajn, Gustavo Petro

Resilience: What It Means and What to Do About It

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Resilience: What It Means and What to Do About It

Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Nonkululeko Nyembezi, Odile Françoise Renaud-Basso, Bob Sternfels

Defending Europe's United Front

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Defending Europe's United Front

Roula Khalaf, Andrej Plenković, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Thinking through Augmentation

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Thinking through Augmentation

Azeem Azhar, Paul Hudson, Joe Ucuzoglu, Christy Hoffman, Francine Lacqua, Nicolas Hieronimus, Saadia Zahidi

Mindfulness in Continuum

09:00 - 09:30 GMT+1

Mindfulness in Continuum

Krista Kim, Joseph Fowler

Putting a Price on Nature

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Putting a Price on Nature

Nick Studer, Uyunkar Domingo Peas Nampichkai, Ronald W. Hovsepian, Marina Silva, Gretchen Daily, Hubert Keller

Supply Chains of the Future

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Supply Chains of the Future

Jagjit Singh Srai, Tobias Meyer, Kathy Wengel, Bandar Alkhorayef

Pulling Debt back from the Brink

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Pulling Debt back from the Brink

Laura Alfaro, Wale Edun, Mehreen Khan, Kenneth Rogoff, Vera Songwe

Mapping Solutions for: Extreme Weather

09:30 - 10:00 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Mapping Solutions for: Extreme Weather

Naomi Oreskes, Al Gore

Open Forum: Speaking Truth to Power

09:30 - 10:30 GMT+1

Open Forum: Speaking Truth to Power

Fareed Zakaria

10:00
A Conversation with Antony Blinken, United States Secretary of State

10:00 - 10:45 GMT+1

A Conversation with Antony Blinken, United States Secretary of State

Thomas L. Friedman, Klaus Schwab

Tax in Motion

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Tax in Motion

Situmbeko Musokotwane, Teresa Clarke, Amitabh Behar, Allison Schrager

Diversity in Practice

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Diversity in Practice

Lorenzo Simonelli, Michael Ensser, Caroline Casey, Mina Al-Oraibi, Anne-Laure Malauzat

Leading in the Pacific

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Leading in the Pacific

Han Duck-soo, Michael Froman, Jaime Ho

Where Is Freedom of Expression Going?

10:15 - 10:45 GMT+1

Featured

Where Is Freedom of Expression Going?

Joseph Kahn, Manuela Kasper-Claridge, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

TradeTech's Trillion-Dollar Promise

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Featured

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

TradeTech's Trillion-Dollar Promise

Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Megan Davies, Vincent Clerc, Deemah Al Yahya, Bill Deng Guobiao

Middle East Conflict: What Is the Endgame?

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

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Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Middle East Conflict: What Is the Endgame?

Karin von Hippel, Geir O. Pedersen, Vali R. Nasr, Sir Robin Niblett

A Conversation with 2024 Crystal Awardee Francis Kéré

10:30 - 11:00 GMT+1

A Conversation with 2024 Crystal Awardee Francis Kéré

Nzinga Qunta

Mapping Solutions for: Energy

10:30 - 11:00 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Mapping Solutions for: Energy

Melissa C. Lott, Francesco La Camera

Special Address by António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations

10:45 - 11:15 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Special Address by António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations

António Guterres

11:00
Addressing the North-South Schism

11:15 - 12:00 GMT+1

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Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Addressing the North-South Schism

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Paul Kagame, Mark Rutte, Gustavo Petro, Martin Wolf, Bill Gates

Avoiding a Crunch in Critical Minerals

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Avoiding a Crunch in Critical Minerals

Leila Benali, Jason Bordoff, Sumant Sinha, Robin Zeng

Are Banks Ready for the Future?

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

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Are Banks Ready for the Future?

Sergio P. Ermotti, Sara Eisen, Slawomir Krupa, Gita Gopinath, Mary Callahan Erdoes

New Apps for Climate Adaptation

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

New Apps for Climate Adaptation

Levent Cakiroglu, Gail Whiteman, Hiroaki Kitano, Laura Alber, Naoko Ishii

Quantum's Black Swan

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

Quantum's Black Swan

Ana Paula Assis, Jack Hidary, Joël Mesot, Bradley Stone

Lifting Up Local Economies

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

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Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Lifting Up Local Economies

Fabricio Bloisi, Adam Posen, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar

Mapping Solutions for: Trade and Investment

11:30 - 12:00 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Mapping Solutions for: Trade and Investment

Douglas L. Peterson

Preparing for Disease X

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

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Preparing for Disease X

Roy Jakobs, Michel Demaré, Nisia Trindade Lima, Shyam Bishen, Preetha Reddy, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Nancy Brown

Cybersecurity Futures 2030

11:30 - 12:00 GMT+1

Cybersecurity Futures 2030

Ann Cleaveland, Ken Xie

12:00
Open Forum: Sustaining Life on Earth

12:30 - 13:30 GMT+1

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A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Open Forum: Sustaining Life on Earth

Xiye Bastida, Maria Susana Muhamad González, David Obura, Deep Saini

13:00
Press Conference: Swiss Supercomputer for the SDGs

13:00 - 13:30 GMT+1

Press Conference: Swiss Supercomputer for the SDGs

Alexandre Fasel, Cathy Li

Climate and Nature: Seed Capital Needed

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

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A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Climate and Nature: Seed Capital Needed

Ray Dalio, Makhtar Diop, Mafalda Duarte, David Gelles, Badr Jafar, Desmond Kuek

Taming Competition in Low and High Orbit

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

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Taming Competition in Low and High Orbit

Josef Aschbacher, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Kumara Guru Gowrappan, William Marshall

Fixing Healthcare, Digitally

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

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Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Fixing Healthcare, Digitally

Shyam Bishen, Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., Sara Kehaulani Goo, Paula Ingabire, Stella Kyriakides, A. Revanth Reddy

Protecting the Vulnerable Online

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

Protecting the Vulnerable Online

Julie Inman Grant, Shereen Bhan, Maurice Lévy, Helena Leurent, Meredith Whittaker

The Race to Reskill

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

The Race to Reskill

Asheesh Advani, Cláudia Azevedo, Jeff Maggioncalda, Saadia Zahidi, Denis Machuel, Aisha Rimi

360° on AI Regulations

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

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Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

360° on AI Regulations

Arati Prabhakar, Brad Smith, Vera Jourová, Josephine Teo, Ian Bremmer

Does Finance Benefit People?

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Does Finance Benefit People?

Zhang Xiaoyan, Allyson Tucker, Stephanie Flanders, Robin Vince

Town Hall: How to Trust Technology

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Town Hall: How to Trust Technology

Mustafa Suleyman, Ben Thompson

A Conversation With Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

13:30 - 14:00 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

A Conversation With Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Fareed Zakaria

14:00
Ukraine: Unity of Purpose

14:00 - 14:30 GMT+1

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Ukraine: Unity of Purpose

Rebecca Anderson, David Cameron

Climate and Nature: A Systemic Response Needed

14:15 - 15:15 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Climate and Nature: A Systemic Response Needed

Ajay S. Banga, Katharine Hayhoe, Gim Huay Neo, Kristalina Georgieva, Chief Putany Yawanawá, Jesper Brodin, Hilde Schwab, André Hoffmann

A Conversation with Mohammad Mustafa, Chairman, Palestine Investment Fund

14:15 - 14:45 GMT+1

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Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

A Conversation with Mohammad Mustafa, Chairman, Palestine Investment Fund

Mohammed Mustafa

15:00
The Battle for Chips

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

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Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

The Battle for Chips

Chris Miller, Arati Prabhakar, Nicholas Thompson, Ashwini Vaishnaw

A Conversation with 2024 Crystal Awardee Nile Rodgers

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

A Conversation with 2024 Crystal Awardee Nile Rodgers

Rebecca Anderson, Nile Rodgers

Why Social Innovation Matters for Business?

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Why Social Innovation Matters for Business?

Raj Kumar, Ruchika Singhal, Ajaita Shah, Dan Viederman, Geoff Martha, Anna Marks, Hilde Schwab, Benoit Bonello

Out of Balance with Water

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

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Out of Balance with Water

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Joyeeta Gupta, Kirsten Schuijt, Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Mariana Mazzucato, Ulrik Gernow

The World in Numbers: Gender Parity

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

The World in Numbers: Gender Parity

Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Arancha Gonzalez Laya

Learning from ASEAN

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Learning from ASEAN

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Julia Chatterley

What to Expect from the Labour Markets?

