Frontiers Science House program at the 2026 Davos Economic Forum

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Monday, January 19

• 15:00-17:00 | Open science for global challenges, with Imperial College's President
• 19:00-22:00 | Science x Investors Cocktail, with European Commission's President of the EIC Board

Tuesday, January 20

• 07:30-08:30 | Increasing the human healthspan Breakfast
• 09:00-09:45 | Scaling advanced therapies for limited markets, with European Commission's President of the EIC Board
• 09:00-09:45 | Advancing Precision Biomedicine, with Eli Lilly's Chief Scientific and Product Officer
• 10:15-11:00 | Beating Antimicrobial Resistance, with Swiss Re's CEO Life & Health
• 10:15-11:00 | Curing Cancer in Space
• 11:15-11:45 | How Can Cardiovascular Health Underpin Resilient Societies and Sustainable Economic Growth?, with Novartis' President
• 11:30-12:15 | Discover structural batteries
• 11:50-12:40 | Redefining the Future of Medicine, with Novartis' CEO
• 13:00-13:45 | A commercial genomics solution for the world
• 14:00-14:45 | The heart of resilience: strengthening societies, economies, and cities through cardiovascular health
• 14:00-14:45 | The promise of omic mapping
• 15:15-16:00 | Making quantum matter
• 15:15-16:00 | AI for modern healthcare
• 16:00-17:00 | UN Science Decade: calling for strategic science Investment as the core engine for sustainable growth, resilience, and competitiveness
• 16:30-17:15 | Biomanufacturing for food and pharma
• 19:00-22:00 | Championing One Sustainable Health Cocktail

Wednesday, January 21

• 07:30-08:30 | The Science Trust Dividend Breakfast, with AXA's Chief Economist
• 09:00-09:45 | Zero-emission mobility breakthroughs
• 09:00-09:45 | (Re)learning for a tech-driven economy
• 10:15-11:00 | The human immunome project
• 10:15-11:00 | Reinventing 21st-Century Cities With Science, with UNFCCC's Principal advisor 🌱
• 11:30-12:15 | Frontiers Planet Prize: science improving the state of the world
• 12:15-12:45 | Nature, systems and solutions: a preview for education leaders
• 12:45-13:30 | The era of planetary intelligence
• 14:00-14:45 | Debating Geoengineering, with University of Chicago's President 🌱
• 14:00-14:45 | ASEAN leadership for planetary health
• 15:15-16:00 | Is the Paris Agreement Dead?, with European Climate Foundation's President 🌱
• 15:15-16:00 | Stabilizing plasma for fusion
• 16:30-17:15 | The Space Technology Revolution, with ESA's Director General
• 19:00-22:00 | Arctic Basecamp, Frontiers Planet Prize: Aniversary & Prize Cocktail, with Ecosia's COO

Thursday, January 22

• 07:30-08:30 | Funding the Future of Science Breakfast, with AXA's Chief Economist
• 09:00-09:45 | Strengthening Europe’s Science and Innovation Engine, with European Research Council's President
• 10:15-11:00 | All Roads Lead to AI, with Anicka Yi
• 11:30-12:15 | Future of intelligence
• 12:45-13:30 | Lunch, with ISO's Deputy Secretary General
• 13:50-14:35 | Conquering Quantum’s Next Frontier, with Nvidia's Director Quantum Computing & CERN's CIO
• 14:00-14:45 | Biotechnology vs geopolitics : breaking boundaries
• 15:00-16:00 | Building Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains 🌱
• 15:15-16:00 | Coalition for Fusion Commercialization 🌱
• 15:15-16:00 | MIT sAIpien Program - Redefining Human-AI Agency
• 16:30-17:15 | Energy for the Data Center Demand, with S&P's Chief Energy Strategist 🌱
• 16:30-17:15 | Building brain–computer interfaces
• 19:00-22:00 | The Future of Knowledge Cocktail, with Wikipedia's Founder

Friday, January 23

• 08:00-09:30 | Open science for the public good
• 10:00-11:00 | Restoring Multilateralism With Science Diplomacy, with ESA's Director General
• 11:30-12:15 | The 2035 science roadmap