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Commercial space is expanding beyond satellites. Launch costs have dropped 10x in a decade. New applications are emerging: satellite communications, Earth observation, space-based manufacturing, orbital infrastructure, and deep-space missions.

What's commercially viable now versus 5 years out? Where is capital flowing—launch, satellite constellations, ground infrastructure, or applications? How do startups compete with established aerospace companies? What does it take to scale from prototype to deployed systems in space?

Defense innovation is accelerating, driven by geopolitical pressure and new threats. Dual-use technologies—developed for commercial markets but applicable to defense—are changing procurement models and shortening development cycles.

What technologies matter most: autonomy, AI, communications, sensors, materials? How do defense contractors and governments work with startups? Does commercial-to-defense actually work at scale, or does it break down in procurement and regulation?

How do investors assess defense tech—longer timelines, government customers, export restrictions? What's the path from prototype to program of record?

Space investors, commercial space companies, satellite operators, launch providers, defense contractors, dual-use startups, government buyers share what's working, where bottlenecks exist, what's deployable, what's overhyped, and where the real opportunities are.

5-6 questions that challenge assumptions.Our goal: spark investment, partnerships, and deployment—not just discussion.

The unConference is a special crowd-created event where everyone participates.

Picture this:

1. 18 hosts leading 18 mini-sessions;

2. All sessions happening in the same room at mostly the same time;

3. Sessions are open format — each session can be a round table, mini panel, workshop, an experience - everything goes.

4. Topics span everything: AI applications, societal challenges, indigenous wisdom, emerging technologies, business models, personal development...;

5. Sessions have been as intimate as 3 people and as large as 20 people.

6. You can jump from one session to another at any point.

• 7. Each session is 45min;

Schedule:

9.00-9:45 (Circle 1 ) "Who Is in Charge? Human Governance in the Age of AI"

9.00-9:45 (Circle 3) “Sustainable Development: Have we Gotten it Wrong?”

9.00-9:45 (Circle 4) “Positive Possibilities of the AI Future”

09.30-11.00 (Circle 2) “Sustainable Development: Have we Gotten it Wrong?”

10.00-10.45 (Circle 1)  “The Power of Storytelling in the Age of AI”

10.00-10.45 (Circle 3) “The Swiss Great Walk (Experience): Empowering People Made of Potential out of Homelessness”

10.00-10.45 (Circle 4)  “What is wellbeing in a changing world?”

10.00-10.45 (Circle 5) “Beyond the Game: Financing a Climate‑Resilient Sports Economy”

10.00-10.45 (Circle 6) “Polish your Profile”

11.00-11.45 (Circle 1)  “What Future Are We Building With AI?”

11.00-11.45 (Circle 2) “A Pause Before Davos: What Would You Bring to the Moon?”

11.00-11.45 (Circle 3) “Which Problems Should Never Be Solved by Companies?”

11.00-11.45 (Circle 4) “Are Social Networks Still Social? Rethinking Digital Communities”

Sessions Description and Hosts:

9.00-9:45 (Circle 1 )

"Who Is in Charge? Human Governance in the Age of AI"

Hosted by Thomas Juli

Description:

As AI accelerates decisions across organizations, accountability risks drifting into systems by default. This session offers senior leaders a focused space to examine what it now takes to remain in charge of direction, decisions, and consequences. Through structured dialogue and shared inquiry, participants explore where responsibility must remain explicitly human — and what leadership in the AI age truly requires.

9.00-9:45 (Circle 3)

“Sustainable Development: Have we Gotten it Wrong?”

Hosted by Thomas Kopinski

Description:

AI is everywhere and we are still struggling to measure the ripple effects such as declining attention spans or loss of deep thinking, most likely ignited by social media and the digital transition. Here, we will discuss the role of the human in times where AI 'knows' everything and information. has become a commodity. What do we need to know to be able to enter this age? What does research have to say about this? Can we draw from personal experience to prepare ourselves and protect our children?

9.00-9:45 (Circle 4)

“Positive Possibilities of the AI Future”

Hosted by Giovanni (Johnny) Gabriele

Description:
With all the doom and gloom around our AI future, this talk aims to illuminate the possible positive impacts around employment, truth, health tech, and overall freedom enablement that AI can bring.

0930 - 1100 (Circle 2)

“Sustainable Development: Have we Gotten it Wrong?”

Hosted by Maryam Rana — Delegate Adam Foundation

Description:
We will explore why traditional approaches to sustainability, focusing on environmental, economic, and social pillars, have stalled. This interactive session examines the critical role of culture and social cohesion in rebuilding trust across political, economic, and institutional systems. Through guided dialogue, participants will assess how reimagining sustainable development through a cultural lens can accelerate meaningful global change.

10.00-10.45 (Circle 1)

“The Power of Storytelling in the Age of AI”

Hosted by
Doroteya Nancheva — Content Creator

Description:
In an age where content is everywhere and attention is scarce, storytelling remains the most powerful way to create connection, trust, and meaning — even as the tools we use to tell stories continue to evolve. In this session we will explore how to find your personal story and core message,  and translate lived experience into stories that feel authentic and relevant. We will discuss how storytelling frameworks can support your branding, content creation, and professional visibility, and how AI can be used as a practical assistant — not to replace your voice, but to help amplify ideas, save time, and scale storytelling across platforms. Participants leave with practical visual storytelling techniques and actionable tips for creating memorable content when time, attention, and energy are limited — such as during Davos week.

10.00-10.45 (Circle 3)

“The Swiss Great Walk (Experience): Empowering People Made of Potential out of Homelessness”

Hosted by
Andrew Funk

Description:
We'll have walked 150 km in 5 days to unDavos for 150 million homeless people and aim to inspire our audience towards action in the spirit of dialogue.

10.00-10.45 (Circle 4)

“What is wellbeing in a changing world?”

Hosted by
Ann Badillo — CEO Advisor Polymathic

Description:
Warm Data Labs are a kind of high-altitude campfire.  Expect stories, moments of resonance, unexpected insights, and the kind of learning that can only happen across contexts. When we pay attention to our senses, our relationships, and the liminal space between perspectives, something subtle shifts. New collective perceptions begin to surface.
We’re living in a time of increasing complexity and overlapping crises—climate, culture, capital, meaning. The invitation is not to "solution", but rather, to listen differently. To sense together. To improvise at the edge of what we think we understand. On this magic mountain, the capacity to respond doesn’t live in expertise alone. It emerges when people gather with curiosity, presence, and a willingness to relate in new ways—when we slow down enough to notice how the world assembles itself differently in each of us.

10.00-10.45 (Circle 5)

“Beyond the Game: Financing a Climate‑Resilient Sports Economy”

Hosted by
Kishan Changlani

Description:
World Climate Athletes will draw on the World Economic Forum’s first dedicated insight work on sport and sustainability, Sports for People and Planet, which introduces a new framing for the global sports economy. In this framing, sport is already a 2.3 trillion economy and is projected to reach 8.8 trillion by 2050, yet up to 1.6 trillion in annual value is at risk if we fail to tackle physical inactivity, climate breakdown and nature loss as interconnected challenges. This roundtable is an opportunity to interrogate that lens together and stress‑test what it means in practice for how we invest, operate and lead across sport.
Along the way, we’ll unpack key elements from the report including resource stewardship and low-carbon growth, sport at the heart of cities and active societies, and purpose-driven capital and sponsorship.

