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Thursday 8th Jan

15:00
Press Conference: Global Cooperation Barometer 2026

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

Press Conference: Global Cooperation Barometer 2026

Sheba Crocker, Bob Sternfels

Tuesday 13th Jan

14:00
Pre-Annual Meeting 2026 Press Conference

14:30 - 15:15 GMT+1

Pre-Annual Meeting 2026 Press Conference

Sheba Crocker, Mirek Dušek

Wednesday 14th Jan

10:00
Launch of the Global Risks Report 2026

10:00 - 10:45 GMT+1

Launch of the Global Risks Report 2026

Yann Zopf

Monday 19th Jan

18:00
Opening Concert

18:00 - 19:00 GMT+1

Opening Concert

Renaud Capuçon, Jon Batiste

Open Forum: Which 2050 Do We Want?

18:30 - 19:45 GMT+1

Open Forum: Which 2050 Do We Want?

Zainab Azizi, Agnes Callamard, Taylor Hawkins, Aruoture Oddiri, Arjun Prakash, Adam Tooze, Alois Zwinggi

Tuesday 20th Jan

8:00
Banking Accelerated

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Banking Accelerated

Bettina Orlopp, Sheikh Bandar Bin Mohammed Bin Saoud Al-Thani, André Esteves, David McKay, Sara Eisen, Suzan Kereere

Risks by the Numbers

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Risks by the Numbers

Wale Edun, David Bach, Brandon Daniels, Raj Ganguly, Florence Gaub

Scaling AI: Now Comes the Hard Part

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Scaling AI: Now Comes the Hard Part

Roy Jakobs, Ryan McInerney, Mat Honan, Amin Nasser, Julie Sweet

Workers in the Driver’s Seat

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we better invest in people?

Workers in the Driver’s Seat

Denis Machuel, Roxana Mînzatu, Mina Al-Oraibi, Luc Triangle, Dipali Goenka

Governments as Economic Super Actors

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Governments as Economic Super Actors

Martin Sandbu, François-Philippe Champagne, Bob Willen, Kathleen Claussen, Akazawa Ryosei, Sunny Mann

Can EVs Really Dominate?

08:15 - 09:00 GMT+1

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Can EVs Really Dominate?

Elaine Buckberg, Stella Li, Dan Murphy, Gustavo Pimenta

9:00
Understanding the Brain in a Digital Age

09:00 - 09:30 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Understanding the Brain in a Digital Age

Michael Mager, Irene Tracey

Open Forum: The Snow Factor

09:30 - 10:45 GMT+1

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Open Forum: The Snow Factor

Zoe Balmforth, Belen Paez, Johan Rockström, Dana Shukirbayeva

Who Is Winning on Energy Security?

09:30 - 10:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Who Is Winning on Energy Security?

Fatih Birol, Andrés Gluski, Majid Jafar, Sir Robin Niblett, Meghan O'Sullivan

Healthcare Needs New Ideas

09:30 - 10:15 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Healthcare Needs New Ideas

Michael Sen, Mansoor Al Mansoori, Nadine Hachach-Haram, Kathy Bloomgarden, Deepak Nath

Global Cooperation Barometer

09:30 - 10:00 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Global Cooperation Barometer

Bob Sternfels, Samir Saran

How Robust Is Private Credit?

09:30 - 10:15 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

How Robust Is Private Credit?

Mehreen Khan, Steven Tananbaum, Martina Cheung, Jo Taylor, Christophe De Vusser

Africa’s Job Engine

09:30 - 10:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Africa’s Job Engine

Godfrey Mutizwa, Ahmed Shide Mohamed, Angela Oduor Lungati, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar

Japan's Turn

09:30 - 10:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Japan's Turn

Mazen S. Darwazeh, Katayama Satsuki, Takayuki Morita, Gideon Rachman, Kevin Rudd

An Honest Conversation on the Hopes and Anxieties of the (New) Economy

09:30 - 10:00 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

An Honest Conversation on the Hopes and Anxieties of the (New) Economy

Stephanie Flanders, Dara Khosrowshahi

Conversation with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft

09:30 - 10:00 GMT+1

Conversation with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft

Satya Nadella, Laurence D. Fink

Conversation with Aziz Akhannouch, Head of Government, Kingdom of Morocco

09:30 - 10:00 GMT+1

Conversation with Aziz Akhannouch, Head of Government, Kingdom of Morocco

André Hoffmann

Return of Creative Destruction

09:45 - 10:30 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Return of Creative Destruction

Peter Howitt, Philippe Aghion

10:00
Welcoming Remarks and Special Address

10:30 - 10:50 GMT+1

Featured

Welcoming Remarks and Special Address

Laurence D. Fink, André Hoffmann, Guy Parmelin

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

10:50 - 11:20 GMT+1

Featured

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

Ursula von der Leyen

11:00
Special Address by He Lifeng, Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China

11:20 - 11:50 GMT+1

Special Address by He Lifeng, Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China

André Hoffmann

12:00
Open Forum: Staying Grounded in an Age of Uncertainty

12:30 - 13:45 GMT+1

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Open Forum: Staying Grounded in an Age of Uncertainty

Mina Al-Oraibi, Philippe Bolopion, Florence Gaub, Oksana Havryliv, Stefan Schaible, Oana-Silvia Toiu

13:00
Town Hall: Dilemmas around Knowledge

13:00 - 13:45 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Town Hall: Dilemmas around Knowledge

Hugo Sarrazin, Deborah Prentice, Aidan Gomez

Redefining Europe’s Place in the World

13:00 - 13:45 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Redefining Europe’s Place in the World

Gideon Rachman, Andrej Plenković, Bart De Wever, Arthur Mensch, Marguerite Bérard

Chief Economists Briefing: What to Expect in 2026

13:30 - 14:00 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Chief Economists Briefing: What to Expect in 2026

Gilles Moëc, Karen Harris, Nela Richardson, Shen Jianguang

Thinking Clearly about Emotions

13:30 - 14:00 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Thinking Clearly about Emotions

In the Midst of Chaos

13:30 - 14:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we better invest in people?