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

What to Expect from the Labour Markets?

Cina Lawson, Robert Fico, Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, Aiman Ezzat

Tripling Renewables: Make It Rapid and Responsible

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Tripling Renewables: Make It Rapid and Responsible

Arunabha Ghosh, Jennifer Morris, Ignacio S. Galán, Kadri Simson

Net Zero Industries

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Net Zero Industries

Brand Cheng, Martin Lundstedt, Holger Klein, Juliet Mann, Gwenaelle Huet

Town Hall: How to Trust Governance

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Town Hall: How to Trust Governance

Niall Ferguson, Rebeca Grynspan, Mark Rutte

Ethics in the Age of AI

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

Ethics in the Age of AI

Michael Sandel

Towards a Lead-Free Future

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

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Towards a Lead-Free Future

Samantha Power, Lucy Perez

Special address by Javier Milei, President of Argentina

15:45 - 16:15 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Special address by Javier Milei, President of Argentina

Javier Milei, Klaus Schwab

16:00
Live from the Deep Sea

16:00 - 17:00 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Live from the Deep Sea

Diva Amon, Ray Dalio, Andrew Forrest, Sam Jacobs, Jennifer Morris, David Obura

Thinking Big on Digital Inclusion

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Thinking Big on Digital Inclusion

Paula Ingabire, Hans Vestberg, Nonkululeko Nyembezi, Julia Chatterley, Robert F. Smith

Manufacturing's Moonshots Are Landing . . . Are You Ready for the Next Wave?

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

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Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Manufacturing's Moonshots Are Landing . . . Are You Ready for the Next Wave?

Revathi Advaithi, Vimal Kapur, Li Xin, Michael Süss, Ashwini Vaishnaw

Building Trust through Transparency

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Building Trust through Transparency

Kono Taro, Michael Miebach, Bronwen Maddox, François Valérian, Helena Leurent

Closing the Gender Gap in Health

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Closing the Gender Gap in Health

Shyam Bishen, Bernd Montag, Zeina Soufan, Anita Zaidi

Investors of First Resort: Government Inc.

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

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Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Investors of First Resort: Government Inc.

Mariana Mazzucato, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Scott Sandell, Saadia Zahidi, Faisal Alibrahim, Kai-Fu Lee

Calming Green Trade Tensions

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Calming Green Trade Tensions

Espen Barth Eide, Siyu Huang, Rachel Kyte

A Conversation with Pat Gelsinger and Klaus Schwab

16:15 - 16:45 GMT+1

A Conversation with Pat Gelsinger and Klaus Schwab

Pat Gelsinger, Klaus Schwab

Town Hall: How to Trust Economics

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Town Hall: How to Trust Economics

Michael Sandel, Martin Wolf, Christine Lagarde

UAE: Navigating a Fragmented World

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

UAE: Navigating a Fragmented World

Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, Omar Sultan Al Olama, Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Richard Quest, Ngaire Woods

Special Address by Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain

16:45 - 17:15 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Special Address by Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain

Pedro Sánchez

17:00
Faith in Action

17:15 - 17:45 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Faith in Action

Cheikhna Abdallah AlSheikh Almahfodh bin Bayyah, Pinchas Goldschmidt, Hahrie Han

Special Address by Emmanuel Macron, President of France

17:15 - 18:00 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Special Address by Emmanuel Macron, President of France

Emmanuel Macron, Klaus Schwab

Latin America’s Economic Realism

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Latin America’s Economic Realism

Julio Velarde, Luis Henrique Guimarães, Marina del Pilar Avila Olmeda, Mauricio Cárdenas

Bold Steps for a Sustainable MENA

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

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A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Bold Steps for a Sustainable MENA

Said Mohammed Ahmed Al-Saqri, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Rafael Mariano Grossi, Nadine Hani, Noor Ali Alkhulaif, Marco Arcelli

Beyond the Sustainability Metrics: The Burden of Proof

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Beyond the Sustainability Metrics: The Burden of Proof

Bonnie Y Chan, Emmanuel Faber, Peter Reinhardt

Landing an Ambitious Global Plastics Treaty

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

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Landing an Ambitious Global Plastics Treaty