10.00-10.45 (Circle 6)

“Polish your Profile”

Hosted by Matthias Lüfkens

Description:
Your social media profile is your new business card. LinkedIn is your Rolodex.
But is your profile really working for you?
In this interactive session, we’ll take a candid look at real profiles—yours included. Bring your LinkedIn or X profile and let’s roast it (kindly), refine it, and turn it into a powerful personal branding tool.
Together, we’ll explore:
When did you last update your profile - and does it reflect who you are now?
Does your LinkedIn profile stand out in a crowded feed?
Are you connecting with the right people on X and beyond?
Does your profile communicate credibility, clarity, and purpose in seconds?
Expect practical tips, honest feedback, and collective learning so you leave with a profile that truly represents you and opens doors.

11.00-11.45 (Circle 1)

“What Future Are We Building With AI?”

Hosted by Shaje Ganny

Description:
During this panel, we will explore the future of humanity in an AI-shaped world. If we project ourselves 5 to 10 years ahead, based on the decisions we are making right now, what kind of society are we building? What does “progress” look like when machines can generate, persuade, decide, and act at scale?
We will challenge ourselves with the hard questions: Is this the future we actually want to live in? What must remain uniquely human, and what are we willing to delegate to systems? What guardrails are needed to protect human agency, dignity, and sovereignty in an age of accelerating capability? And who is responsible for making those guardrails real: governments, companies, educators, citizens, or all of the above?
Finally, we will aim to define what “human-centric AI” truly means today, and what it must mean tomorrow, not as a slogan, but as a practical standard for how we design, deploy, and adopt AI in the real world.

11.00-11.45 (Circle 2)

“A Pause Before Davos: What Would You Bring to the Moon?”

Hosted by
Lakshmi Karan — Founder LunARC

Description:
To kick off an intense Davos week, this session creates a moment of spaciousness and shared imagination. This is an interactive, creative session - not a panel.
Participants from any field are invited to anchor in their own expertise and imagine how the future of their work might take shape on the Moon, 50 years from now! Using the Moon as a blank canvas, the session offers a gentle pause before the week begins: a space to breathe, listen, and explore possibilities together.
Selected ideas may be included in LunARC’s Lunar University experiment, with the possibility of symbolic inclusion in a future lunar payload.

11.00-11.45 (Circle 3)

“Which Problems Should Never Be Solved by Companies?”

Hosted by Ed DeSanto - Founder CEO @ Personal Magic
Description:
A circle discussion where we’re gonna raise questions like:
What kinds of problems get worse when profit is the main driver?
Where does competition actively block progress?
Which incentives distort outcomes even when intentions are good?
Can regulation fix this — or is the structure wrong from the start?
What alternative structures handle these problems better?

11.00-11.45 (Circle 4)

“Are Social Networks Still Social? Rethinking Digital Communities”

Hosted byFrancesca Gargaglia

Description:
Social media was supposed to connect us. Instead, it increasingly feels polluted by misinformation, rage bait, performative content, and dynamics that are bad for our mental health. Many people are disengaging on purpose, spending less time on public platforms or retreating into private spaces, while new models of digital communities are quietly emerging elsewhere. In this session, we’ll have an honest conversation about what went wrong, why trust has collapsed, and whether we are witnessing the decline of social media as we know it or the beginning of something better. Will we go back to the old platforms, or are we moving toward new forms of digital connection altogether?

Media and news are facing simultaneous crises: collapsing business models, eroding trust, AI-generated content flooding distribution channels, and misinformation spreading faster than corrections.

Traditional media companies struggle to monetize digital audiences. Advertising revenue shifted to platforms that control distribution. Subscription models work for a few premium outlets but can't sustain most journalism. New formats—short-form video, podcasts, creator-led media—are emerging, but commercial viability remains unclear for many.

News faces additional challenges. Trust in institutions is declining. AI makes it easier to create convincing misinformation at scale. Audiences increasingly get news from social platforms optimized for engagement, not accuracy.

Two connected panels examine what's breaking and what's emerging. First, the future of media—formats, business models, and how creators and companies adapt. Second, news and misinformation—how journalism survives, how trust can be rebuilt, and how societies handle information environments where truth is contested .

Quantum technology is moving from research labs to early commercial applications. Two domains: quantum computing and quantum communications, with different timelines and paths to market.

Quantum computing promises breakthroughs in drug discovery, materials science, optimization, and cryptography—but practical applications remain years away for most use cases. What works now versus what's overhyped? Which applications see quantum advantage first?

Quantum communications offers secure transmission for government and defense applications. What's commercially viable beyond those markets? What infrastructure scales quantum networks?

Investment horizons are long, markets uncertain, technical risk high. Topics include how investors assess quantum companies, what business models work—hardware, quantum-as-a-service, software—where capital flows, and which industries adopt first.

Quantum companies, researchers, investors, enterprises, and government buyers discuss what's commercially viable now.

Education and work are both under pressure to change. The question is whether they're changing fast enough—and in the right direction.

Education faces fundamental challenges. Are current systems fit for purpose when skills become outdated faster than degree programs can adapt? How does AI change what needs to be taught and how? What role do traditional institutions play when alternative learning pathways multiply? How do you design education for children and ongoing education for adults who'll retrain multiple times?

Work is shifting just as dramatically. Tools are changing how work gets done. Workforce needs are evolving. Demographics are creating talent shortages in some areas and surpluses in others. Technology is automating some roles while creating new ones.

These two domains are connected. What education produces should align with what work needs. Often, it doesn't. This session examines what's changing, what should change, and where the opportunities are for investors, educators, employers, and policymakers.

How work gets done is changing. AI and automation are handling routine tasks. Collaboration tools are reshaping where and how people work. Demographics are creating talent shortages in some sectors while displacing workers in others.

What workforce needs are emerging? Which skills are becoming critical, and which are becoming obsolete? How do organizations retrain existing workers versus hiring for new capabilities? What's the role of remote and hybrid work models—temporary adjustment or permanent shift?

How does technology change management, collaboration, and productivity? Where does automation create value versus where does it eliminate jobs without creating new ones?

Employers, HR leaders, workplace technology companies, workforce development organizations, economists, and policymakers discuss what's deployable now, what's coming, and how to prepare.

10 min stage time - you can use it with slides, a talk. You can be added to our web site as well. The time will be put together as we go with a aign up sheet. We are making use of Davos time!

Learning Models, AI, and Institutional Change

Are current education systems fit for purpose? Traditional models were designed for different economic and technological realities. Skills now become outdated faster than degree programs can adapt.

How does AI change education—what gets taught, how it's delivered, and what skills matter? Is the focus on knowledge retention obsolete when information is instantly available? What shifts to critical thinking, creativity, and adaptability?

What's the role of traditional institutions—universities, schools, certification bodies—when alternative learning pathways are multiplying? How do you design education for children while also serving adults who'll retrain multiple times?

Educators, edtech companies, traditional institutions, employers evaluating skills, investors, and policymakers discuss what's working, what's broken, and what education needs to become.

Davos runs on shuttle buses—strangers become collaborators between stops. We’ve built a networking format around it.

Drop in anytime during the session. When you arrive, pick a color badge—or more than one—to signal your focus: investor, scale-up founder, service provider, think tank, media, policy. The room is divided by topic zones. You rotate through structured conversations with the people most relevant to what you’re building or backing.

No random mingles. No awkward small talk. No wasted time. This is networking engineered for outcomes—introductions that lead somewhere.

Come when you want. Stay as long as it’s useful. Leave with contacts, not just cards.

Free to join. Just show up ready to talk about what you need and what you offer.

