Agenda Dialogues

Below the ocean surface is a world that is vast, distant and alien. We are now able to understand and explore more of this realm with technology. Join Caribbean marine biologist and explorer Diva Amon live from a deep-sea submersible examining the health of Mesophotic coral reefs off the coast of the Seychelles. She is joined by prominent experts and industry leaders to explore the potential of te...

Leaders around the globe have called for international collaboration to steer AI's development to human and planetary development rather than exploitation. Harmonizing diverse views will tackle challenges at the nexus of tech, privacy and rights. With AI's swift advance and varied national oversight frameworks emerging, how can global players collaboratively craft adaptive, forward-looking governa...

The First Movers Coalition, launched at COP26 in Glasgow in 2021, has garnered an unprecedented $16 billion in aggregated demand for emerging climate technologies and the support of 13 governments which together represent more than 50% of global GDP. What are the lessons learnt and what lies ahead in the journey to speed up and scale these technologies? This session is linked to the First Movers C...

From diplomacy to defence, AI is markedly changing geopolitics. Shifts in data ownership and infrastructure will transform some stakeholders while elevating others, reshaping sovereignty and influence. How is the landscape evolving and what does it mean for the existing international architecture? This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024. Watch it here:...

AI offers novel opportunities for deeply personalized learning and tutoring and is set to turbocharge the edtech industry while creating uncharted risks for today's learners in schools, universities and workplaces. With learning being reshaped at breathtaking speed, how can organizations and governments adapt to leverage the benefits of this new era? This session is linked to the Education 4.0 All...

The transfer of knowledge across generations and cultures has shaped our evolutionary trajectory and our interactions with each other and the natural world. How might intergenerational dialogue inform a path that is simultaneously guided by a realism to see the world as it is and an optimism that there is hope and possibilities in a challenging and uncertain future? This session was recorded live...

Generative AI is advancing exponentially. What is happening at the frontier of research and application and how are novel techniques and approaches changing the risks and opportunities linked to frontier, generative AI models? This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2024. Speakers: Yann LeCun, Silver Professor of Data Science, Computer Science, Neural Sci...

The year 2023 is the hottest on record - 1.48°C above the pre-industrial averages - propelling economies and societies into unprecedented and risky territory. Leaders are increasingly called upon to transform the current growth and development models to better steward the global commons and serve humanity. How can we enable a net-zero, nature-positive future that regenerates Earth's finite resourc...

As technology becomes increasingly intertwined in our daily lives and important for driving development and prosperity, questions of safety, human interaction and trust become critical to addressing both benefits and risks. How can technology amplify our humanity? This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2024 Speakers: Sam Altman Chief Executive Officer, O...

From the advent of smartphone apps to novel incentive structures on social media, the latest technological advances mark a change in the nature of childhood in recent years, removing limits to screen time and impacting time for play and face-to-face conversations. What steps are needed to tackle emerging harms for children and young adults and reverse the trend of a growing anxious generation? Thi...

Long-standing economic tenets are being challenged by ongoing shocks, geo-economic tensions and supply chain reconfigurations. How can we adapt to changing economic realities, to ensure long-term and equitable growth? Join this interactive town hall with leaders to explore promising approaches to adapt to new economic realities. This conversation was recorded January 17, 2024 at the Annual Meeting...

Global cooperation has been critical for the impressive expansion of well-being and opportunities in the past 70 years. Yet these gains are at risk from the uneven impacts of continuous shocks to trade, climate and health, and geopolitical flashpoints. How can North-South cooperation be recalibrated to deliver win-win solutions to our most pressing issues rather than exacerbating them? This is the...

While tackling inflation, higher interest rates have wider repercussions: slowing down growth, increasing pressure on global markets, creating debt sustainability risks and changing the nature of investment. Will high rates become the new normal and what might a new equilibrium look like? This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2024 Speakers: Steve Sedgwi...

World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab and Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group and Member of the Forum's Board of Trustees, share their aspirations before the Forum's Annual Meeting 2024. Follow all the action from Davos at  wef.ch/wef24  and across social media using the hashtag #WEF24. Check out all our podcasts on  wef.ch/podcasts : Radio Davos  -  subscribe Meet the Leader  -  sub...

An intensifying climate crisis, fragile global economy, and the emergence of critical questions around frontier technologies are converging against the backdrop of a deteriorating security landscape to create an uncertain geopolitical outlook. How will these issues shape geopolitics in the year ahead and what are the prospects for cooperative approaches to address them? Join this Strategic Intelli...

One year has passed since generative AI started captivating the public imagination and making headlines across the globe. What are the key reflections from the year before and what are some of the emerging capabilities that will shape the future? Speakers: Peter Hallinan, Leader, Responsible AI, Amazon Web Services Sara Hooker, Head, Research, Cohere Pilar Manchón, Senior Director, Engineering, Go...

There are many competing perspectives on how AI should be governed. How can organizations build a discerning process to prevent blind spots when it comes to governing these models? Speakers: Khalfan Belhoul, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Future Foundation Alexandra Reeve Givens, Chief Executive Officer, Center for Democracy and Technology David Robinson, Head of Policy Planning, OpenAI (pictured)...

Generative AI is, by its very nature, a game-changer. It's not about automation; it's about amplification. It augments our abilities, pushing the boundaries of what's possible, transforming industries from the inside out. This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's AI Governance Summit 2023, on 15 November, 2023. Watch the full video session here: https://www.weforum.org/ev...

Matthias Maurer, an astronaut for the European Space Agency, returned home from his first space mission in May 2022 after 177 days living and working on the International Space Station (ISS). There he helped to conduct more than 35 experiments benefiting biology and robotics and more - an experience that drove home for him the need to protect space and maximize its potential. He spoke with Meet Th...

How can leaders best navigate layoffs -- and rebuild for the future? Melbourne-based software firm Culture Amp recently conducted research on this question -- and then unexpectedly faced cuts of its own. CEO Didier Elzinga shares insights from the research and his applied experience, including common myths, surprising findings, and strategies his firm used to recalibrate and reprioritize. He also...

Melting arctic ice will have knock-on effects around the globe, impacting farms, homes, livelihoods and more. But making people care about melting ice or the Arctic - things most people will never see firsthand - can be almost impossible. Unless you get creative, that is. Arctic Basecamp (a group of arctic experts and scientists), has found a range of creative ways build awareness, including: a sp...

From traceability and transparency to better forecasting and inventory control, technology has the potential to transform global trade in a myriad of ways. As their efficiency benefits are become increasingly well-understood and documented, how can these same technologies be deployed to enhance equity and sustainability? This episode is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's A...

The first black female CEO of one of the largest privately-funded global non-profits discusses the experiences that helped her learn how to be a better advocate for others. These experiences range from a father who served in the NAACP tackling civil rights in 1960s South Carolina, to her own life journey serving as a trial lawyer, a Baptist minister and in the military during Operation Desert Stor...

The digital transformation is shifting more than technology - it's changing the skills workers will need, the mindsets required to tackle big challenges, and the nature of business itself. Roland Busch, Siemens CEO, shares how tech is reshaping Siemens and how reskilling will evolve, and how managers especially will need to empower teams for the changes ahead. He shares why more decisions should h...

Trust time. Pick your moments. Find joy in doing. Know the future is not ordained. These are just some of the hard-won lessons learned that have guided the top minds in government, civil society, business on Meet the Leader. This 101st episode collects the program's highlights, from Jane Goodall's run-in with a grumpy cabbie, to a moment that changed how Al Gore communicates, to a habit that Veriz...