Inger Andersen, Douglas McCauley, Jim Fitterling, Hein Schumacher, Leila Benali, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

Advancing Racial and Ethnic Equity

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Advancing Racial and Ethnic Equity

Luana Marques Garcia Ozemela, Angela Williams, Robert C. Garrett, Shamina Singh

Energy Transition: Leaving No One Behind

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

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A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Energy Transition: Leaving No One Behind

Veronica Nilsson, Jennifer Morgan, Omar Andrés Camacho Morales, John Defterios, Andrés Gluski, Roberto Bocca, Gurdeep Singh

Fighting the Obesity Epidemic

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Fighting the Obesity Epidemic

Amy Bernstein, Nancy Brown, Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, Shamsheer Vayalil

Working in Harmony with Nature

17:30 - 18:00 GMT+1

Working in Harmony with Nature

Cameron Saul, Joseph Fowler, M. Sanjayan

Modern Supply-Side Economics: Two Years On

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Modern Supply-Side Economics: Two Years On

Gerard Baker, Jennifer Harris, Blake Moret, Michael Strain

Women’s Rights in Iran

17:30 - 18:00 GMT+1

Women’s Rights in Iran

Sasha Vakulina

18:00
Press Conference: Business Case for Disability Representation

18:15 - 18:45 GMT+1

Press Conference: Business Case for Disability Representation

Caroline Casey, Christophe Catoir, Chantal Gaemperle, Alex Liu

Open Forum: A Primer on AI

18:30 - 19:30 GMT+1

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Open Forum: A Primer on AI

Haslinda Amin, Alexandra Reeve Givens, Himanshu Gupta, will.i.am

Thursday 18th Jan

9:00
AM24: Biology as Consumer Technology

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

AM24: Biology as Consumer Technology

Sarah Reisinger, Chris Abbott, Amy Webb, Dror Bin, Noubar Afeyan, John Schultz

European Green Deal, Anyone?

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

European Green Deal, Anyone?

Maroš Šefčovič, Ester Baiget, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Maxim Timchenko, Sasha Vakulina

No Rain, no Flowers: Funding Start-ups

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

No Rain, no Flowers: Funding Start-ups

Rishi Khosla, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Jacqueline Poh, Navin Chaddha

From Waste to Wardrobe: Making Circular Fashion Fashionable

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

From Waste to Wardrobe: Making Circular Fashion Fashionable

Margaret Zhang, Leslie Johnston, Patrice Louvet, Li Xin, Suchitra Lohia

How to Prevent an Anxious Generation

09:00 - 09:30 GMT+1

How to Prevent an Anxious Generation

Nita Farahany, Tali Sharot, Adam Grant

Education Meets AI

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Education Meets AI

Jeffrey R. Tarr, Hadi Partovi, Nzinga Qunta, Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi

Japan's Bet on Cooperation

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Japan's Bet on Cooperation

Isabelle Deschamps, Michael Froman, Masayuki Hyodo, Kono Taro, Walter Mead

How Can Cyber Defenders Win?

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

How Can Cyber Defenders Win?

Samir Saran, Sadie Creese, Jürgen Stock, Debjani Ghosh, John Doyle, Gary Steele

Press Conference: Closing the AI Access Gap

09:00 - 09:30 GMT+1

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Press Conference: Closing the AI Access Gap

Amandeep Singh Gill, Paula Ingabire, Cathy Li, Sabastian Niles, Omar Sultan Al Olama

Open Forum: Cracking the Code

09:30 - 10:30 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Open Forum: Cracking the Code

Ann Cleaveland, André Kudelski, Kathy Liu, Lauren Woodman, Michelle Zatlyn

Mapping Solutions for: Energy

09:30 - 10:00 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Mapping Solutions for: Energy

Melissa C. Lott

10:00
Press Conference: The Future of Global Fintech

10:00 - 10:30 GMT+1

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Press Conference: The Future of Global Fintech

Vincent Henry Iswaratioso, John Rwangombwa, Bryan Zheng Zhang

A Conversation with Isaac Herzog, President of Israel

10:00 - 10:30 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

A Conversation with Isaac Herzog, President of Israel

Isaac Herzog, Klaus Schwab

BRICS in Expansion

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

BRICS in Expansion

Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, Gao Jifan, Enoch Godongwana, Nadine Hani

A New Dawn for Eurasia?