Geopolitics Rising electrification is reshaping energy security. Protectionism and interconnected markets are pulling in opposite directions. Energy diplomacy increasingly affects national competitiveness. What's shifting in policy and how it plays out across regions.

Capital Flows Where is institutional money moving? How do investors assess volatility and identify technologies worth backing? What risks are being priced in—and which are being ignored? Investors and allocators share how they're reading the current environment.

The Next Power System AI-driven electricity demand is forcing long-term planning conversations that weren't happening two years ago. Data centers need reliable, scalable power—but from where? Nuclear is back in the conversation. Mineral supply chains are under pressure. What the next power system will actually require. Panelists include investors, operators, and policy voices. Structured around direct questions, with room for disagreement. Clarity on what's shifting—and what it means for decisions being made now.

Leadership and governance face compounding pressures. AI and emerging technologies like quantum are reshaping competitive dynamics faster than most organizations can adapt. Geopolitics is fragmenting markets and creating new risks. Business models that worked for decades are breaking.

Traditional leadership playbooks—optimize, scale, repeat—don't work when the environment shifts constantly. Leaders need different capabilities: navigating uncertainty, making decisions with incomplete information, building organizations that can adapt rapidly.

Boards face their own challenges. Oversight models designed for stable environments struggle with technological disruption and geopolitical volatility. What should boards understand about AI, quantum, and other emerging tech? How do they assess geopolitical risk? What governance structures work when speed matters as much as control?

This session examines how leadership and governance need to evolve. Two panels cover leadership in rapidly changing environments and board governance for the future. Business leaders, board members, governance experts, and political leaders discuss what's changing and what comes next.

TEDxBerlin Salon returns to Davos Week with a special interview-driven edition focused on AI—exploring its impact across national, regional, and individual perspectives.

AI is reshaping economies, policies, and societies—but conversations often stay fragmented. Different countries approach AI regulation, investment, and development in fundamentally different ways. Regional ecosystems develop their own AI capabilities and face unique challenges. And individuals—the founders, researchers, policymakers, and investors making daily decisions—ultimately determine what AI becomes and who benefits.

“Connecting the Dots” brings these perspectives into one conversation through curated interviews. How do nations position themselves in the global AI race? What's happening at the regional level where innovation meets real-world implementation?

Who are the movers and shakers driving breakthroughs from labs, boardrooms, and government offices?

Might you or someone you know be the movers and shakers? Apply here to speak: https://forms.office.com/e/qZzigaC7dX

Free to join in person during Davos Week.

Livestreamed globally for those who can't attend. Sign up here for livestreaming Only: https://luma.com/j5dz4pyr

This session covers three areas critical to the energy transition.

First, industrial efficiency. Mining and heavy industry are under pressure to electrify and cut emissions. Some companies are moving beyond pilots to full-scale low-carbon operations. The session looks at what's working, what's scaling, and where the gaps remain between ambition and implementation.

Second, industrial heat. It accounts for half of global energy demand and remains one of the largest untapped decarbonisation opportunities. The session examines what's limiting adoption—whether capital, customers, or regulation—and highlights models that are cutting emissions while also reducing costs.

Third, the energy talent gap. Energy literacy is increasingly important for policymakers, investors, and operators making major decisions. The gap is widening, and organisations that address it make better decisions and reduce risk. The session covers how this gap affects competitiveness and what's being done about it. Panelists include operators, technology providers, investors, and those working on workforce development.

🔥 Ignite Talks at unDavos. Davos Edition

Where ideas burn bright and no one gets more than five minutes to prove it.

Join us for an inspiring and high energy evening at unDavos as we host Ignite Talks. This is a rapid fire format built for bold thinkers, creative rebels and leaders shaping what comes next.

What Is Ignite

Simple. Fast. Unforgiving.

Five minutes.

Twenty slides.

Each slide auto advances every 15 seconds.

No rambling.

No extra time.

Just clarity and an idea that matters.

Your Host:

Ignite Talks will be hosted by Melissa Tony Stires, CEO of the Fundamental Wellbeing Foundation and Chief Global Growth Officer of Mia AI.

Melissa brings a high energy global perspective and works at the crossroads of AI and humanity helping people make sense of innovation without losing the heart and purpose behind it.

Why This Year Matters

This is Ignite Davos Edition where:

Clarity beats credentials

Ideas are judged by how they land

The room remembers the voices who pull it off

What to Expect

👉 Fast talks filled with high energy

👉 One core idea per speaker

👉 Invited members and guests on stage

👉 Open audience ready to listen connect and remember

Call for Speakers

Have a spark to share

Got a story that will not let go

Ready to make your point in five minutes flat

We are looking for technologists, entrepreneurs, creators, activists, scientists, artists, the dreamers and the doers and anyone ready to deliver an idea worth sharing. We are looking for you!

Topics are wide open. What story can you tell in 20 slides and five minutes?

If you can make us care in 300 seconds the stage is yours.

🎤 Apply to speak here: https://undavos-apply-to-speak.glide.page/ (You need an unDavos Membership to apply for speaking - Get on here: https://luma.com/undavossummit)

🎫 Register to attend here: https://luma.com/bbxcjtn2

Bring the fire. Leave the filler at home. Igniters welcome.

Free to join in person during Davos Week.

Livestreamed globally for those who can't attend. Sign up here for livestreaming Only: https://luma.com/j5dz4pyr

​Davos Film Festival is an invite-only film festival hosted annually during World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

​2026

​BAIMA - Documentary Premiere

​When "dance is life," everything moves in harmony with the universe. Rodrigo Baima, raised in a favela, finds in dance a way to escape violence and creates an ecological performance inspired by Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian roots. For Luana, Wesley, Johnatan, and Rian, who come from families marked by extreme violence, joining the show is their only "way out of hell." Baima follows the journey from an idea born in the Amazon to selections and rehearsals, leading to a European tour that takes 25 young dancers from Cannes to a meeting with Pope Francis, before returning to the favela with dreams turned into reality.

​WINE & CHEESE - Networking

​Enjoy local wine and cheese from the Dolomites region of Italy, while immersing into a special art gallery.

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OPEN DOORS - Art Exhibition

​The Open Doors photography exhibition, born from the vision of Emotions to Generate Change by Lia and Marianna Beltrami and Ali Aksu, in collaboration with the Dicastery for Communication of the Holy See, is a journey through suspended moments—captured from diverse perspectives, yet woven together by a single truth: when doors open, reality is illuminated with new possibilities.

​Twenty-five images unveil the mystery and beauty of what unfolds when access is free, when thresholds are not barriers but bridges. It is the path of the pilgrim of hope, passing through doors flung wide open to humanity and eternity—doors that welcome, reveal, and transform.

​Each photograph is a testament to authenticity, imbued with the gaze and intelligence of nine passionate artists: Nese Ari, Asaf Ud Daula, Raffaele Merler, Pierluigi Meduri, Gustavo Ten Hoever , Marianna Beltrami, Chiara Caprettini, Rodrigo Baima, Simone Risoluti. Through their sensitive eyes, we embark on a journey across distant worlds—from Turkey to Wales, from Italy to Bangladesh, from India to Morocco, reaching Benin, Brazil, the Vatican, and the eternal peaks of the Dolomites. The exhibition supports are crafted by the Autonomous Province of Trento, designed by Sabrina Camin and Claudio Marconi, using reclaimed wood from the storms that swept through the Dolomites.