In the Midst of Chaos

Ishaan Tharoor, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Catherine Russell

The Day After AGI

13:30 - 14:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

The Day After AGI

Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, Zanny Minton Beddoes

14:00
Special Address by Emmanuel Macron, President of France

14:00 - 14:30 GMT+1

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Special Address by Emmanuel Macron, President of France

Emmanuel Macron, Laurence D. Fink

When the Padlock No Longer Works

14:30 - 15:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

When the Padlock No Longer Works

Akshay Joshi, Niccolo De Masi, Anne Neuberger

Wearing AI

14:30 - 15:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Wearing AI

Andrew Bosworth, Emily Chang Stull

An Honest Conversation on AI and Humanity

14:30 - 15:00 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

An Honest Conversation on AI and Humanity

Irene Tracey

Conversation with Scott Bessent, US Secretary of the Treasury

14:30 - 15:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Conversation with Scott Bessent, US Secretary of the Treasury

Scott Bessent, Maria Bartiromo

15:00
Healing with Sound and Words

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Healing with Sound and Words

Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad, Adam Grant, Harvey Mason Jr

Rebuilding Trust in Latin America

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Rebuilding Trust in Latin America

Enrique Acevedo, Ilan Goldfajn, Jose Raul Mulino Quintero, Daniel Noboa Azín, Ngaire Woods

Data against Modern Slavery

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Data against Modern Slavery

Amy Pope, Kara Hurst, Dan Viederman, Mahendra Pandey, John Schultz

Women at the Finance Frontier

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

How can we better invest in people?

Women at the Finance Frontier

Temi Marcella Olatunde, Diane Brady, Stacey Vanek Smith, Mounir Nakhla, Stefan Bollinger, Lutfey Siddiqi

Science as a Growth Engine

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Science as a Growth Engine

Marilyne Andersen, Martina Hirayama, Sarah Reisinger, Benjamine Liu, Daren Tang

Stories and Strength

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Stories and Strength

Maurice Lévy, H.H. Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Richard W. Edelman, Brendan Vaughan

What it Takes to Build

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

What it Takes to Build

Jessica Lessin, Bret Taylor

Conversation with Alex Karp, CEO and Co-Founder, Palantir Technologies

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

Conversation with Alex Karp, CEO and Co-Founder, Palantir Technologies

Alex Karp, Laurence D. Fink

Next Phase of Intelligence

15:15 - 16:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Next Phase of Intelligence

Nicholas Thompson, Eric Xing, Yoshua Bengio, Yejin Choi

How Can We Build Prosperity within Planetary Boundaries?

15:30 - 16:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

How Can We Build Prosperity within Planetary Boundaries?

André Hoffmann, Johan Rockström, Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Sumant Sinha, Ramon Laguarta, Andrew Forrest

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

15:30 - 16:00 GMT+1

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

Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani

Offshore Wind at a Turning Point

15:45 - 16:15 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Offshore Wind at a Turning Point

Jan Rosenow, Zhang Chao

Beware of Cyber Doppelgängers

15:45 - 16:15 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Beware of Cyber Doppelgängers

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Johnny Ayers, Aparna Bawa

16:00
Schwab Foundation Awards 2026

16:15 - 17:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we better invest in people?

Schwab Foundation Awards 2026

Kibret Abebe, Emad Adly, Karen Basiye, Ioana Bauer, Francois Bonnici, Minhaj Chowdhury, Mario Haberfeld, Omar Itani, Johanna Mair, H.M. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Francois-Ghislain Morillion, Mamadou Ndiaye, Olivia Onyemaobi, Ana Maria Raad, Orlando Rojas, Viviantie Sarjuni, Hamzah Sarwar, Piyush Tewari, Juliana Uribe

Migration: A New Approach

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Migration: A New Approach

David Miliband, Amy Pope, Greg Case, Jagan Chapagain

Racing for Compute and its Endgame

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Racing for Compute and its Endgame

Rene Haas, Joshua Payne, Vijay Vythianathan Vaitheeswaran, Ebba Busch, Olivier Blum, KR Sridhar

Defining Eurasia's Economic Identity

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Defining Eurasia's Economic Identity

Ilham Aliyev, Ebru Özdemir, Sasha Vakulina, Aleksandar Vučić

Prosperity: Sovereign Yet Connected?

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Prosperity: Sovereign Yet Connected?

François-Philippe Champagne, Howard W. Lutnick, Brian Moynihan, Adam Tooze, Janet Truncale

Radical Stillness

16:15 - 16:45 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Radical Stillness

Mirjam Varadinis, Hans Ulrich Obrist

Hard Choices for Industrial Policy

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Hard Choices for Industrial Policy

Jamil Edmond Anderlini, Kathy Wengel, Anish Shah, Hassan Elkhatib, Natan Linder, Erica Fuchs

Healthcare: Cost or Investment?