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

A New Dawn for Eurasia?

Cenk Alper, Odile Françoise Renaud-Basso, Mirek Dušek, Aleksandar Vučić

Sorry, We're Full: Tackling Overtourism

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Sorry, We're Full: Tackling Overtourism

Richard Quest, Sithembile Ntombela, Jane Sun, Stephen Cotton, Anthony F. Fernandes

Gen AI: Boon or Bane for Creativity?

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Featured

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Gen AI: Boon or Bane for Creativity?

Daren Tang, Neal Mohan, Almar Latour, Krista Kim, Brendan Vaughan

Wrapped in Leadership

10:15 - 10:45 GMT+1

Wrapped in Leadership

Diane von Furstenberg, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy

Building Equitable Transitions: Green and Fair

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Building Equitable Transitions: Green and Fair

David Gelles, Jonas Prising, Rania Al-Mashat, Luc Triangle, J. Jon Imaz

History-making in the High Seas

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

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History-making in the High Seas

Niclas Mårtensson, Peter Thomson, Sir Andrew Steer, Sanda Ojiambo

Mapping Solutions for: Extreme Weather

10:30 - 11:00 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Mapping Solutions for: Extreme Weather

Naomi Oreskes, Arvind Satyam

A Conversation With Mohammed Shyaa Al Sudani, Prime Minister of Iraq

10:30 - 11:00 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

A Conversation With Mohammed Shyaa Al Sudani, Prime Minister of Iraq

John Harris

11:00
The Mind and the Machine

11:00 - 11:30 GMT+1

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The Mind and the Machine

Nita Farahany, Amandeep Singh Gill, Gary Marcus

Technology in a Turbulent World

11:00 - 11:45 GMT+1

Technology in a Turbulent World

Albert Bourla, Fareed Zakaria, Sam Altman, Julie Sweet, Marc Benioff

Industrial Clusters: Is there a Blueprint?

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Industrial Clusters: Is there a Blueprint?

Elena Cherney, Jacques Vandermeiren, Zhang Lei

Being Honest about Governance

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Being Honest about Governance

Helen E. Clark, Peter Maurer, Zeina Soufan

Navigating Longer Lifespans

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

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Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Navigating Longer Lifespans

Martine Ferland, Roy Gori, Jaime Ho, Dubravka Šuica, Nancy Ip

LGBTQI+ Inclusion at Work

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

LGBTQI+ Inclusion at Work

Milton Cheng, Sander van’t Noordende, Sarah Kate Ellis, Martina Cheung, Jochen Wegner

About Robo-Allies

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

About Robo-Allies

Victoria Alonsoperez, Florence Verzelen, Jennifer Schenker

All Change: What Next for Monetary Policy?

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

All Change: What Next for Monetary Policy?

Julio Velarde, Mark Carney, Thomas J. Jordan, Martin Wolf, Laura Alfaro, Katherine Garrett-Cox

Can India Seize its Moment?

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

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Can India Seize its Moment?

Debjani Ghosh, Hardeep Singh Puri, James Quincey, Samir Saran, Ashwini Vaishnaw

12:00
Press Conference: Redesigning Healthcare with Women in Mind

12:00 - 12:30 GMT+1

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Press Conference: Redesigning Healthcare with Women in Mind

Paula Bellostas Muguerza, Nadia Fettah, Sahil Tesfu, Dan Vahdat

Open Forum: On Thin Ice

12:30 - 13:30 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Open Forum: On Thin Ice

Ruzica Dadic, Renata Koch Alvarenga, Gail Whiteman

13:00
Decarbonizing Emerging Markets

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

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Decarbonizing Emerging Markets

Haslinda Amin, Joanna Messing, Odile Françoise Renaud-Basso, Bill Winters

MENA's Economic Dilemma: Reforming amid Uncertainty

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

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MENA's Economic Dilemma: Reforming amid Uncertainty

Hussain Sajwani, Rania Al-Mashat, Nadia Fettah, Meghan O'Sullivan, Mazen S. Darwazeh, Khalfan Belhoul, Faisal Alibrahim

First Movers Coalition for Food

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

First Movers Coalition for Food

Ramon Laguarta, Steve Sedgwick, Axton Salim, Gilberto Tomazoni, Megan Scarsella

Yes In My Backyard

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

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Yes In My Backyard

Tiya Gordon, Ebru Özdemir, Paul Chan Mo-po, Jonathan Reckford, Mark Edward Rose

Defending Truth

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

Featured

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Defending Truth

Mark Leonard, Jeanne Bourgault, Meredith Kopit Levien, Vera Jourová, Emma Tucker

Where Are We with Autonomous Mobility?