​Yet, the emotions captured in these frames do not remain still. They move, take root, and become seeds of transformation. Some of the faces within these images are not mere subjects but witnesses and protagonists of real change. Like Rodrigo and his group of young visionaries, who in the favela of Marcos Moura, Brazil, are reshaping the future through a path of ecological and social renewal.

​Pope Francis, through the power of his life and teachings, opens the doors of hearts and invites us to cross them without fear. Not with empty words, but with concrete actions. Not with silent images, but with visions powerful enough to stir the soul.

​The exhibition opened in the Vatican on March 25, 2025, and was then presented in various dioceses around the world, in Verona at La Gran Guardia Palace and in Trento's Piazza del Duomo in October.

Solution Spotlight is a fast-paced showcase for startups, scale-ups, and solution-driven organizations addressing real-world problems. Each participant has a 10-minute slot: seven minutes to present their solution on screen, followed by moderated audience questions. Sessions run continuously, creating high exposure and momentum. The audience includes investors, ecosystem partners, talent, service providers, and media. The aim is simple: surface credible solutions, spark partnerships, attract investment, and accelerate improvement through live feedback and connections.

Industrial resilience requires capital that backs what matters—and systems that don't break. Panel one asks where the money comes from: corporate venture units, industrial deep-tech investors, and venture builders operating with different logic than traditional VCs. Longer timelines, harder problems, competitive advantage measured in decades. Panel two examines digital infrastructure—cloud concentration risk, cybersecurity at operational scale, AI governance, and data continuity. Two sessions, one throughline: building industries that last .

Entertainment is fragmenting and expanding simultaneously. Documentaries move markets and shape public opinion. Creators with phones outperform studios with budgets. Gaming isn't a niche—it's a $200 billion industry where esports athletes fill stadiums and streamers command audiences larger than cable networks. The gatekeepers are gone; distribution is direct; and the line between player, viewer, and creator keeps blurring. This session examines who's building the next generation of entertainment, where capital is flowing, and what "mainstream" even means anymore.

This session brings together technology leaders, investors, and policymakers examining how innovation can drive the transformation toward a sustainable global economy, how this transformation is financed, and how its real-world impact is measured.

Across three focused panels, the discussion moves from deployable climate technologies, to capital formation and scaling, and finally to impact measurement and ESG reporting—bridging strategy, execution, and accountability.

Digital infrastructure is now the operational backbone of industrial systems. When it fails, production stops. This panel examines cloud concentration risk, cybersecurity at operational scale, AI governance for business-critical systems, and data continuity when things go wrong. Panelists include CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and companies that have navigated major disruptions. Followed by open conversation on practical next steps .

Global health sits at a crossroads. Geopolitical fragmentation, tightening public budgets, and shifting political priorities are placing a growing strain on health systems worldwide, even as health remains a critical driver of economic growth, workforce participation, and productivity. Long-standing models of cooperation and financing are under pressure at a moment when demand for resilience, access, and sustainability is increasing.

This session brings together four focused conversations that examine how global health is being reshaped in practice. The panels explore how partnerships are evolving in a more fragmented global landscape, what pharmaceutical sovereignty means for regions seeking greater resilience, where health financing pressures are building most acutely, and why treating health as an economic engine, rather than a cost, has become central to long-term growth and stability. Together, these discussions assess what is working, where current models are under strain, and how policy, financing, and market choices made today will shape the future of global health and economic resilience.

You can also join the event via livestream at undavos.com/streaming

Davos generates signals, conversations, contacts, and commitments — most of which decay within days. This practical, hands-on session shows how to use AI to capture, structure, and convert Davos week into durable value. We cover real workflows: turning notes and transcripts into actions, enriching contacts automatically, prioritising follow-ups, drafting personalised outreach, and building lightweight systems that continue working after you leave the Alps. No theory, no demos-for-show. Participants work with concrete examples and leave with repeatable templates, tools, and prompts they can apply immediately to deals, partnerships, hiring, media, and strategy.

AI is moving from screens to physical systems. Robots work in factories, drones navigate environments, autonomous systems see and adapt in real time. Embodied AI puts intelligence into robotics for manufacturing and logistics, drones for inspection and delivery, autonomous vehicles, and sensor systems in agriculture and infrastructure.

What's working in production versus stuck in labs? Where are technical bottlenecks—real-time processing, safety standards, integration? Which applications make economic sense now versus 3-5 years out?

Behind every AI application is compute infrastructure. Topics include AI data center challenges—energy consumption, cooling, chip supply, real estate—and trade-offs between centralized cloud and edge computing. Where are infrastructure bottlenecks, and how do companies think about compute strategy?

Companies building embodied AI, robotics firms, data center operators, chip manufacturers, and infrastructure investors discuss what's scaling and where capital goes.

Health is entering a new era, shaped by rapid advances in AI, fundamental shifts in life sciences innovation, and profound demographic change. AI is pushing care beyond hospital walls, supporting overstretched workforces and expanding access in communities and homes. At the same time, AI is compressing discovery and development timelines across the life sciences, challenging long-standing business models, while declining fertility rates and ageing populations are forcing health systems to rethink how they support wellbeing across the full life course.

This session brings together three focused conversations that examine how these forces are transforming health systems, industries, and patient experiences. The panels explore how AI-enabled care models are extending reach and capacity, how AI is reshaping innovation and value creation in the life sciences, and how health systems must adapt to support people from fertility through longevity. Together, they highlight where technology, investment, and policy choices made today will define the next era of health delivery, innovation, and population wellbeing.

Closing remarks will be delivered by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO)

You can also join the event via livestream at undavos.com/streaming

The global financial system is being reshaped by digital currencies, tokenization, and AI. Understanding this transformation requires moving beyond headlines to examine real strategies in action—particularly in China, one of the world's most significant and misunderstood fintech laboratories.

This summit demystifies China's fintech evolution, examining what's working, what's replicable, and where digital paths diverge. Topics include digital currency infrastructure, payment system design, regulatory approaches to innovation, tokenization models, and AI integration in financial services.

The goal is practical dialogue: how different markets are solving similar problems, where convergence creates opportunity, and where collaboration makes sense. Sessions connect global perspectives with insights from China's digital finance experiment to identify what's transferable and what's context-specific .

In a world shaped by exponential technologies, systemic shocks, and unprecedented complexity, traditional leadership models are no longer sufficient.

This opening masterclass explores Quantum Leadership — the capacity to lead with clarity, coherence, and decisiveness when outcomes are uncertain and systems are constantly shifting.

Drawing on real-world executive experience at the highest levels, this session reframes leadership from control to calibration: how leaders set direction, stabilise organisations under pressure, and unlock performance in environments where cause and effect are no longer linear.

Why Attend:

Participants will explore how presence, precision, and strategic coherence become the true competitive advantages in a quantum era — and how leaders who master these capabilities shape not just organisations, but the future itself.

Who is this for:

Chairs, Principles, CEOs and Senior stakeholders navigating complex decision making in the AI Quantum driven world.

Solution Spotlight is a fast-paced showcase for startups, scale-ups, and solution-driven organizations addressing real-world problems. Each participant has a 10-minute slot: seven minutes to present their solution on screen, followed by moderated audience questions. Sessions run continuously, creating high exposure and momentum. The audience includes investors, ecosystem partners, talent, service providers, and media. The aim is simple: surface credible solutions, spark partnerships, attract investment, and accelerate improvement through live feedback and connections.

As Digital Assets move from speculation to infrastructure, trust and verification becomes the foundation for resilience and growth.

This thought leader session brings together four high-impact talks and presentations exploring how architecture - not patchwork - will define the next phase of Digital Economies.