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Healthcare: Cost or Investment?

Michel Demaré, Bernd Montag, Suneeta Reddy, Stefanie Stantcheva

Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada

16:30 - 17:00 GMT+1

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Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada

Mark Carney, Laurence D. Fink, Gideon Rachman

Business Case for Nature

16:45 - 17:30 GMT+1

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Business Case for Nature

André Hoffmann, Chavalit Frederick Tsao, Kirsten Schuijt, David Gelles, Rohini Nilekani

17:00
Next Big Play for Sports

17:00 - 17:30 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Next Big Play for Sports

Erica Alessandri, Mathieu Flamini

Humanoids Among Us

17:00 - 17:30 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Humanoids Among Us

Peggy Johnson, Deepak Pathak

Where Can New Growth Come From?

17:00 - 17:45 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Where Can New Growth Come From?

Marc Benioff, Thomas Buberl, Ruth Porat, Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Francine Lacqua, Melanie Joly

Digital Embassies for Sovereign AI

17:00 - 17:30 GMT+1

Featured

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Digital Embassies for Sovereign AI

Gobind Singh Deo, Cathy Li, Alexandre Fasel

AI Power Play, No Referees

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

AI Power Play, No Referees

Brad Smith, Ian Bremmer, Kristalina Georgieva, Khalid Al-Falih, Ashwini Vaishnaw

Geopolitics of Materials

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Geopolitics of Materials

Bandar Alkhorayef, Jonathan Price, Boitumelo Mosako, Jack Hidary, Ravi Agrawal

Central Banking: Beyond the Mandate

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Central Banking: Beyond the Mandate

Amir Yaron, Steve Sedgwick, Martin Schlegel, Joachim Nagel, Janice Eberly

Corporate Ladders, AI Reshuffled

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we better invest in people?

Corporate Ladders, AI Reshuffled

Himanshu Palsule, Christopher Pissarides, Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, Andrew Ng, Shereen Bhan

Future of Inclusion

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Future of Inclusion

Enrique Acevedo, Luana Marques Garcia Ozemela, Iris Bohnet, Niall Ferguson

How Can Africa Prosper in the New Economy?

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

How Can Africa Prosper in the New Economy?

Rachel Glennerster, Wamkele Keabetswe Mene, Raj Kumar, Jurie Strydom

Path to Peace in Ukraine: By Might or by Accord?

17:45 - 18:30 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Path to Peace in Ukraine: By Might or by Accord?

Anita Anand, Jamil Edmond Anderlini, Elina Valtonen

18:00
Where Are We with Emerging Markets?

18:00 - 18:45 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Where Are We with Emerging Markets?

Bob Sternfels, Rania Al-Mashat, Peter Thal Larsen, Makhtar Diop, James Hame Marape

Open Forum: Where Biology Meets Choice

18:30 - 19:45 GMT+1

Open Forum: Where Biology Meets Choice

Daniel de Boer, Natalie Edwards, Eva McLellan, Irene Tracey

Wednesday 21st Jan

8:00
Decade Déjà Vu: Are the 2020s the New 1920s?

08:30 - 09:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Decade Déjà Vu: Are the 2020s the New 1920s?

Andrew R. Sorkin, Laurence D. Fink, Christine Lagarde, Adam Tooze, Ken Griffin

9:00
Breaking Latin America’s Growth Ceiling

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Breaking Latin America’s Growth Ceiling

Esther Dweck, James Scriven, Julio Velarde, Altagracia Gomez Sierra, Juan Carlos Mora, Gillian R. Tett

Chinese Economy: Fully Emerged?

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Chinese Economy: Fully Emerged?

Sandy Xu Ran, Carlson Tong, Zhu Min, Dong Junfeng, Tian Wei, Eswar Prasad

Who Brokers Trust Now?

09:00 - 10:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Who Brokers Trust Now?

Ishaan Tharoor, Annalena Baerbock, Alexander De Croo, Chuck Robbins, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Comfort Ero

How Can We Avert a Climate Recession? 

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

Featured

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

How Can We Avert a Climate Recession? 

Ester Baiget, Carsten Schneider, Zhang Lei, Jai Shroff, Al Gore, Elizabeth Thurbon

Advancing Interfaith Dialogue for Peace

09:00 - 09:30 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Advancing Interfaith Dialogue for Peace

Mohammed Al-Issa, Pinchas Goldschmidt, Katrin Eigendorf

Can Russia Sustain a Wartime Economy?

09:00 - 09:30 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Can Russia Sustain a Wartime Economy?

Oana-Silvia Toiu, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

When Code and Creativity Collide

09:15 - 09:45 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

When Code and Creativity Collide

Juliet Mann, Harvey Mason jr., will.i.am

Preventing Jobless Growth

09:15 - 10:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Preventing Jobless Growth

Jonas Prising, Elizabeth Shuler, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Valdis Dombrovskis, Erik Brynjolfsson, Ravi Kumar S.

Are Cities Up to It?

09:15 - 09:45 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Are Cities Up to It?

D.K. Shivakumar, Diallo Powell

Open Forum: Swipe Left on Reality

09:30 - 10:45 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Open Forum: Swipe Left on Reality

Samuele Ramadori, Ronen Tanchum, Wanji Walcott

Special Address by Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt

09:30 - 10:00 GMT+1

Featured

Special Address by Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt

Abdel Fattah El-Sisi

All Eyes on Sleep

09:45 - 10:15 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

All Eyes on Sleep

Dan Vahdat

10:00
Launching the Scale-up Europe Fund

10:00 - 10:30 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Launching the Scale-up Europe Fund

Sebastian Matthes, Marcus Wallenberg, Ekaterina Zaharieva, Kasim Kutay

Rethinking Global Aid: The Time Is Now

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Rethinking Global Aid: The Time Is Now

Christopher A. Coons, Ronald Lamola, John-Arne Røttingen, Stephanie Flanders, Arancha Gonzalez Laya

Is Tokenization the Future?

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Is Tokenization the Future?

Brian Armstrong, Brad Garlinghouse, Karen Tso, Valérie Urbain, Bill Winters

Can India Become the Third Largest Economy in the World?

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Can India Become the Third Largest Economy in the World?

Juvencio Maeztu, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Gita Gopinath, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Kalli Purie

Can Europe Defend Itself?

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Can Europe Defend Itself?

Mark Rutte, Karol Nawrocki, Nadia Calviño, Paul Hudson, Alexander Stubb, Sarah Kelly

Water in the Balance

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Water in the Balance

Richard Dickson, Matt Damon, Kris Licht, Jennifer Morris, Haslinda Amin

At the Cusp of Healthcare for All

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we better invest in people?

At the Cusp of Healthcare for All

Bill Gates, Paula Ingabire, Peter Sands, Sara Eisen

Conversation with US State Governors

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

Conversation with US State Governors

Richard Quest

RNA, Why it is still a Big Deal

10:30 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

RNA, Why it is still a Big Deal

Magdalena Skipper

An Honest Conversation on the Hyper Connected and the Hyper Lonely

10:30 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

An Honest Conversation on the Hyper Connected and the Hyper Lonely

Jenny Kim, Jonathan Haidt, Bill Ready, Adam Grant

11:00
Services in the Firing Line

11:00 - 11:30 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Services in the Firing Line

Peter De Caluwe, Ricardo Hausmann

Press Conference: Closing the Manufacturing Talent Gap in the US and Beyond

11:00 - 11:30 GMT+1

Press Conference: Closing the Manufacturing Talent Gap in the US and Beyond

Kiva Allgood, Becky Frankiewicz, Blake Moret, Randi Weingarten

Progress Is not Inevitable

11:00 - 11:30 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Progress Is not Inevitable

Carl-Benedikt Frey

Scars of Survival: How I Rebuilt My Life

11:30 - 12:00 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Scars of Survival: How I Rebuilt My Life

Katie Piper

Clear-Eyed about Nuclear Renaissance

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Clear-Eyed about Nuclear Renaissance

Bernard Fontana, Michael E. McKelvy, Vijay Vythianathan Vaitheeswaran, Ebba Busch, Eisaku Ito

Are Markets Mispricing the Future?

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Are Markets Mispricing the Future?

Mark Benedetti, Gita Gopinath, Jonathan Ferro, Bonnie Y Chan, Sergio P. Ermotti, Robin Vince

Hard Realities of Cyber Threats

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Hard Realities of Cyber Threats

Michelle Zatlyn, Michael Miebach, Catherine De Bolle, Hatem Dowidar, Samir Saran

Making Healthy Choices, Better

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Making Healthy Choices, Better

Dimitri de Vreeze, Adrian Gore, Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, Helena Leurent, Michelle Longmire

Conversation with Ken Griffin, President and CEO of Citadel

11:30 - 12:00 GMT+1

Conversation with Ken Griffin, President and CEO of Citadel

Ken Griffin, Zanny Minton Beddoes

Conversation with Jensen Huang, President and CEO of NVIDIA

11:30 - 12:00 GMT+1

Conversation with Jensen Huang, President and CEO of NVIDIA

Laurence D. Fink

12:00
China's AI+ Economy

12:00 - 12:30 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

China's AI+ Economy

Gong Ke, Hisham Alrayes, Dowson Tong, Guan Xin, Yutong Zhang

Open Forum: Understanding Quantum Reality

12:30 - 13:45 GMT+1

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Open Forum: Understanding Quantum Reality

Paul Alivisatos, Kimberly Budil, Andrew McLaughlin, Lene Oddershede, Josephine Teo

What Is at Stake for Indigenous Lands?

12:30 - 13:00 GMT+1

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

What Is at Stake for Indigenous Lands?

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Gracelin Baskaran

Making Water, Differently

12:30 - 13:00 GMT+1

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Making Water, Differently

Matthew Pine, Diana Virgovicova, Tania Strauss

13:00
Humanitarian Briefing on Sudan

13:00 - 13:30 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Humanitarian Briefing on Sudan

Rania DAGASH, David Miliband, Barham Salih

Conversation with Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase

13:00 - 13:30 GMT+1

Conversation with Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase

Jamie Dimon, Zanny Minton Beddoes

Time for Clean Fuels?

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Time for Clean Fuels?