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

Where Are We with Autonomous Mobility?

Robert Falck, Deborah Flint, Jamie Heller, Carlo Ratti

The Role of the Office Is Still TBC

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

The Role of the Office Is Still TBC

Amy Bernstein, Allen Blue, Manny Maceda

Beyond Labels

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

Beyond Labels

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Platon

14:00
No Recovery without Trade and Investment

14:00 - 14:45 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

No Recovery without Trade and Investment

Valdis Dombrovskis, Chrystia Freeland, Brian Moynihan, Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

15:00
Rolling out EVs: A Marathon or a Sprint?

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Rolling out EVs: A Marathon or a Sprint?

Hilde Merete Aasheim, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, Jim Rowan, Robin Zeng

AM24: Bio-based Path to Net Zero

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

AM24: Bio-based Path to Net Zero

Cheryl Cui, Ester Baiget, Daren Tang, Conrad Keijzer, Magdalena Skipper

Alpine Economies at +2C

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Alpine Economies at +2C

Johan Rockström, Johan Eliasch, Nirvana Chaudhary

Russia: What Next?

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Russia: What Next?

Valdis Dombrovskis, Chris Miller, Radosław Sikorski

Good Growth: Lessons From the Field

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

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Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Good Growth: Lessons From the Field

Carlos Cuerpo Caballero, Ravi Kumar S., Alex Liu, Johanna Mair, Elisabeth Svantesson

How Sound Is Real Estate?

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

How Sound Is Real Estate?

Christian Ulbrich, David Steinbach, Nathalie Palladitcheff, Ahmed Galal Ismail, Keir Simmons

Where Global Commerce Is Headed

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Where Global Commerce Is Headed

Simon Evenett, Jakob Stausholm, Wale Edun, Rebeca Grynspan, Reta Jo Lewis, Marcelo Claure

Land Use: Managing the Trade-offs

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Land Use: Managing the Trade-offs

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, Michael Gelchie, M. Sanjayan

A Conversation with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

A Conversation with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Ravi Agrawal

Addressing Antisemitism

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Addressing Antisemitism

Jonathan Greenblatt, David Rosen, Timothy Snyder

The Prices We Pay

15:15 - 15:45 GMT+1

The Prices We Pay

Amitabh Behar, Danny Quah, Adam Posen, Madeleine von Holzen, Allison Schrager

Matching Finance to Need

15:30 - 16:45 GMT+1

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Matching Finance to Need

David Miliband, Sara Pantuliano, David Cameron, Albin Kurti, Vera Songwe, Espen Barth Eide, Nadia Fettah, Juergen Voegele

16:00
Saudi Arabia: The Course Ahead

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

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Saudi Arabia: The Course Ahead

Ajay S. Banga, H.R.H. Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Faisal Alibrahim, Rebecca Anderson, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir

Are the Financial Risks of Climate Change Under-Priced?

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

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A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Are the Financial Risks of Climate Change Under-Priced?

Mariana Mazzucato, Inger Andersen, Steven van Rijswijk, Katharine Hayhoe, Christian Mumenthaler

Uniting Europe's Markets

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Uniting Europe's Markets

Nadia Calviño, Paschal Donohoe, Stephanie Flanders, Christine Lagarde, Christian Sewing

Comparing Notes on Financial Inclusion

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

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Comparing Notes on Financial Inclusion

Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Serey Chea, Mounir Nakhla, Godfrey Mutizwa

Decongesting Cities

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Decongesting Cities

Jane Burston, Helena Leurent, Sriharsha Majety

Young Brains and Screens

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Young Brains and Screens

Shyam Bishen, Julie Inman Grant, David Kenny, Angelique Kidjo, Gillian R. Tett

Middle Powers in a Multipolar World

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Middle Powers in a Multipolar World

Graham Allison, Cecilia Malmström, Dino Patti Djalal

The Dance of the Algorithms

16:15 - 16:45 GMT+1

The Dance of the Algorithms

Refik Anadol, Chief Nixiwaka Yawanawá, Chief Putany Yawanawá, Joseph Fowler

What to Expect from a Possible Republican Administration?

