Digital Embassies for Sovereign AI

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Digital embassies offer an emerging model that allows nations to extend sovereign digital infrastructure beyond their borders while maintaining control over data, compute and governance. However, establishing such arrangements requires political alignment, legal clarity and robust technical and operational safeguards.

The Digital Embassy Framework, spearheaded by the World Economic Forum and co-developed with stakeholders, will provide a shared baseline for designing, governing and operating trusted digital embassies worldwide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRT2evXI8DY

Business Case for Nature

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Nature-based solutions have moved from aspiration to necessity as climate shocks and biodiversity loss intensify. Every $1 invested in restoring degraded land can generate an estimated $7-$30 in economic benefits, making the case for scaling natural infrastructure in land and ocean ecosystems both urgent and compelling.

As economies tighten and priorities compete, what does it mean to seek a meaningful return on nature?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd8XtzctwiM

Migration: A New Approach

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Forced displacement has reached unprecedented levels, with more than 122 million people affected worldwide as of mid-2025. As natural disasters and geopolitical pressures intensify this trend, the growing scale and complexity of forced displacement underscores the need for new financial and operational approaches.

How can the way we approach this challenge be changed to build more effective systems that respect human lives?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgQ8QyWsdQ8

Schwab Foundation Awards 2026

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Each year, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship recognizes and supports the world’s leading social innovators for their collective efforts in creating a just, equitable and sustainable world for all.

Join us for the 2026 Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Awards ceremony to celebrate this year’s outstanding changemakers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6FnBl32GKE

Radical Stillness

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

What is the power of radical stillness when living in a fast-paced, increasingly hyperconnected world?

In this session, the works of renowned conceptual and performance artist Marina Abramović are explored through a lens of intentional slowness, examining what it can teach us about empathy, culture and the future of human connection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBWNJ8BeUVo

Defining Eurasia’s Economic Identity

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

With competing interests from the West to the East, the balance of influence and power in the Caucasus and Central Asia is being redrawn. Ambitious infrastructure plans and emerging trade corridors intersect, with heightened competition over resources.

How can the region make the most of these expanding routes and strengthen its role within them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owgFfa0EknQ

Racing for Compute and its Endgame

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

AI’s rapid growth is fuelling a trillion-dollar wave of data centre investment and a race to secure cheap, clean and abundant energy. As developers chase hydro, nuclear and geothermal sources, a new energy infrastructure is taking shape.

How will this race for power redefine AI’s next phase and what new business approaches will emerge to sustain it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHdXkXORHww

How Can We Build Prosperity within Planetary Boundaries?

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Infrastructure, food systems and natural resources are all affected by climate change. While nature loss poses significant economic and environmental risks, nature-positive models could unlock trillions for the world’s economy.

How can we sustain, and even augment, growth while also remaining within the planet’s boundaries?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXmdhAWJxCI