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The insiders’ guide to the best events at 2025 Davos Economic Forum

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By illuminem

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As one of the world’s most-read platforms on sustainability and the exclusive partner of the Financial Times in Davos, illuminem champions key events driving climate action, sharing insights from the largest expert network in sustainability (including many speakers at this year’s Forum).

We are proud to present to you the Insiders' Guide to the Best Events at the 2025 Davos Economic Forum—the most trusted by Forum attendees in recent years. True to our style, 🌱 highlights key events on sustainability & social responsibility, while ⭐ marks recommended events.

As special highlights, we invite you to two trailblazing Launches and Gala:

Connect with us for support, discounts, entry tickets and accommodations, or to download the file with the ultimate list of 500+ Davos events!

Pre-Forum Sunday, January 19

• 09:00-12:00 (Jatzhütte) | Climate Scale-Up: Ski Summit 🌱
• 10:00-15:00 | Global Conversations Brunch (former Swedish Brunch)
• 10:00-17:00 (Web3 Hub) | VNTR Capital: Club Ski Retreat
• 18:00-23:00 (Restaurant Teufi) | Climate-Conscious Gala and Music 🌱

Monday, January 20

07:00-08:30 (SDG Tent, P115) | BCG: Investing in Agri-food for SDGs 🌱
• 09:00-09:30 (Equality Lounge, P40) | The Female Quotient: Uniting Women through Music
10:00-18:00 (Seehof, P159) | Family Offices Investors Summit
10:00-10:30 (Equality Lounge, P40) | Deloitte: Building a Pipeline of Women Leaders
10:30-12:30 (Axios House, P69) | Salesforce: Corporate Affairs with AI
12:00-12:30 (Social Innovation House, P57) | Tsao Pao Chee: Impact Investing for Life Flourishing
12:15-13:30 (IBM House, P87) | IBM: The Future of AI is Open
13:30-14:00 (Social Innovation House, P57) | Social Innovation Reception
13:30-14:30 (SDG Tent, P115) | Energy Transition Fund: Is LNG Worse Than Coal? 🌱
14:30-15:00 (Equality Lounge, P40) | Binance: Women and the Next Frontier of Global Finance
14:30-16:00 (Goals House, Mattastrasse 25) | Kering x Cartier: Watch and Jewellery Initiative 2030
14:30-16:30 (Axios House, P69) | United States Steel Corporation: Future of Manufacturing and Decarbonization 🌱
15:00-17:00 (Futur/io House at Schatzalp) | Chief Sustainability Officers Circle 🌱
15:00-17:00 (SDG Tent, P115) | Measuring Impact to Focus on People and Planet 🌱
15:30-16:00 (Social Innovation House, P57) | Schwab Foundation: Reimagining Global Change through Social Innovation
15:45-17:00 (Future House, P63) | Human Change x Project Liberty: How is Technology Reshaping Our Sense of Community?
16:00-17:30 (Goals House, Mattastrasse 25) | Holcim: The Future of Circular and Low-carbon Cities 🌱
17:00-17:30 (Schatzalp) | Catalysts of Impact on Energy, Carbon, and Climate Tech 🌱
17:00-19:00 (Axios House, P69) | Workday: From Automation to Augmentation with AI at Work
17:00-24:00 (Schatzalp) | Catalysts of Impact Gala [contact us to secure your entry with a special package dedicated to illuminem readers] 🌱🎟️
17:15-19:00 (IBM House, P87) | IBM: Wine Tasting Reception
17:30-18:00 (Schatzalp) | Catalysts of Impact on Water & Ocean Nexus 🌱
17:30-19:30 (Hard Rock, Tobelmühlestrasse 2) | Financial Times x Stellar: Driving Sustainable Economic Growth Through Blockchain ⭐🌱
17:30-19:30 (Europe, P63) | Financial Times: Embedding Sustainability into the Critical Minerals Industry 🌱
17:30-24:00 (Schatzalp) | Sustainability Gala Dinner & Piano Bar [contact us to secure your entry with our special offer] ⭐🌱🎟️
18:00-20:00 (Bloomberg House, P115) | Bloomberg Reception
18:30-19:45 (Swiss Alpine School, Guggerbachstrasse 3) | WEF Open Forum: All Abilities Welcome
• 19:00-22:00 (Journal House at Belvedere, P89) | NTT Data: What's Next with Gen AI
• 19:30-20:00 (Filecoin House) | Filecoin: Space Reception
19:30-21:30 (Goals House, Mattastrasse 25) | Mubadala: US Presidential Inauguration Day Dinner
• 19:30-22:00 (SDG Tent, P115) | IMD: Why We Need a New Nature of Business Dinner 🌱
20:30-21:00 (House of Trust, P40) | Is Social Impact Good for Profit? 🌱
22:00-01:00 (Futur/io House at Schatzalp) | Nightcap Catalysts of Impact 🌱
22:00-02:00 (Goals House, Mattastrasse 25) | Nightcap with David Beckham