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

What to Expect from a Possible Republican Administration?

Sir Robin Niblett, Walter Mead, Gerard Baker, Allison Schrager

Focusing in on Global Security

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Focusing in on Global Security

Mirek Dušek, Jane Harman, Samir Saran

17:00
Mapping Solutions for: Trade and Investment

17:00 - 17:30 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Mapping Solutions for: Trade and Investment

Douglas L. Peterson

Press Conference: Transformation of Global Trade

17:15 - 17:45 GMT+1

Featured

Press Conference: Transformation of Global Trade

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

Who Stole My Feedstock?

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Who Stole My Feedstock?

María Mendiluce, Marco Alverà, Jim Tankersley, Maarten Wetselaar, Brandon Daniels

Clear-Eyed about Crypto

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Clear-Eyed about Crypto

Brad Garlinghouse, Paul Chan Mo-po, Jirayut "Topp" Srupsrisopa, Brendan Vaughan

How to Believe in the Future

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

How to Believe in the Future

Kamal Ahmed, Saisha Srivastava, Robert Beamish, Nyifamu Manzo

Hard Power of AI

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Hard Power of AI

Nick Clegg, Andrew R. Sorkin, Mustafa Suleyman, Leo Varadkar

Moving Forward with the Energy Transition

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Moving Forward with the Energy Transition

Andrew Forrest, Meghan O'Sullivan, Salil S. Parekh, Alexandre Silveira

18:00
Open Forum: Resilience in Motion

18:30 - 19:30 GMT+1

Open Forum: Resilience in Motion

Mina Al-Oraibi, Yaman Okur

Friday 19th Jan

9:00
Is Geopolitical 'Coopetition' Possible?

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Is Geopolitical 'Coopetition' Possible?

Jane Harman, Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Mathias Miedreich, Maroš Šefčovič

Overcoming Unfair Beginnings

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Overcoming Unfair Beginnings

Vivi Yulaswati, Zeblon Vilakazi, Subhashini (Shuba) Chandran, Margery Kraus

Rebuilding Trust in Science

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Rebuilding Trust in Science

Bonginkosi Emmanuel "Blade" Nzimande, Vas Narasimhan, Magdalena Skipper, Richard W. Edelman

4.2 Billion People at the Ballot Box

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

4.2 Billion People at the Ballot Box

Alexander Soros, Mark Leonard, Rachel Botsman, Rajesh Kumar Singh, James Harding, Ian Bremmer

The Purpose of Astronauts

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

The Purpose of Astronauts

Victoria Alonsoperez, Eytan Stibbe, Dava Newman, Dylan Taylor

Open Forum: Turning Back the Clock

09:30 - 10:30 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Open Forum: Turning Back the Clock

Stanley M. Bergman, John Dongo, Michael Hengartner, Kim Samuel

10:00
Prosperity Through Data Infrastructure

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Prosperity Through Data Infrastructure

Hatem Dowidar, Heather Landy, Joris Poort

Decrypting the US-China Relationship

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Decrypting the US-China Relationship

Sir Robin Niblett, Eswar Prasad, Jin Keyu, Graham Allison, Fred Hu

Earth's Wisdom Keepers

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy

Earth's Wisdom Keepers

Ann Adeline Dumaliang, Xiye Bastida, Marie-Claire Graf, Hosana Silva

Global Risks: What's in the Mail?

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

Global Risks: What's in the Mail?

Andrew McAfee, Haslinda Amin, Douglas L. Peterson, Agnes Callamard

Anticipating the Middle East in 2024

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Anticipating the Middle East in 2024

Jane Harman, Leela de Kretser, Mahmood Sariolghalam

11:00
The Global Economic Outlook

11:00 - 12:00 GMT+1

Featured

Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era

The Global Economic Outlook

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Francine Lacqua, Christine Lagarde, David M. Rubenstein, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

12:00
Closing Remarks: The Road Ahead

12:00 - 12:15 GMT+1

Closing Remarks: The Road Ahead

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