unDavos Summit

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF became their single most cash-generating ETF across the entire portfolio. Robinhood and Revolut started with closed-loop crypto trading and grew 3x. The message is clear: institutions that started simple and iterated are winning, while those stuck in desktop exercises and endless research are falling behind. WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS Start simple, expand later: BlackRock...

Data is the fuel powering the $1.3 trillion AI industry — yet none of it appears on any balance sheet. Meanwhile, the data brokerage market hit $460 billion while legitimate data marketplaces sit at just $8 billion, revealing a broken system where deals happen in backrooms and ownership remains invisible. WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS Data ownership as the missing foundation: without cryptographic proof...

The mining industry is responsible for 7% of global CO2 emissions, and diesel haulage trucks alone can account for 40-50% of a single mine's output. Electrifying one large mining truck eliminates the equivalent of 400 cars. With over 10 billion metric tons already moved by Komatsu's fully autonomous haulage system, this panel asks: what is stopping the entire industry from going electric...

2025 Nobel Laureate Philippe Aghion argues that creative destruction is not chaos — it is the mechanism of sustained prosperity. In this keynote conversation, he explains why new firms without the "past dependence" of dirty innovation are leading the energy transition, and why Europe must combine competition policy with industrial policy to avoid being dominated by a handful of AI supers...

Heat represents over 50% of global energy demand, yet industrial heat remains the hardest segment to decarbonize. This panel brings together the full value chain — technology provider ABB, deep tech startup SaltX, end-user Rockwool, and investor Holcim MAQER Ventures — to prove that electrification of industrial heat is no longer a question of "if" but "how fast." WHAT THIS PAN...

By 2030, the energy sector faces a 10-15 million person workforce shortage compounded by 30-40% retirements. Can autonomous robots fill the gap — or does the future depend on reskilling humans? This panel brings a robotics CEO and an energy economist together to find the winning model. WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS What only humans can do: critical judgment, investment decisions under uncertainty, and co...

White hydrogen could supply 220,000 years of global energy at under $1 per kilogram. Next-generation perovskite solar panels deliver 40% more power in a coating thinner than a human hair. Four founders present the breakthrough technologies poised to reshape energy — and the brutal reality of crossing the valley of death. WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS White (geological) hydrogen: carbon-negative extractio...

70% of board members acknowledge they are fully conscious that ESG matters — yet 70% also admit they are not efficient at integrating it into strategy and governance. Meanwhile, one in three meals depends on smallholder farmers who are massively impacted by climate change. This panel asks: is ESG a labeling problem, a leadership failure, or a broken system? WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS Why ESG criteria...

The $5.6 trillion annual investment needed for net zero dwarfs the less than $2 trillion currently flowing — and barely 11-15% of announced energy transition projects ever reach final investment decision. This panel unpacks where capital is structurally stuck and how blended finance, biodiversity credits, and democratized private equity can close the gap. WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS Why the "missi...

BCG estimates 90% of the $2 trillion in value quantum computing will create by 2035 goes to just 10% of organizations — the ones building quantum muscle now. By end of 2026, US Homeland Security won’t onboard any vendor without post-quantum encryption. The clock is already running. WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS Why building organizational quantum readiness matters more than waiting for perfect hardware H...

After DeepSeek, the two space investments in one VC’s billion-dollar portfolio became the safest bets — because you can rebuild a Robinhood app in one hour, but you cannot rebuild a rocket. Meanwhile, data centers in orbit offer the ultimate air gap: there is no fiber optic cable on Earth that isn’t tapped. And asteroid mining expects profitable returns within five years. WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS Wh...

Renaissance Technologies generated 66% annual returns for 30+ years by being first to apply machine learning to markets. The next frontier is quantum. At unDavos 2026, Qubitra Technologies launched with backing from SC Ventures and Fujitsu — applying tensor networks from quantum physics to find patterns in financial data that classical methods simply cannot see. WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS How quantum-...

60% of industry leaders know quantum computers will eventually break today’s encryption. Only 2% have started doing anything about it. Meanwhile, adversaries are already harvesting encrypted data in transit — stockpiling it for decryption when quantum computers scale up. Your bank data, health records, and board communications all have a shelf life that extends well past Q-Day. WHAT THIS PANEL COV...

