(All time slots provided are in Central European Time) Monday, 20 January | | 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Unlocking the power of place: Building healthy, inclusive, and resilient communities Health equity isn't just a moral imperative—it's an economic one that has business solutions, with the potential to drive trillions of dollars in economic growth worldwide and $2.8 trillion in the U.S. alone. Through a broad range of partnerships, transformative technologies, and data-driven insights, now is the time to reimagine what’s possible and drive action and impact around the world. Join us for a dynamic event spotlighting innovations and place-based models that are building healthier, more inclusive, and resilient communities. Speakers: - Asif Dhar, WEF Lead Relationship Partner and Global Consulting LSHC Industry Leader, Deloitte
- Ricardo Baptista Leite, CEO, HealthAI
- Gisela Sanchez, CEO, Nutrivida
- Andrea Feigl, CEO, Health Finance Institute
- Sadaf Hosseini, Head of Growth, Uplink
*This is an Accredited Session on the official WEF Agenda | | 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Top Innovator reception featuring Yes Cities Join us on the first day of the Annual Meeting to discover how innovation and ecosystems are helping shape the future of our world through visionary solutions.
This session will feature stakeholders from Yes San Francisco (Yes SF), the first location-based UpLink Challenge. They will share how Yes SF shaped a blueprint for Yes/Cities, a global movement to scale place-based collaboration and innovation beyond San Francisco to support solutions that help address cities’ local needs to make them more inclusive, more resilient, and more sustainable.
The ambition for Yes/Cities is to create sustainable positive change by empowering local innovation ecosystems to help cities thrive as places where people love to live and work. During the session, the next steps for Yes/Cities will be announced, and remarks will be followed by a reception where participants can learn more about Yes/Cities while meeting innovators and their ecosystem supporters. Speakers: - Paul Clemmons, Global and US Emerging Ecosystems & Alliances Leader and US UpLink Lead, Deloitte
- Kerri Folmer, US Purpose & DEI Office Managing Director and UpLink/Yes Cities Lead, Deloitte
- Kwasi Mitchell, Global Chief Sustainability Officer and US Chief Purpose & DEI Officer, Deloitte
- Dr. Fajer Mushtaq, Co-Founder and CEO of Oxyle & UpLink Top Innovator
- Jeff Merritt, Head of the Centre for Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum
- Sabastian Niles, President and Chief Legal Officer, Salesforce
- Zachary Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of Zauben & UpLink Top Innovator
| | 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Women’s leadership welcome reception Deloitte is pleased to extend a special invitation to you for an insightful networking reception that we are hosting during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. The reception will focus on Collaboration for the Intelligent Age in the following pivotal areas: - Artificial Intelligence and responsible tech
- Sustainability
- Global collaboration
Our aim is to help foster connections among women leaders and allies as we explore challenging topics together. Speakers: - Stacy Janiak, Global Deputy CEO, Deloitte
- Elizabeth Faber, Global Chief People & Purpose Officer, Deloitte
- Vimi Grewal-Carr, Global Chief Growth Officer, Deloitte
- Anna Marks, Global Chair, Deloitte
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Tuesday, 21 January | | 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise: Generating a new future This breakfast panel will draw on insights from the fourth quarterly edition of Deloitte’s The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise: Generating a new future report. Panelists will explore how the GenAI market has transformed over the past year; opportunities and challenges when it comes to adoption, scaling, and governance; and how leaders can balance passion, pragmatism, and patience amid evolving macro trends along the journey. Speakers: - Jason Girzadas, US CEO, Deloitte
- Antonio Neri, CEO, HPE
- Dr. Ruba Borno, Vice President, Global Specialists and Partners, AWS
- Arsalan Tavakoli, Co-founder and SVP of Field Engineering, Databricks
| | 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Strategic choices in financing, navigating and accelerating the energy transition Energy & Industrials leaders are being called to boldly lead their organizations through unprecedented times, from navigating geopolitical headwinds to supply chain challenges and the need to accelerate decarbonization and the energy transition. All the while ensuring security of supply, accessibility, and affordability. To thrive into the future, companies need to make strategic choices; together with our esteemed panel, we will explore: - The role of innovative funding and capital allocation solutions in helping accelerate the energy transition,
- How these companies are evolving their business models to help future proof their organizations,
- The need to work across value chains to help manage demand and accelerate the energy transition, and;
- The role of advanced technology and data to help accelerate low carbon solution adoption.