From Energy Access and Institutional Bitcoin & Digital Asset Adoption to Fraud Prevention and Data Tokenization, these talks offer strategic insights for leaders shaping the mechanisms of the future of finance, infrastructure, and technology.

The talks will be followed by a Networking Break and a Roundtable starting 11:45 which you may signup for here: https://luma.com/x665z85c

Join Nordic Blockchain Association and partners for a Digital Assets Day - Building Resilient Digital Economies.

09:30 KEYNOTE – Tokenizing Access to Scarce Capacity: RWA × EU Energy Crisis × Infrastructure
Vitaly Peretyachenko | VENDOR.Energy |Co-Founder
Europe’s energy challenge is not about shortage—it’s about access. This keynote reframes the energy crisis through Real World Assets as systems of access control, not speculation. Learn why protocol-level governance is becoming essential for infrastructure resilience and long-term capital alignment.

09:50 PANEL – The Other Side of Growth: Navigating Crypto Scams, Fraud & Financial Crime
Crypto fraud is industrialized. AI-driven scams and fraud-as-a-service scale faster than legitimate businesses, while stablecoins dominate illicit flows. This panel explores how smarter compliance, interoperable identity frameworks, and architectural redesign can turn trust into a competitive advantage.

10:35 KEYNOTE – How Institutions Build Profitable Bitcoin & Token Strategies
Torbjørn Bull Jenssen | K33 | CEO
Bitcoin is moving onto institutional balance sheets. This session dives into practical strategies for banks, family offices, and professional investors—from custody and compliance to treasury exposure and product design—offering a roadmap for profitable, compliant adoption.

11:05 KEYNOTE – Data × AI × Tokenization: The Asset Class That Doesn’t Exist Yet
Gregor Žavcer | Datafund | Co- Founder
Data powers AI but sits invisible on balance sheets. This keynote examines how tokenization is unlocking data as a tradeable asset class, why AI agents will become autonomous market participants, and how first movers can shape the regulatory frameworks of the emerging data economy.

11:30 Networking Break

11:45 ROUNDTABLE - Tokenisation as the Backbone of Next-Generation Financial Infrastructure

Tokenisation is moving from concept to core infrastructure. This roundtable examines how tokenised assets can modernise capital markets, payments, and cross-border finance—while preserving trust and regulatory oversight. Join policymakers, institutions, and innovators for a high-level dialogue on building the foundations of tomorrow’s financial system. The Roundtable is brought to you in partnership with Bybit. Please sign up here: https://luma.com/x665z85c

14:00 Networking

Who should attend

C-level, CASPs/VASPs, Institutional investors, Policymakers, Compliance Leaders, Digital Asset Strategists, Crypto Stakeholders, Infrastructure operators, and Innovators shaping the next wave of Digital Economies.

Digital finance is no longer neutral infrastructure—it is geopolitical terrain. This session explores how states, blocs, and platforms compete over payment rails, digital currencies, sanctions, data sovereignty, and standards. We unpack power shifts shaping CBDCs, stablecoins, and financial access in a fragmented, multipolar digital order.

Digital finance is no longer neutral infrastructure—it is geopolitical terrain. This session explores how states, blocs, and platforms compete over payment rails, digital currencies, sanctions, data sovereignty, and standards. We unpack power shifts shaping CBDCs, stablecoins, and financial access in a fragmented, multipolar digital order.

Join us for an interactive session on Geopolitics and... business, tech, energy, resources, and more.

Each session is a mix of talk and conversation, all done with the goal of exploring more perspectives on the issues driving our world over the next year to 2030.

12:00 KEYNOTE Geopolitics, Tech Wars and Digital Currencies - Brunello Rosa

The interrelation between US geopolitical retrenchment, preceded by an expansion phase towards Greenland, Canada and Venezuela, and a consolidation phase of physical and territorial assets. We discuss the holy trinity of quantum computing-AI-nuclear fusion, complemented by the fourth represented by Bitcoin.

Brunello Rosa

CEO of Rosa & Roubini Associates, co-founded with Nouriel Roubini

Former Bank of England official

Professor at Bocconi University, City University of London and Course Leader at LSE

Best Selling author of "Smart Money", selected by the Financial Times among best economics books in 2024

Specialisation: The geopolitics of Digital Currencies

12:25 KEYNOTE

13:00 ROUNDTABLE

China, Europe, USA, and beyond. And...

Two industries defined by expertise, judgment, and human capital — now confronting fundamental questions about their operating models as AI capabilities accelerate.

Financial services institutions are deploying AI across risk assessment, compliance, and client advisory functions. Professional services firms face pressure on the leverage model that has sustained partnerships for generations, as AI compresses work that historically required teams of analysts and associates.

This panel convenes senior leaders from both sectors to examine the strategic implications. Where does AI create genuine margin expansion versus commoditisation risk? How do firms maintain differentiation when foundational capabilities become automated? And the workforce dimension: what does responsible transition look like when your talent pipeline was designed for a different economic logic?

Tokenisation is moving from experimentation to deployment.

Financial infrastructure is evolving to meet the demands of a Real-time, Digital, and Globally connected economy.

Decisions taken today will shape whether it becomes a fragmented overlay or a foundational layer of Global Financial Infrastructure.

Tokenisation enables Assets, Rights, and Obligations to be represented natively in digital form, allowing for Programmable Settlement, Embedded Compliance, and Improved Interoperability across markets.

This Roundtable explores Tokenisation not as a product innovation, but as core Financial Infrastructure - with the potential to modernise Capital Markets, Payments, and Cross-border Finance while preserving trust, stability and regulatory oversight.

Join us for an in-depth discussion brought to you by Nordic Blockchain Association in partnership with Bybit.

We will facilitate a high-level dialogue between policymakers, regulators, financial institutions, and infrastructure providers on how tokenisation can be safely and responsibly integrated into next-generation financial systems.

Some key questions to be addressed:

• Where does tokenisation deliver clear infrastructure-level benefits over legacy systems?

• How should tokenised infrastructure coexist with traditional financial rails?

• What regulatory approaches best support scalable, institution-grade adoption?

• How can interoperability be achieved across jurisdictions and market structures?

• What are the risks of delaying financial infrastructure modernisation?

The Roundtable is relevant for C-level, Banking/Finance, CASPs, Asset managers, Investors, VCs ETF players, Stablecoin issuers, Exchange risk/compliance leads, Policy makers, Fintech counsel and other stakeholders interacting or planning to interact with Digital Assets.

​Weather you are curious to understand how Digital Assets will affect finance functions of your industry, or you are a Digital Asset expert. You are all welcome to join to discuss how Digital Assets will affect the economy in 2026.

​Chatham House rules apply.

​The Roundtable will be led by Magnus Jones from Nordic Blockchain Association and Georg Harer from Bybit, accompanied by experts from public and private sectors .

For 30 years, software has systematically dismantled the cost, friction, and latency of every major system of coordination—media, commerce, logistics, communications. Money is the exception. Despite a fully digital economy, finance still operates on batch settlement, fragmented ledgers, delayed reconciliation, and jurisdictional silos.

This session explains why money resisted digitisation longer than any other layer—and why that resistance is now collapsing.

Stablecoins are not a new asset class; they are the native digital form of cash.

Always-on, programmable, and globally interoperable, they collapse payments, treasury, savings, and short-term credit into a single financial primitive.

Once money becomes software, capital markets follow.

Tokenised credit and assets enable continuous settlement, real-time risk management, and radically more efficient capital allocation.