Tuesday, January 21

07:00-08:30 (SDG Tent, P115) | UN Global Compact: Investments in Tech and Innovation for Responsible Business 🌱
07:00-09:00 (Bloomberg House, P115) | Indeed: Redefining Work in the Age of AI
07:00-09:00 (The Economist House) | Qatar Investment Authority: Future Pathways for Logistics
07:00-09:30 (Hard Rock, Tobelmühlestrasse 2) | African Export-Import Bank: Africa Reception
07:15-08:30 (Kearney House, P103) | Kearney: Navigating Geopolitical Risks and Economic Uncertainty
07:30-09:00 (Bloomberg House, P115) | Financing the Energy Transition, with Al Gore 🌱
07:30-08:45 (Standard Chartered Pavilion, P55) | Standard Chartered: Connecting Capital Flows to Drive Sustainable Growth 🌱
07:45-08:30 (Journal House at Belvedere, P89) | Dow Jones: Managing Corporate Risk in a Multipolar World
08:00-09:30 (Nasdaq Basecamp, P63) | Paypal: Trust, Transparency and Equity in the Digital Economy
08:00-12:00 (Futur/io H. at Schatzalp) | Sustainable Investment Forum ⭐🌱
09:00-11:30 (Fuxägufer) | TTI: Climate & Nature Investing Panels 🌱
09:00-10:00 (Infosys Lounge, P91) | Brand Finance: CFO-CMO Partnership 
09:30-11:00 (Bloomberg House, P115) | PwC: Strategies to Realize AI’s Value
09:30-10:15 (Congress Center, Talstrasse 49a) | Capgemini: Lift-off for Tech Interdependence?
09:30-10:45 (Swiss Alpine School, Guggerbachstrasse 3) | WEF Open Forum: Empowering Bytes
10:00-12:00 (Africa House at Seehof, P159) | Powering Up the Future of Africa's Energy Transition
10:00 (Kurdistan House, P49) | From Fossil to Sustainable Energy Solutions 🌱 
10:00-10:30 (Equality Lounge, P40) | The Female Quotient: Reimagining Workplaces that Work for Everyone
10:30-11:30 (UAE House, P84) | Brand Finance: The Rise of Global Brands in the Middle East
10:45-12:15 (Goals House, Mattastrasse 25) | Bayer: The Most Relevant Geopolitical Trends 
11:00-12:00 (Social Innovation House, P57) | How Regenerative Agriculture Can Unlock the Next Generation of Farmers 🌱
11:30-13:30 (Bloomberg House, P115) | The Year Ahead Luncheon
11:30-13:30 (SDG Tent, P115) | UN Global Compact: CEO Dialogue
11:30-12:00 (Futur/io H. at Schatzalp) | Sustainability x Entrepreneurship ⭐🌱
12:00-12:10 (Futur/io House at Schatzalp) | illuminem: Launch of Data Hub™, the first open platform offering visibility on the sustainability performance of companies [free entry] ⭐🌱
12:00-13:30 (Oliver Wyman House) | OW: The Future of Financial Services 
12:00-14:00 (SDG Tent, P115) | Luncheon with A. Hoffmann & prof. Rockström 🌱
12:00-14:30 (Fuxägufer) | TTI: Energy Transition & AI Investing 🌱
12:30-13:00 (Equality Lounge, P40) | The Female Quotient: The Ai Imperative on Driving Innovation for Global Challenges
12:30-14:00 (Infosys Lounge, P91) | C3 AI x McKinsey: GenAI for the Enterprise
12:30-14:30 (Ameron, Scalettastrasse 22) | The Economist x UK Department for Business: Trade Tectonics
12:30-13:30 (Social Innovation House, P57) | Bertelsmann Foundation: Data Convergence & SDGs Financing 🌱
12:30-13:45 (Swiss Alpine School, Guggerbachstrasse 3) | WEF Open Forum: Protecting People from a Changing Climate 🌱
12:30-14:30 (Qualcomm House, P69) | Qualcomm: AI and the UX
13:00-15:00 (Goals House, Mattastrasse 25) | Salesforce Lunch
13:30-14:00 (AI House, P68) | How AI Can Protect Nature in Commodity Supply Chains 🌱
13:30-15:00 (Infosys lounge, P91) | The Economist: AI Masterclass
14:00-15:30 (Bloomberg House, P115) | Holcim: Opportunities in the American Infrastructure Boom
14:00-16:00 (SDG Tent, P115) | UN Global Compact: Water Resilience Coalition CEO Circle 🌱
14:00-16:00  (Futur/io House at Schatzalp) | Ethical AI Salon