Elaine Buckberg, Patrick Pouyanné, Arvinder Singh Sahney, Richard Holtum, Marcos Bulgheroni, Jason Bordoff

Putting Entrepreneurs where Markets Aren't

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

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How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Putting Entrepreneurs where Markets Aren't

José Manuel Ramos Horta, Richard K. Lyons, Gwenaelle Huet, Gina Vargiu-Breuer, Shuchin Bajaj, Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa

The Intelligent Co-Worker

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

The Intelligent Co-Worker

Kian Katanforoosh, Munjal Shah, Bruce Broussard, Kate Kallot, Mat Honan, Christoph Schweizer

Experiencing the World

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Experiencing the World

Martin Eurnekian, Erica Alessandri, Ahmed Al Khateeb, Cara Morton, Andrew Serwer

On Guard, from Deep Sea to Orbit

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

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How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

On Guard, from Deep Sea to Orbit

Jessica Rosenworcel, Ángel Cabrera, Josef Aschbacher, Rafal Modrzewski, Robert M. Lee

Dedollarization or Redollarization?

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Dedollarization or Redollarization?

Henry Curr, Kristin J. Forbes, Kenneth Rogoff

How Can Governments Innovate?

13:30 - 14:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

How Can Governments Innovate?

Erica Fuchs, Lokesh Nara

Building AI for the Long Term

13:30 - 14:15 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Building AI for the Long Term

Sarah Friar, Michael Intrator, Jessica Lessin, Peng Xiao, Rob Goldstein

Conversation with Mohammed Mustafa, Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority

13:30 - 14:00 GMT+1

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Conversation with Mohammed Mustafa, Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority

Mohammed Mustafa, Mirek Dušek

14:00
Special Address by Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America

14:30 - 15:15 GMT+1

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Special Address by Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America

Laurence D. Fink, Donald J. Trump

15:00
Is Everyone Falling Behind?

15:30 - 16:15 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Is Everyone Falling Behind?

Michael Ensser, Alice Evans, Scott Galloway, Christy Hoffman

Should We Bet on Climate Moonshots?

15:30 - 16:15 GMT+1

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Should We Bet on Climate Moonshots?

Noubar Afeyan, Kimberly Budil, Bob Mumgaard

Why Quantum Is Around the Corner and Why It Is Not

15:30 - 16:15 GMT+1

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Why Quantum Is Around the Corner and Why It Is Not

Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Arvind Krishna, Jennifer Schenker, Lene Oddershede

Supply Chains: Has the Dust Settled?

15:30 - 16:15 GMT+1

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How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Supply Chains: Has the Dust Settled?

Haslinda Amin, Ramachandran Dinesh, André Kudelski, Jose Raul Mulino Quintero, Henadi Al Saleh

A Coming Jobs Challenge in Emerging Markets?

15:45 - 16:45 GMT+1

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How can we better invest in people?

A Coming Jobs Challenge in Emerging Markets?

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Tengku Muhammad Taufik, Ajay S. Banga, Nandan Nilekani, Harini Amarasuriya, Stephanie Flanders, Wale Edun

The Chip Effect

15:45 - 16:15 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

The Chip Effect

Chris Miller, Andrew Feldman

Conversation between David Sacks and Marc Benioff

15:45 - 16:15 GMT+1

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Conversation between David Sacks and Marc Benioff

Marc Benioff, David Sacks

Rights by Design

15:45 - 16:15 GMT+1

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Rights by Design

Emma Inamutila Theofelus, Agnes Callamard, Lauren Woodman

16:00
Press Conference: Closing the Humanitarian Aid Gap

16:00 - 16:30 GMT+1

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Press Conference: Closing the Humanitarian Aid Gap

Elisabeth Carpenter, David Miliband, Barham Salih

Special Address by Javier Milei, President of Argentina

16:30 - 17:00 GMT+1

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Special Address by Javier Milei, President of Argentina

Javier Milei

Sailing through Barriers

16:45 - 17:15 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Sailing through Barriers

Hiro Iwamoto, Joseph Fowler

Enterprises with a Neural Spine

16:45 - 17:30 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Enterprises with a Neural Spine

Bipul Sinha, Ioannis Antonoglou, Richard Socher, Ravi Mhatre, Ina Turpen Fried, Yutong Zhang

Breakthroughs in Women’s Health

16:45 - 17:30 GMT+1

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How can we better invest in people?

Breakthroughs in Women’s Health

Orazio Schillaci, Sania Nishtar, Severin Schwan, Gargee Ghosh Chasin, Magdalena Skipper, Nadia Calviño

Cyber Defenders in the Age of AI

16:45 - 17:30 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Cyber Defenders in the Age of AI

James Harding, Marc Murtra, Jessica Rosenworcel, Nadav Zafrir

Unstoppable March of Renewables?

16:45 - 17:30 GMT+1

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How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Unstoppable March of Renewables?

