The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 is scheduled to take place from 19 to 23 January 2026 in Davos‑Klosters, Switzerland. This meeting is the flagship annual gathering convened by the World Economic Forum (WEF), a Geneva‑based non‑profit organisation focused on public‑private cooperation and global dialogue on major international issues.
The 2026 annual meeting is held under the theme ‘A Spirit of Dialogue’, emphasising open discussion and engagement across diverse viewpoints. Sessions and discussions address topics such as cooperation in a contested world, economic growth, innovation and technology, investments in people, and sustainable prosperity within planetary limits. A central theme will be the technological transformation—from AI and quantum computing to next-generation biotech and energy systems—reshaping economies, work, and growth. The programme includes plenary sessions, workshops and side events, with a selection of sessions livestreamed for wider public access.
Participants will include heads of state and government, senior policymakers, corporate executives, experts and representatives of non‑governmental organisations and labour groups from more than 130 countries.
The choices we make today, on climate, technology, social justice and how we care for one another, are already shaping the world we will live in by 2050. Good decisions could lead to a more sustainable, fair and thriving future; poor ones could deepen inequality and environmental strain.
As we look ahead, we must ask ourselves: what kind of 2050 are we choosing to create?
With $1.5 trillion in investment and nearly 60% of companies set to scale AI in 2025, the race to capture its full economic impact is accelerating. Yet scaling beyond pilots remains a major hurdle, requiring new strategies, capabilities and organizational designs.
How can leaders unlock AI’s true potential for complex tasks and long-term transformation?
A conversation with Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft.
In a world where AI delivers instant answers and infinite information, the challenge isn’t scarcity, it’s overload.
How do we navigate a landscape where shortcuts abound, attention is fragmented and the very meaning of “knowing” is being redefined?
A credible pathway to artificial general intelligence (AGI) is increasingly coming into view as advances in scaling, multimodal systems and agentic models converge, placing growing demands on compute, data and energy resources.
Which breakthroughs matter most on the road to AGI and what must be solved before the day after arrives?