If GPS goes out on a military convoy right now, the backup plan is a pen, a paper map, and a compass. That's not a Cold War anecdote — that's the current state of play. Meanwhile, defense tech has become "the new medtech" in VC circles, with every major fund now running a dedicated defense unit. WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS Why AI and climate change are reshaping resource access and...

250 hackers from 62 countries spent a weekend building real solutions to global challenges — and the jury picked a low-tech hydroponic farming system from Nigeria as the grand winner. Verdant's PVC-pipe growing towers can produce livestock feed in just six days, no electricity or special skills required. WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS How Hack for Earth's "Dream-Hack-Build" method turn...

Stablecoin transaction volumes have already surpassed Visa and Mastercard combined, yet most people still can't buy a coffee with one. SAP just launched a module that lets any corporate pay invoices with stablecoins as easily as a bank transfer — and a consortium of ten European banks is racing to issue a euro-denominated stablecoin before year's end. WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS Why stablecoi...

Welcome to the Road to Davos webinar Series , our lead-up series helping leaders prepare for the most intentional week of the year. Davos is unique—dense with decision-makers, high in complexity, and rich with opportunity. ​Each session gives you practical insights, insider guidance, and a clearer path to make every hour in Davos count. Here, you can learn, engage, and get ahead on the journey. ​...

​Welcome to the inaugural session of our community-hosted webinar series, sparked by the energy of unDavos 2025 . We’re continuing the conversation with bold topics—from AI and finance to sustainability, storytelling, and beyond. ​Each session is your chance to engage, contribute, and shape what’s next with the unDavos community. ​ 10th December Session Overview ​ Title: REWIRE the Organization: S...

Welcome to the Road to Davos webinar Series , our lead-up series helping leaders prepare for the most intentional week of the year. Davos is unique—dense with decision-makers, high in complexity, and rich with opportunity. ​Each session gives you practical insights, insider guidance, and a clearer path to make every hour in Davos count. Here, you can learn, engage, and get ahead on the journey. ​...

Welcome to the Road to Davos webinar Series, our lead-up series helping leaders prepare for the most intentional week of the year. Davos is unique—dense with decision-makers, high in complexity, and rich with opportunity. ​Each session gives you practical insights, insider guidance, and a clearer path to make every hour in Davos count. Here, you can learn, engage, and get ahead on the journey. ​3r...

Davos rewards preparation and intentionality. In this 60-minute session, we’ll unpack how to turn Davos Week into outsized outcomes by combining smart access with smart leadership. ​First, Mark Turrell introduces the 2026 Davos Delegations —curated tracks that streamline access, meetings, and visibility. Then Mark Sadovnick explores leadership at Davos through the lens of cooperation vs. competiti...

The human rights and social justice nonprofit sector stands at a critical moment in its history. Where is it going? The traditional funding model—where organizations receive the bulk of their financial support from a small number of like-minded philanthropic foundations or government donor agencies—has revealed itself to be fundamentally unsustainable and vulnerable. Given both long-term issues as...

Welcome to the inaugural session of our community-hosted webinar series, sparked by the energy of unDavos 2025 . We’re continuing the conversation with bold topics - from AI and finance to sustainability, storytelling, and beyond. ​Each session is your chance to engage, contribute, and shape what’s next with the unDavos community. ​ 17th September Session Overview ​ Title: Mental Health, Flow and...

Welcome to the inaugural session of our community-hosted webinar series, sparked by the energy of unDavos 2025 . We’re continuing the conversation with bold topics—from AI and finance to sustainability, storytelling, and beyond. ​Each session is your chance to engage, contribute, and shape what’s next with the unDavos community. ​ 3rd September Session Overview ​ Title: Crossing the Digital Chasm...

Capitalism isn’t broken—it’s just been optimized for the wrong outcomes. In this conversation, a storyteller-strategist and a venture investor-family office advisor challenge the assumptions that underpin modern economic models. We’ll explore how community, consequence, and long-term trust can (and must) be re-integrated into the value creation process—whether in early-stage startups, legacy busin...