Godfrey Mutizwa, Marco Arcelli, Catherine MacGregor, Pan Jian, Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi

17:00
What Chess Teaches Humans When Machines Play Better

17:00 - 17:30 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

What Chess Teaches Humans When Machines Play Better

YIFAN HOU, Kenneth Rogoff

Town Hall: Dilemmas around Binary Choices

17:00 - 17:45 GMT+1

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How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Town Hall: Dilemmas around Binary Choices

Iris Bohnet, Alice Evans, The Rt. Hon. The Lord William J. Hague, Stacey Vanek Smith

Economies Beyond the Shock Cycle

17:00 - 17:45 GMT+1

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How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Economies Beyond the Shock Cycle

John Micklethwait, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Rebeca Grynspan, Amer Bisat, Ahmed Shide Mohamed

The Repair Advantage

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

The Repair Advantage

Richard K. Lyons

Regulating at the Speed of Code

17:45 - 18:30 GMT+1

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How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Regulating at the Speed of Code

Nicholas Thompson, Federico Sturzenegger, Joel Kaplan, Yutaka Sasaki, Maryam bint Ahmed Al Hammadi

Second Act for EU Single Market

17:45 - 18:30 GMT+1

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How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Second Act for EU Single Market

Carlos Cuerpo Caballero, Annette Mosman, Valerie Baudson, Martin Sandbu, Christine Lagarde, Christian Sewing

Weight of Global Debt

17:45 - 18:30 GMT+1

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How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Weight of Global Debt

Anne Walsh, Muhammad Aurangzeb, Joumanna Bercetche, Ronald P. O'Hanley, Jennifer Johnson

18:00
US and China: Where Will They Land?

18:00 - 18:45 GMT+1

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How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

US and China: Where Will They Land?

Graham Allison, Christopher A. Coons, Jaime Ho, Kevin Rudd, Angela Zhang Huyue

When Food Becomes Security

18:00 - 18:45 GMT+1

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How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

When Food Becomes Security

Svein Tore Holsether, Sam Kass, Alvaro Lario, Ana Carolina Zimmermann

Open Forum: The Fragile Future of Antibiotics

18:30 - 19:45 GMT+1

Open Forum: The Fragile Future of Antibiotics

Stanley M. Bergman, Rachel Glennerster, Vanina Laurent-Ledru, Mosa Moshabela, Deepak Nath

Thursday 22nd Jan

8:00
Conversation with Gavin Newsom, Governor of California

08:30 - 09:00 GMT+1

Conversation with Gavin Newsom, Governor of California

Ben Smith

9:00
Food @ the Edge

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Food @ the Edge

Alice Ruhweza, Andrea Illy, Helena Leurent, Jasmin Hume

Velocity of the Blue Economy

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

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How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Velocity of the Blue Economy

David Gelles, Boudewijn Siemons, Apostolos Tzitzikostas

New Era for Finance

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

New Era for Finance

Kristin J. Forbes, Fred Hu, Jayee Koffey, Steven van Rijswijk

Taking NCDs Seriously

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Taking NCDs Seriously

Shamsheer Vayalil, Nancy Brown, Mosa Moshabela, Johan Westman

Factories that Think

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

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How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Factories that Think

Levent Cakiroglu, Peggy Johnson, Roland Busch, Jamie Heller, Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Mihir Shukla

An Honest Conversation about Why We Are Divided

09:00 - 09:30 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

An Honest Conversation about Why We Are Divided

Oliver Bäte, Scott Galloway, Oleksandra Matviichuk

Can We Save the Middle Class?

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Can We Save the Middle Class?

Christy Hoffman, Salil S. Parekh, Stacey Vanek Smith

Conversation with Isaac Herzog, President of  the State of Israel

09:00 - 09:30 GMT+1

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Conversation with Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel

Isaac Herzog, Fareed Zakaria

Cosmic Clues and Human Questions

09:15 - 09:45 GMT+1

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Cosmic Clues and Human Questions

Max Tegmark, Priyamvada Natarajan

Open Forum: Beyond Earth - The Next Space Race

09:30 - 10:45 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Open Forum: Beyond Earth - The Next Space Race

Lara Abrash, John Gedmark, Hélène Huby, Renato Krpoun, Dylan Taylor

Special Address by Friedrich Merz, Federal Chancellor of Germany

09:30 - 10:00 GMT+1

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Special Address by Friedrich Merz, Federal Chancellor of Germany

Friedrich Merz

Race for Fusion

09:45 - 10:15 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Race for Fusion

Francesco Sciortino, Kimberly Budil, Roberto Bocca

Tackling Antisemitism

09:45 - 10:15 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Tackling Antisemitism

Katrin Bennhold, Stanley M. Bergman

10:00
Seeing the Unseen

10:00 - 10:30 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Seeing the Unseen

Priyamvada Natarajan, Adam Grant

Will We Ever Have a Global Plastics Treaty?

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

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How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Will We Ever Have a Global Plastics Treaty?

José Manuel Ramos Horta, Jessika Roswall, Frank Tang Kui

Town Hall: Dilemmas around Ethics in AI

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Town Hall: Dilemmas around Ethics in AI

Max Tegmark, Meredith Whittaker, Rachel Botsman, Mat Honan

Can We Afford Longevity?

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

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How can we better invest in people?

Can We Afford Longevity?

Diene Keita, Kathryn Koch, Annette Mosman, David M. Rubenstein, Pat Tomlinson

How Housing Became a Bottleneck

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

How Housing Became a Bottleneck

Lars Petersson, Jonathan Reckford, Mark Edward Rose, Stefanie Stantcheva

Grow Anything Anywhere

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Grow Anything Anywhere

Viswa Colluru, Bahia Ezzat Jaafar, Padraig McDonnell, Jennifer Schenker

Where Are We on Stablecoins?

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

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How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Where Are We on Stablecoins?