Speakers: - Stanley Porter, Global Energy, Resources, & Industrials Industry Leader, Deloitte
- K.R. Sridhar, CEO, Bloom Energy
- Rui Teixeira, CFO, Energias de Portugal (EDP)
- Irina Gorbounova, Vice President M&A and Head of XCarb Innovation Fund, ArcelorMittal
| | 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | How to unlock the dual value of earth data Earth observation (EO) with satellites and other sensors has the potential to add US$3.8 trillion to the global economy by 2030, while helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2 gigatons annually. Achieving this potential, however, will require a significant increase in adoption. Join EO data providers, users and specialists to learn about key applications that can amplify usage and define strategies to expedite their widespread utilization. On the agenda: - Discuss new research that quantifies some of the climate and economic opportunity of using satellite-provided Earth data at scale
- Strategize narratives that can amplify EO's adoption, including the key role of multidisciplinary collaboration across the commercial, academic, governmental, and civil society stakeholders
- Align on key domain areas (e.g., coastal monitoring, net ecological gain) where EO can have greater near-term impact
Speakers: - Jennifer Steinmann, Global Sustainability Business Leader, Deloitte
- Stacy Janiak, Global Deputy CEO, Deloitte
- Josef Aschbacher, Director General, European Space Agency
- Ashley Johnson, President and CFO, Planet Labs PBC
- Motoyuki Arai, Founder and CEO, Synspective Inc
- Dan Hammer, Co-founder, Clay Foundation
*This is an Accredited Session on the official WEF Agenda | | 5:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Deloitte evening reception As we enter 2025, business leaders are facing an unprecedented level of uncertainty, shaped by a complex landscape of changing geopolitical dynamics, fears of economic disruptions, and rapid technological advancements. Please join Deloitte for an in-depth discussion with Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS for CNN Worldwide, columnist for The Washington Post, and bestselling author, hosted by Joe Ucuzoglu, Deloitte Global Chief Executive Officer as we examine the impact of these forces on the world economy and consider how businesses leaders can identify and harness emerging opportunities to help create a positive impact on the future. Speakers: - Joe Ucuzoglu, Global CEO, Deloitte
- Anna Marks, Global Chair, Deloitte
- Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS for CNN Worldwide, columnist for The Washington Post, and bestselling author
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Wednesday, 22 January | | 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Imagination in Action 2025 (Note: This event will be held at the Dome) Join Deloitte at Imagination in Action 2025 at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos. Featuring Nobel laureates, MIT leadership, visionary business executives, and AI luminaries, this event is where the world’s leading minds converge to help shape the future of AI. This year’s event theme is “Architects of the Global Future,” a call to action to create the blueprint for global progress and innovation. Join us to engage with global policymakers, C-suite executives and industry leaders, and leading academics and innovators as we collectively build a sustainable and equitable future enabled by AI. Speakers: - Joe Ucuzoglu, Global CEO, Deloitte
- Nitin Mittal, Global GenAI Leader, Deloitte
Please click here to request your spot at this event. | | 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Dreampitch at Davos Join us for the highly anticipated return of Dreampitch at Davos, where innovators present their AI and data solutions to a luminary panel of judges to help address some of the world's most pressing challenges. Salesforce in collaboration with Deloitte will once again bring the annual Dreampitch competition to Davos. Dreampitch will provide three UpLink Top Innovators a platform to showcase their solutions and demonstrate how these innovative entrepreneurs are helping address some of the biggest challenges facing people and the planet.
The judges will engage each innovator in a Q&A session following their presentation, and a winner will be decided by the judges and audience. Host: - John Dutton, Head, Uplink
Judges: - Kwasi Mitchell, Global Chief Sustainability Officer and US Chief Purpose & DEI Officer, Deloitte
- Suzanne DiBianca, Executive Vice President & Chief Impact Officer, Salesforce
- Nile Rodgers, Musician and producer
Innovators: - Lily Vittayarukskul, CEO and Founder, Waterlily
- Patricia Bubner, CEO and Founder, Orbillion
- Joel Tasche, CEO and Founder, Cleanhub
Please click here to register. *This is an Accredited Session on the official WEF Agenda | | 10:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. | The power of purpose: A night cap with Ecosystems & Alliances and Purpose leaders You are invited to Deloitte’s purpose night cap for an evening of transformative networking to discuss how to turbocharge ecosystems and alliances through purpose driven impact. Join executive decision-makers passionate about shaping innovative strategies that help create value for customers, alliances, employees, and communities. Let's unite to help shape the future of business, together. Speakers: - Lara Abrash, US Chair, Deloitte
- Jessica Kosmowski, Global Ecosystems & Alliances Leader, Deloitte
- Van Zorbas, Global Chief Purpose Officer, Deloitte
- Paul Clemmons, Global and US Emerging Ecosystems & Alliances Leader and US UpLink Lead, Deloitte
- Jim Steele, President, Global Strategic Customers and Partners, Salesforce
- Zak Brown, CEO, McLaren Racing
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Thursday, 23 January | | 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Transformation for competitive advantage: Leading circular models workshop This workshop will delve into the transformative power of circularity and its role in helping drive competitive advantage across industries. As global regulations around sustainability tighten, businesses are increasingly looking to circularity as a means to not only comply but thrive. This session will explore how leading companies across the industries are pioneering circular practices. Through a “workshop” like event, attendees will gain insights into the practical applications of circularity, the regulatory landscape, and strategies for leveraging these practices to help achieve operational efficiency, market leadership and potentially create new revenue streams with circular business models. We will also discuss how circularity intersects with other key business priorities such as sustainability, climate equity, and emerging technologies, providing a holistic view of its impact on modern business strategies. Speakers: - Jennifer Steinmann, Global Sustainability Business Leader, Deloitte
- Cecilia Dall Acqua, Spain Sustainability, Climate and Circular Economy Partner, Deloitte
- Federica Marchionni, CEO, Global Fashion Agenda
- Marc de Wit, Managing Director, Circle Economy Consulting
| | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Unlocking the potential of AI in financial services We likely understand by now that AI/GenAI can have a positive impact on business, but how can large financial institutions reap these benefits? Financial institutions are heavily regulated, have large, complex technology stacks, and take on substantial risks. How can they achieve the potential of AI/GenAI safely? In this panel we will look at applied AI in financial institutions and discuss how it can be used at scale to help them achieve greater productivity and customer experience while maintaining security and regulatory requirements. Speakers: - Neal Baumann, Global Financial Services Industry Leader, Deloitte
- Christiana Riley, Regional Head of North America, Banco Santander
- Rowena P. Zamora, Chief Strategy Officer, GCash
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