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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.

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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