This is not a speculative future or a regulatory thought experiment. It is a structural shift already underway, driven by utility, scale, and economics.

The discussion focuses on what changes when money finally digitises—and why this transition will underpin the next phase of global financial infrastructure.

Join Nordic Blockchain Association and Brava Finance for a discussion on the mechanisms of the future of finance - that is already here.

The Panel is part of the Digital Asset Program at the unDavos Summit and this session will be followed by a related Roundtable:

Beyond MiCA: Stablecoins, Infrastructure & the GENIUS Era

Signup for the Roundtable here: https://luma.com/r9az25rl

Institutional adoption now turns on regulatory clarity and custody architecture.

In the EU, the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) is fully live, re‑defining asset segregation and issuer obligations.

In the US, the GENIUS Act delivers the first federal framework for payment stablecoins with 1:1 reserves, monthly reporting and explicit BSA/AML coverage—creating a transatlantic convergence, but also some divergences that institutions must navigate.

Meanwhile, the UK is moving forward with a systemic stablecoin regime, and global supervision is tightening via FATF (Travel Rule) and the Basel crypto‑exposure standard. 

Join us for an in-depth discussion at this roundtable brought to you by Nordic Blockchain Association in partnership with BitGo.

Together with experts from public and private side, we will unpack challenges as well as opportunities to be aware of in the 2026 landscape of Digital Assets.

A Global Macro Perspective, Stablecoins-as-a-Service, Qualified Custody, Wealth Management, ETFs, Staking, Settlement Networks, Policy and Regulations are key words. 

The Roundtable is relevant for C-level, Banking/Finance, CASPs, Asset managers, Investors, VCs ETF players, Stablecoin issuers, Exchange risk/compliance leads, Policy makers, Fintech counsel and other stakeholders interacting or planning to interact with Digital Assets.

Weather you are curious to understand how Digital Assets will affect finance functions of your industry, or you are a Digital Asset expert. You are all welcome to join to discuss how Digital Assets will affect the economy in 2026.

Chatham House rules apply.

The Roundtable will be led by Magnus Jones from Nordic Blockchain Association and Brett Reeves from BitGo, accompanied by experts from public and private sectors .

Family offices and impact investors are rethinking how capital works. The shift is from passive philanthropy to active investment—deploying capital that delivers financial returns alongside measurable impact.

This session examines two areas where this shift is happening. First, next gen wealth holders moving beyond inherited philanthropy to actively managed impact investment strategies. How do they deploy capital, what returns are realistic, and how do they engage meaningfully rather than delegating to advisors?

Second, nature capital as an investable asset class. Opportunities in oceans, watersheds, and ecosystems spanning early-stage ventures to infrastructure. How family offices achieve returns while creating environmental outcomes.

Family offices, next gen investors, fund managers, and impact entrepreneurs discuss what's working and where capital is flowing .

AI is rapidly transforming how organizations hire, develop, and manage people at scale. But technological disruption alone does not create better systems — it often exposes deeper human limits.

As organizations race to adopt AI, the real question becomes: how do we design talent systems that work with the human brain rather than against it?

Join one of the world’s leading thinkers on neuroscience and leadership for a first-principles exploration of how brain science can guide the future of talent management — from decision-making and performance to learning, trust, and adaptability in an AI-driven world.

Two connected challenges in moving impact from intention to deployment.

First, the future of corporate philanthropy. Traditional corporate giving focuses on donations—writing checks to charities. Forward-thinking companies are contributing people, expertise, and capabilities alongside capital. Seconding employees to impact projects. Providing technical expertise—engineering, operations, supply chain, technology. Opening distribution networks and infrastructure to impact ventures. What creates genuine value versus what remains performative CSR? How do companies structure these relationships, and what's the ROI?

Second, scaling impact initiatives. Most impact projects never move beyond pilots. Moving to meaningful deployment requires ecosystem development, blended finance, and public-private partnerships. Where do impact projects achieve commercial viability and become self-sustaining? Where does subsidy remain necessary even at scale? What breaks when scaling—business model, talent, regulation, customer adoption?

Corporate leaders responsible for social impact, foundation executives, impact fund managers, entrepreneurs scaling ventures, and public sector partners discuss what's working and where capital meets capability.

Hack for Earth x unDavos Award Ceremony

Live from Davos | January 19 | 14:00 CET | unDavos Stage

The Hack for Earth x unDavos Award Ceremony marks the culmination of a global hackathon where thousands of innovators from around the world have worked to create real solutions to our most pressing global challenges.

Five challenge category winners will present their solutions from the unDavos stage to a jury of world leaders, receiving direct feedback and guidance on how to move forward to make the solutions come to life. All category winners will be awarded spots in the Hack for Earth Accelerator to develop and scale their impact in 2026.

From these five finalists, the jury will also select one Hack for Earth x unDavos Grand Winner.

This is citizens presenting solutions directly to global decision-makers — proof that while Davos talks, we act.

When AI moves into the organisational core, how work gets done must change. This session explores how leading companies are redesigning structures, capabilities, and decision-making — and redefining the relationship between human and artificial intelligence.

Hear directly from the people engineering the foundations of AI-native organisations. This session examines the critical layers beneath scalable AI — compute, models, platforms, and governance — and explores how leaders can maintain control while deploying AI responsibly, competitively, and at scale.

Digital infrastructure has become the operational backbone for industrial systems. When it fails or gets compromised, production stops, supply chains break, and organizations lose capability.

This panel examines resilience across three areas:

Cloud Dependencies
Most organizations now run critical operations on cloud infrastructure, often concentrated with 1-2 providers. What happens when a provider has an outage, changes terms, or becomes subject to geopolitical pressure? How do organizations assess and manage concentration risk?

Cybersecurity for Operations
Industrial systems, manufacturing operations, and supply chain networks are increasingly targeted. Attacks can halt production, compromise data, or create physical safety risks. What security measures actually work at operational scale, and how do organizations balance security with operational speed?

AI Governance and Infrastructure
AI is being embedded into core business operations—forecasting, quality control, logistics, decision support. This creates new dependencies and new failure modes. How do organizations govern AI systems when they become business-critical? What infrastructure is needed to run AI reliably at scale?

Data Continuity
When systems fail—whether from cyberattacks, technical failures, or provider outages—how quickly can organizations restore operations? What data needs to be protected, and what continuity models work in practice?

Panelists include CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, cybersecurity firms, cloud providers, and companies that have navigated major digital disruptions.

The session combines a short diagnostic panel with a moderated working discussion. Participants will jointly develop a concise Manifesto for Strategic Investment, outlining practical principles and commitments on capital deployment, de-risking mechanisms, and execution models. The goal is to leave Davos with clear next steps and a small number of working groups that may continue beyond WEF.

This is not a sponsor event, not a policy showcase, and not a vision panel.

It is designed for candid exchange and practical outcomes.

The session is convened in partnership with the CVC | Open Innovation Summit platform, which works with senior corporate leaders to redirect more corporate capital toward long-term, system-level change — moving beyond isolated pilots or minority investments to sustained capital deployment that reshapes industries, supply chains, and human systems.

The platform is complemented by Inside CVC, a closed executive dialogue series that functions as an extension of this leadership circle, enabling continuity of board- and C-suite-level conversations on capital, governance, and execution beyond individual convenings.