14:00-15:45 (Mountain Plaza, Oberwiesstr. 3) | unDavos: AI for Climate 🌱
14:30-15:30 (Hub Culture, Symondstrasse 7) | Focus on COP30 🌱
14:30-16:30 (House of Switzerland at Hockey Stadium) | Gaming Technology for Sustainable Development 🌱
15:00-17:30 (UAE House, P84) | G42: The Route to AI Readiness in Emerging Markets
15:30-16:45 (Future House, P63) | Human Change x Project Liberty: Understanding Digital Addiction and its Impacts on Society
15:30-17:00 (Bloomberg House, P115) | Afternoon Tea at Bloomberg 
16:10-17:00 (AI House, P68) | AI for Sustainable Development 🌱
16:00-17:30 (Goals House, Mattastrasse 25) | UNICEF: Empowering the Next Generation of Girls, with David Beckham
16:00-18:00 (Belvedere, P89) | KPMG: Performance Strategies
16:00-16:45 (Journal House at Belvedere, P89) | WSJ: Navigating Misinformation 
16:00-17:00 (Social Innovation House, P57) | Schwab Awards 
16:30-17:30 (Infosys Lounge, P91) | C3 AI: Premium Bourbon Tasting
17:00-18:30 (Goals House, Mattastrasse 25) | Global Fund x Sanofi: Building Resilient Health Systems
17:00-17:30 (Equality Lounge, P40) | Women Shaping Global Wealth
17:15-18:25 (Google House, P116) | Financial Times: Conversation with Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel Laureate
18:00-19:00 (Journal House at Belvedere, P89) | WSJ: Wine & Connect
18:00-19:00 (Hub Culture, Symondstrasse 7) | Broadcasting of the US Presidential Inauguration
18:00-20:00 (Ameron, Scalettastrasse 22) | Standard Chartered: Driving Growth in a World in Transition
18:00-20:00 (AI House, P68) | Cocktails around Investing in AI
18:00-21:00 (Bloomberg House, P115) | Cocktail for Women Who Lead
18:00-21:00 (Schatzalp) | Finnish Flow
18:00-23:00 (Africa House at Seehof, P159) | Africa Night Gala
18:30-20:00 (Foreign Policy House) | Coca Cola: Navigating Global Fragmentation for Sustainable Business 🌱
18:30-20:30 (Hard Rock, Tobelmühlestrasse 2) | Financial Times: Accelerating Business Action for Nature ⭐🌱
18:30-19:45 (Swiss Alpine School, Guggerbachstrasse 3) | WEF Open Forum: Levelling the Playing Field
18:30-Late (Semafor Haus at Belvedere, P89) | Cisco: The Media Party
19:00-21:30 (Goals House, Mattastrasse 25) | EY x Forbes: Most Powerful Women Celebration
19:00-20:30 (Kearney House, P103) | Kearney: Nature and Climate 🌱
19:00-21:30 (Schatzalp) | Politico Davos Party & Sled Run
19:30-22:00 (SDG Tent, P115) | Creating Value with Nature 🌱
20:00-22:30 (SDG Tent, P115) | Holcim: The New Nature of Buildings 🌱
22:00-00:30  (Schatzalp) | Futur/io: DJ-ing Nightcap
22:00-02:00 (Goals House, Mattastrasse 25) | EY: Nightcap

Wednesday, January 22

• 06:30-08:30 (The Economist H.) | Grundfos: The True Value of Water 🌱
07:00-08:30 (SDG Tent, P115) | UN Global Compact: Procurement’s Role in Advancing the SDGs 
07:00-08:30 (Oliver Wyman House) | Oliver Wyman: Mitigating Climate-Driven Health Risks
07:00-09:00 (Bloomberg House, P115) | Saudi Arabian Breakfast
07:15-08:45 (SDG Tent, P115) | IKEA: Climate Action is Good for Business 🌱
07:15-08:30 (Kearney House, P103) | Kearney: Revisiting Stakeholder and Shareholder Value
07:30-08:15 (Infosys Lounge, P91) | C3 AI: Accelerating Enterprise AI
07:30-09:00 (Belvedere) | Financial Times x Iberdrola: How Can Electrification Drive Europe's Economic Transformation? ⭐🌱
07:30-09:00 (Bloomberg House, P115) | The Power of India
08:00-09:30 (Goals House, Mattastrasse 25) | ClimeFi x XPRIZE: Launch of the Global 1000 Challenge, mobilizing the world to remove 1M tonnes of CO2 [request free admission] ⭐🌱

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