Jeremy Allaire, Siu Yat, Dan Katz, Gerard Baker, Vera Songwe

Possibilities and Limits of Cancer Care

10:15 - 10:45 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Possibilities and Limits of Cancer Care

Stéphane Bancel

An Honest Conversation about How to Fuel Our Lives

10:30 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

An Honest Conversation about How to Fuel Our Lives

11:00
Fair Chance or False Promise?

11:00 - 11:30 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Fair Chance or False Promise?

Amitabh Behar, Jenni Hibbert, Ángel Cabrera

Cybercrime Has Real Victims

11:00 - 11:30 GMT+1

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How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Cybercrime Has Real Victims

Gary A. Haugen, Anne Neuberger, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Valdecy Urquiza

Orbital Outposts

11:00 - 11:30 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Orbital Outposts

Max Haot, Philip Johnston

Where Biodiversity Meets Cutting-Edge Science

11:30 - 12:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Where Biodiversity Meets Cutting-Edge Science

Aileen S Lee, Ben Lamm

Converging Technologies to Win

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

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How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Converging Technologies to Win

Abdullah bin Amer Al Swaha, Vimal Kapur, Andrew McAfee, Sassine Ghazi, Laura D'Andrea Tyson

Rise of Electro States

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Rise of Electro States

Henrik Andersen, Jan Rosenow, Manon van Beek, Dan Marokane, Anindya Novyan Bakrie

Defying Cognitive Atrophy

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

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How can we better invest in people?

Defying Cognitive Atrophy

Omar Abbosh, Carl Eschenbach, Anna Frances Griffiths (Vignoles), The Rt. Hon. The Lord William J. Hague

What Makes the US Economy Exceptional?

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

What Makes the US Economy Exceptional?

Joe Ucuzoglu, Charles Scharf, Adena Friedman, Bret L. Stephens, Cristiano Amon

Europe Is Treading Water, How Can It Make Waves?

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

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How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Europe Is Treading Water, How Can It Make Waves?

Micheál Martin, Nadia Calviño, Francine Lacqua, Nicolas Hieronimus, Hélène Huby, Milojko Spajić

Is ASEAN Moving Fast Enough?

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

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How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Is ASEAN Moving Fast Enough?

Ekniti Nitithanprapas, Jaime Ho, Masato Kanda, Tulsi Naidu, Daren Tang

How to Finance Decarbonization?

11:30 - 12:15 GMT+1

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How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

How to Finance Decarbonization?

Conrad Keijzer, Rovshan Najaf, Paul Chan Mo-po, Odile Françoise Renaud-Basso

12:00
Pollution Turnaround

12:30 - 13:00 GMT+1

How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Pollution Turnaround

Enkhuun Byambadorj, Marina Romanello

Open Forum: Agricultural Evolution

12:30 - 13:45 GMT+1

Open Forum: Agricultural Evolution

Herman Betten, Sabrina Dhowre Elba, Christian Frutiger, Sam Kass, Nyifamu Manzo, Alice Ruhweza

Rebalancing the New World Order

12:30 - 13:00 GMT+1

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How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Rebalancing the New World Order

Alexander Stubb, Mark Leonard

13:00
Energy: The Great Funding Gap

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Energy: The Great Funding Gap

Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi, Lerato Mataboge, Santiago Peña, Jasim Husain Ahmed Thabet, Elizabeth Thurbon

Is Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Feasible?

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Is Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Feasible?

Aiman Ezzat, Christian Klein, Mati Staniszewski, Henna Virkkunen, Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Living Autonomously

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Living Autonomously

Daniela Rus, Jake Loosararian, Tianlan Shao, Jamie Heller

Parenting in an Anxious World

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Parenting in an Anxious World

Jonathan Haidt, Rachel Botsman, Marija Manojlovic

Davos Kick-off for FIFA World Cup 2026

13:15 - 14:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we better invest in people?

Davos Kick-off for FIFA World Cup 2026

Gianni Infantino

Venezuela: What Next?

13:30 - 14:15 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Venezuela: What Next?

Jason Bordoff, Ricardo Hausmann, Sir Robin Niblett, Ngaire Woods

14:00
Special Address by Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia

14:00 - 14:30 GMT+1

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Special Address by Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia

Prabowo Subianto

Special Address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

14:30 - 15:00 GMT+1

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Special Address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

15:00
Can Trees Tame the Flames?

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

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How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

Can Trees Tame the Flames?

Mark Moffat, Aileen S Lee, Celeste Saulo, Josef Aschbacher, Francois-Ghislain Morillion

Many Shapes of Trade

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

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How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Many Shapes of Trade

Michael Froman, Majid Al-Kasabi, Vas Narasimhan, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Yeo Han-koo

The Physical Economy Is Back 

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

The Physical Economy Is Back 

Laura Hines-Pierce, William L. Meaney, António Simões, Ahmed Galal Ismail, Kate Marino

How Not to Tax the Future

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

How Not to Tax the Future

Ricardo Hausmann, Anulika Ajufo

New Dawn for Entrepreneurship?

15:00 - 15:45 GMT+1

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How can we better invest in people?

New Dawn for Entrepreneurship?

Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Dorothee Bär, Laura Alber, Daniel Roth, Sanjiv Bajaj

We Are All Decision-Makers

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

We Are All Decision-Makers

Ravi Agrawal

Press Conference: South Africa’s G20 Presidency - From Declaration to Implementation

15:00 - 15:30 GMT+1

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Press Conference: South Africa’s G20 Presidency - From Declaration to Implementation

Enoch Godongwana, Ronald Lamola, Patricia de Lille, Chido Munyati, Parks Tau

16:00
Pathogen Surveillance in Real Time

16:00 - 16:30 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Pathogen Surveillance in Real Time

Rachel Glennerster, Richard Hatchett

Not All Disruptions Are Equal

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Not All Disruptions Are Equal

Matthew Prince, Pierre Gramegna, Sir Martin Sorrell, Simon Freakley, Christian Ulbrich, Lynn Martin

All Geopolitics Is Local

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

All Geopolitics Is Local

Jean-Noël Barrot, Mirek Dušek, Radosław Sikorski, Nir Bar Dea, Mina Al-Oraibi

A Prosperity Agenda for the Middle East

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

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How can we unlock new sources of growth?

A Prosperity Agenda for the Middle East

Noor Ali Alkhulaif, Dan Murphy, Hisham Ezz-Al-Arab, Ahmed Kouchouk, Hussain Sajwani

Investors and the Patience Premium

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Investors and the Patience Premium

Zachary Bogue, Gillian R. Tett, Pandu Patria Sjahrir, Eric Tse S Y, Verena Kuhn

What Does Adaptation Look Like?

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

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How can we sustain prosperity within planetary boundaries?

What Does Adaptation Look Like?

Nonkululeko Nyembezi, Nadir Godrej, Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño, Catherine Russell, Alexa Firmenich, Sylvia Earle

Town Hall: Dilemmas around Growth

16:15 - 17:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Town Hall: Dilemmas around Growth

Kristalina Georgieva, Niall Ferguson

Conversation with Elon Musk

16:30 - 17:00 GMT+1

Conversation with Elon Musk

Laurence D. Fink, Elon Musk

Murals that Speak

16:30 - 17:00 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Murals that Speak

17:00
A Check-In on the Saudi Economy

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

A Check-In on the Saudi Economy

Jennifer Johnson, Ajay S. Banga, Noubar Afeyan, Faisal Alibrahim, Joumanna Bercetche, Mohammed Al-Jadaan

Can Europe Compete on Clean Power?

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Can Europe Compete on Clean Power?

Kıvanç Zaimler, Fatih Birol, Bogdan IVAN, Anna Borg, Sasha Vakulina

Is Democracy in Trouble?

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

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How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Is Democracy in Trouble?

Fernando Hugo Aramayo, Shekhar Gupta, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Latest Discoveries about the Brain

17:30 - 18:15 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Latest Discoveries about the Brain

Nancy Ip, Chris Mansi, Kamila Markram, Irene Tracey

18:00
Music and Conversation with Yo-Yo Ma

18:30 - 19:30 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Music and Conversation with Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma, Bryan Stevenson, Christine Lagarde

Friday 23rd Jan

8:00
Next Generation Social Movements

08:45 - 09:30 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Next Generation Social Movements

Joon Baek, Taylor Hawkins, Lutfey Siddiqi, Eden Tolesa

9:00
What Is the State of the Fourth Estate?

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

What Is the State of the Fourth Estate?

Mark Penn, Bret L. Stephens, Marina Romanello, Kalli Purie

Internet up for Grabs

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Internet up for Grabs

Aman Bhutani, Malte Kosub, Nicholas Thompson, Helena Leurent, Arjun Prakash

Can We Protect Science?

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Can We Protect Science?

Maria Leptin, Alexi Robichaux, Daniel Skovronsky, Sylvia Earle, Magdalena Skipper

Geopolitical Risks Outlook for 2026

09:00 - 09:45 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Geopolitical Risks Outlook for 2026

Jane Harman, Eswar Prasad, Wolfgang Ischinger, Elizabeth Thurbon

Most Interesting Failures in AI

09:30 - 10:00 GMT+1

How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly?

Most Interesting Failures in AI

Mehdi Ghissassi, Qasar Younis

Do We Need More Babies?

09:45 - 10:15 GMT+1

Do We Need More Babies?

Alice Evans

10:00
How High Can Unicorns Fly?

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

How High Can Unicorns Fly?

Azeem Azhar, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Nacho De Marco, Christina Kosmowski, Rob Heyvaert

Mental Health When Everything Shifts

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

Mental Health When Everything Shifts

Helen E. Clark, Linda Mills, Stanley M. Bergman, Marija Manojlovic

Meaning of Politics

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Meaning of Politics

Daniel Diermeier, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, Mina Al-Oraibi

When Artists and Scientists Talk

10:15 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

When Artists and Scientists Talk

Thijs Biersteker, Fabiola Gianotti, Nomzamo Mbatha, Priyamvada Natarajan

Flexing Asia’s Creative Muscles

10:30 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Flexing Asia’s Creative Muscles

Emi Kusano, Doone Roisin Hansen, Vijay Eswaran

World in Numbers: Human Skills

10:30 - 11:00 GMT+1

How can we better invest in people?

World in Numbers: Human Skills

Luis Vassy, Ipeleng Odette Selele

11:00
Global Economic Outlook

11:00 - 12:00 GMT+1

Featured

How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Global Economic Outlook

Albert Bourla, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Christine Lagarde, Andrew R. Sorkin, Kristalina Georgieva, Mohammed Al-Jadaan

12:00
Closing Remarks

12:00 - 12:15 GMT+1

Featured

How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Closing Remarks

Faisal Alibrahim

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