• Corporate and CVC perspectives on long-cycle, capital-intensive investments

• Where venture capital logic works — and where it breaks — in energy and infrastructure

• Execution and integration risk between financing and delivery

• Human systems, workforce, and care as economic infrastructure for industrial resilience

After examining digital infrastructure, critical minerals, and strategic capital, this open discussion focuses on what comes next—with primary focus on Europe.

Policy Priorities
What should European governments prioritize to strengthen industrial competitiveness? Where can policy reduce dependencies without creating new vulnerabilities? How should Europe respond to US subsidies and China's coordinated industrial strategy?

Company Actions
What can firms do without waiting for policy? How do organizations assess exposure to digital disruption, mineral dependencies, and supply chain concentration? What measures deliver results within 6-12 months versus 3-5 years?

Public-Private Coordination
Industrial resilience requires coordination between governments, corporations, and investors. Where has this worked in Europe? What models can be scaled? How do you align incentives when timelines differ?

Technology and Investment
What technologies deserve accelerated support—through grants, procurement, or strategic investment? Where should Europe build capability, and where should it partner with allies?

Standards and Regulation
Can Europe use standards to strengthen its position? How can regulatory alignment speed adoption of resilience technologies? Balance between protecting against risk and enabling speed?

Open discussion format. Participants propose priorities, challenge assumptions, debate trade-offs. The goal: practical recommendations organizations can act on, not aspirational statements.

Participants include policymakers, CEOs, investors, supply chain leaders, and technology executives.

Critical minerals underpin batteries, semiconductors, and advanced manufacturing. Most refining is concentrated in one or two countries, creating vulnerability to geopolitics and trade restrictions. Covers dependencies, refining bottlenecks, recycling opportunities, and how firms manage exposure when access becomes uncertain.

Quantum is moving from abstract promise to early, specific capabilities in sensing, communications, and select computational workflows. This session breaks down what “quantum” actually means across the major technology tracks, what is real today versus research-stage, and where enterprises can test value without betting the business. We will map concrete use cases by industry, explain what problem each use case solves, what the dependencies are, and how to evaluate vendors and pilots with clear success metrics. Attendees will leave with a practical way to separate signal from noise and a short list of use cases that are worth exploring now.

Defense innovation is accelerating driven by geopolitical pressure and evolving threats. Technologies baseline five years ago are now obsolete. New capabilities are needed faster than traditional procurement delivers.

Topics include what technologies matter—drones, autonomous systems, electronic warfare, AI for intelligence and surveillance, dual-use technologies bridging commercial and defense applications—and what's deployable now versus 2-3 years out. How governments work with defense tech startups that lack established credentials. Where dual-use actually works versus where commercial-to-defense breaks down. Investment models for defense tech where government is primary customer and timelines are longer. Whether faster procurement pathways are emerging beyond traditional models.

Defense contractors, dual-use startups, government buyers, investors, and military technology leaders discuss what's deployable, what's overhyped, and where opportunities are.

Behind every AI application—whether embodied or not—is compute infrastructure. Training large models requires massive data centers. Deploying AI at scale requires distributed compute, whether in the cloud or at the edge.

Energy and Cooling
AI workloads consume more power than traditional computing. Data centers are hitting energy limits. Where does the power come from—grid, on-site generation, nuclear? How do operators handle cooling at scale? What's the real constraint: power availability, cooling capacity, or both?

Chip Supply and Architecture
AI depends on specialized chips—GPUs, TPUs, custom accelerators. Supply is concentrated. Lead times are long. How do hyperscalers, enterprises, and governments secure chip access? What's the impact of export restrictions? Where are alternatives emerging?

Data Center Capacity
Demand for AI compute is growing faster than data center capacity. What's the timeline for new capacity—months, years? Where is capacity constrained geographically? How do enterprises that can't build their own data centers secure access?

Edge vs. Cloud
Some AI applications need low latency and can't wait for cloud responses. Edge computing moves compute closer to where data is generated. When does edge make sense versus centralized cloud? What's the cost trade-off?

Compute Strategy
How do hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, Google) think about AI infrastructure? How do enterprises plan compute needs when AI adoption is accelerating? What role do governments play in ensuring access to compute for national competitiveness?

Investment and Business Models
Data centers require massive capital. Who's investing—hyperscalers, infrastructure funds, governments? What business models work—cloud services, co-location, AI-as-a-service?

Data center operators, hyperscalers, chip manufacturers, infrastructure investors, energy providers, and enterprise AI leaders discuss what's needed, where bottlenecks exist, and how compute infrastructure is evolving.

AI is moving from screens to physical systems. Robots need to work in factories. Drones need to navigate unpredictable environments. Autonomous systems need to see, move, and adapt in real time.

Embodied AI puts intelligence into physical systems that interact with the world—robotics for manufacturing and logistics, drones for inspection and delivery, autonomous vehicles, sensor-driven systems in agriculture and infrastructure.

What's Working vs. What's Stuck
What applications are in production environments versus still in labs? Manufacturing automation, warehouse robotics, inspection drones, agricultural systems—where is embodied AI delivering value, and where is it overpromised?

Technical Challenges
Real-time processing requirements. Physical constraints—weight, power, durability. Safety standards and certification. Integration with existing systems. Edge computing for low-latency decisions. Hardware reliability at industrial scale.

Economic Reality
Which use cases justify the cost? What's the ROI for deploying robotics in manufacturing versus hiring more people? Where does embodied AI make economic sense now, and where is it 3-5 years away from viability?

From Pilots to Scale
Many robotics companies have impressive demos. Fewer have scaled deployments. What does it take to move from pilot projects to production at scale? What breaks—technology, business model, customer readiness, or integration complexity?

Investment and Competition
How do investors assess embodied AI when development cycles are long, capital requirements are high, and margins can be thin? Where is competition heating up—humanoid robots, inspection drones, warehouse automation?

Robotics companies, operators deploying embodied AI, hardware manufacturers, AI researchers, and investors discuss what's scaling, what's stalled, and where the real opportunities are.

Quantum programs fail when leaders treat quantum like a technology purchase instead of a business strategy. This session walks through the steps to build a pragmatic quantum strategy that fits your organization’s risk appetite, timeline, and priorities, including how to invest in quantum in a way that is measurable and disciplined. We will cover how to define your “why,” pick the right focus areas, and sequence actions across awareness, experimentation, and readiness, plus practical investment paths such as workforce upskilling, partner ecosystems, targeted pilots, and selective bets on enabling technologies. We will also address quantum security and crypto agility, because the strategy is incomplete if you ignore how data will be protected over time. Attendees will leave with a clearer set of steps to follow, decision points, and a simple framework to brief leadership and move from curiosity to execution.

Commercial space is expanding beyond satellites. Launch costs have dropped 10x in a decade, shifting what was government and defense territory into commercial markets driven by private capital and new business models.

Mature markets include satellite communications, Earth observation, positioning, and data services. Emerging applications: space-based manufacturing, orbital infrastructure, lunar missions. Where is economic opportunity now versus aspirational?

Topics include where investment flows—launch systems, constellations, ground infrastructure, applications—and what business models work. How startups compete with established aerospace firms and where partnerships make sense. Moving from prototype to deployment at scale. How commercial companies work with government buyers and where dual-use matters.

Investors, commercial space companies, satellite operators, launch providers, and infrastructure firms discuss what's working and where bottlenecks exist.

Most impact projects never scale beyond pilots. Moving to meaningful deployment requires ecosystem development, blended finance, partnerships—and increasingly, technology to reach scale efficiently.

AI and digital platforms are changing what's possible. Automated decision-making, data analysis, and distribution systems allow impact projects to reach more people with fewer resources. But technology also creates new challenges—digital divides, data privacy, integration complexity.

Where do projects achieve commercial viability? Where does subsidy remain necessary even at scale? What breaks when scaling—business model, talent, regulation, customer adoption, or technology integration?

How do impact entrepreneurs use AI and tech without creating new barriers? Where does automation genuinely improve delivery versus where does it reduce human connection that matters?

Impact entrepreneurs, investors, foundation leaders, public sector partners, and technology providers discuss what's scaling, what's breaking, and how tech enables rather than complicates impact.

More and more, next gen wealth holders are rejecting the passive model—inherit capital, delegate to advisors, write checks to charities. They want active involvement in where capital goes and what it achieves.

This shift is driven by different expectations. Next gen investors want financial returns and measurable impact. They're less interested in traditional philanthropy that creates dependency and more interested in investment strategies that build capability and generate outcomes.

What does active engagement actually look like? Taking board seats. Building direct relationships with entrepreneurs. Structuring deals that align returns with impact. Learning to evaluate opportunities rather than outsourcing all decisions.

Where are the opportunities? Impact sectors where commercial models are emerging—climate tech, healthcare access, education infrastructure, nature capital. Areas where patient capital and risk tolerance create advantage.

Family offices, advisors, and next gen investors discuss what's working, what returns are realistic, and how to move from passive inheritance to active deployment.

Nature has traditionally been the domain of philanthropy. That's changing. Family offices and investors are treating nature as an investable asset class—deploying capital that delivers financial returns alongside environmental outcomes.

Opportunities span oceans, watersheds, and terrestrial ecosystems. Investment ranges from early-stage ventures developing new approaches to growth capital for scaling proven models, infrastructure projects, and project finance for restoration and conservation.

What separates investable opportunities from grant-dependent initiatives? Where do business models work—carbon credits, ecosystem services, sustainable resource management, nature-based infrastructure? What returns are realistic, and over what timelines?

How do investors evaluate nature capital when many opportunities are still emerging? What due diligence matters—impact measurement, regulatory risk, revenue models, exit paths?

Investors already deploying nature capital, family offices exploring the space, fund managers, and environmental finance experts discuss what's investable, how to evaluate it, and where capital is flowing.

In this 45 minute session, Venture 2 Impact will facilitate a panel conversation with leaders from Morgan Stanley, Docusign, and Sage to explore one big question: What’s the real value of employee volunteering — for companies, for employees, and for the communities they serve?

Why This Conversation Matters

Employee volunteering has evolved far beyond a CSR checkbox. It’s now a meaningful way for people and organizations to connect purpose with performance.

We’ll look at this movement from three angles:

• For companies: Why leading brands invest in volunteering as part of their culture and ESG strategy.

• For employees: How giving time and skills to causes they care about drives engagement, creativity, and fulfillment.

• For nonprofits and communities: How they can tap into corporate talent and energy to scale impact.

Expect practical insights, real stories, and new ideas about how purpose can show up at work.

AI is reshaping financial services—risk assessment, fraud detection, algorithmic trading, credit decisions, customer service, regulatory compliance. The questions: Where does AI create competitive advantage versus where does it become table stakes? How do financial institutions balance automation with human judgment on high-stakes decisions? What regulatory frameworks enable AI innovation while managing systemic risk? How do banks, asset managers, and insurers rewire operations when AI changes how financial decisions get made?

The global health landscape is being reshaped by geopolitical tensions, shifting funding priorities, and uneven recovery from recent shocks. Long-standing models of cooperation are under strain, even as demand for coordinated action on health security, access, and equity continues to grow. This session will bring together senior leaders to examine how partnerships across governments, multilateral institutions, philanthropy, and industry are evolving in response to these pressures. The discussion will focus on where collaboration remains essential, where roles are changing, and how the private sector can contribute to progress in a more fragmented global environment.

Global health financing is entering a period of heightened uncertainty. Geopolitical fragmentation, evolving trade and pricing policies, fiscal constraints, and shifting public-sector priorities are placing increasing strain on health systems worldwide. These pressures are particularly acute for countries striving to sustain progress toward universal health coverage amid rising costs and growing demand. This session will convene senior decision-makers to assess how geopolitical forces are reshaping health financing markets and policy choices, and to examine the role of innovative financing mechanisms, public-private collaboration, and policy alignment in navigating this turning point.

Health systems worldwide are facing acute workforce shortages and growing demand that cannot be met through traditional, facility-based models of care alone. AI-enabled tools are increasingly being deployed to support clinicians, streamline workflows, and extend care into community and home-based settings. This session will examine how digital health and AI are reshaping care delivery by augmenting the health workforce and expanding access beyond conventional clinical environments. Panelists will discuss where these tools are already delivering impact, what infrastructure and governance are required to scale them responsibly, and how they can help close persistent capacity gaps across health systems.

AI is already reshaping the life sciences in concrete, practical ways, while also challenging the traditional business models that have long governed R&D productivity, workforce structures, and commercialization. This panel will focus on four critical use cases that are defining the next chapter of innovation and forcing firms to rethink how value is created and captured.

First, the discussion will explore how AI is accelerating discovery and R&D—enabling faster target identification, smarter experimentation, and shorter development cycles, with significant implications for R&D economics and portfolio strategy. Second, panelists will examine how AI is changing how work gets done across life sciences organizations, from scientists to commercial teams, and what it takes to redesign roles, incentives, and operating models so people are empowered by these tools.

The conversation will then turn outward to patients and consumers, examining how AI is enabling more personalized, responsive, and accessible engagement across the care journey, and how this shifts traditional approaches to market access, differentiation, and value propositions. Finally, the panel will confront a central challenge: how to scale these innovations without reinforcing existing inequities, ensuring that AI-enabled business models advance equity, access, and trust rather than leaving people behind.

Declining fertility rates and rapidly ageing populations are reshaping demographic profiles across both high- and middle-income countries, with profound implications for economic sustainability, workforce participation, and health system design. Health systems are increasingly required to support wellbeing across the full life course — from fertility and reproductive health to healthy ageing and longevity — yet remain largely organized around episodic, siloed care. This session will examine how health systems must adapt to these demographic realities, including changes in service delivery, financing, workforce planning, and data-driven decision-making. Panelists will discuss where innovation, investment, and policy alignment are most needed to support equitable access, population health, and quality of life across longer lifespans.

Health outcomes and economic performance are deeply interconnected, with population health shaping labor supply, productivity, and long-term growth. Many economies are already feeling the impact of health-related labor shortages, rising disability, and ageing populations on workforce participation and fiscal sustainability. This session will explore how investments in health can function as a driver of economic resilience rather than a fiscal burden. The discussion will focus on policy and financing models that link health spending to economic returns, and on strategies to ensure health systems continue to support growth in a changing global economy.

Information now comes from everywhere—traditional news, social platforms, creators, AI-generated content. Trust is fragmented. Misinformation spreads faster than corrections. AI slop—low-quality synthetic content—floods search results and social feeds.

How do people determine what's true when sources are contested and institutional credibility is questioned? What's the relationship between platforms, publishers, and creators in shaping information flow?

How do you detect and counter misinformation at scale? What works for verification, fact-checking, and media literacy? Where does AI help versus make the problem worse?

How do societies handle information environments where truth is negotiable and attention is the currency? What's the role of regulation, technology, and education?

Journalists, platform leaders, fact-checkers, AI researchers, social media analysts, and policymakers discuss what's breaking, what's working, and how information ecosystems evolve.