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February 24, 2026

How to close gender gaps in tech – and the one skill AI can’t learn

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

While prospects for women in tech and AI have improved over the years, women still comprise just a fraction of the tech workforce. Ayumi Moore Aoki is the founder of Women in Tech Global, an organization with a presence in over 60 countries around the world, one designed to empower women in the sector. She shares how a leaky talent pipeline makes opportunity harder to seize, what’s needed at each stage of women’s careers to bridge gaps and what leaders can do to ensure they make the most of their team’s talents. She’ll also explain what skills will be more important than ever for leaders in an AI-powered workforce, the question she asks herself now more than at any time in her career, and the one topic that will define AI in the months ahead. Lastly, this advocate and founder also details how her background has prepared her to run WTG, from her time in South Africa during apartheid to her lessons learned as an entrepreneur.

Related links:
Women in Tech Global: https://women-in-tech.org/
Ayumi Moore Aoki: https://ayumimooreaoki.com/

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Related reports:
Global Gender Gap Report: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-report-2025/ Global Gender Gap Report

Global Parity in the Intelligent Age: https://www.weforum.org/publications/gender-parity-in-the-intelligent-age-2025/

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February 23, 2026

Why one CEO sets ‘non -goals’ – and what ultramarathons taught him about focus and mental toughness

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson became an ultramarathoner in his 40s. Recommitting to the sport helped him break records and even get faster as he aged. The discipline he built also helped transform nearly every aspect of his life.. His latest book,The Running Ground, focuses on his own personal journey with running, a sport he began with his first mile at 5 and that that helped him cope with a cancer diagnosis in his 30s and later process his relationship with his complicated father. In this special conversation, he shares what running can teach leaders about the healthy habits that underpin success, such as consistent effort, healthy habits, pacing for the long game, and breaking through the mental barriers that derail progress. He details some of the strategies that help him make time for what matters most including setting ‘non-goals’ that help him manage energy and not just time. As the leader driving digital transformation at a 169-year-old publication, he also reflects on leading through historic disruption and what he’s learned from The Most Interesting Thing in Tech, the daily videos he posts exploring most compelling tech trends on his mind.

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Related Annual Meeting 2026 sessions:
Next Phase of Intelligence
https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/next-phase-of-intelligence/

Regulating at the speed of code
https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/regulating-at-the-speed-of-code/

Internet up for grabs
https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/internet-up-for-grabs/

Related podcasts:
Meet the Leader – Adam Grant: Future leaders won’t succeed without this key trait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buVVIpttzUA

Meet The Leader – ‘I’ll show you a real leader’ – Platon, the photographer of power, on finding humanity in all of us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIUGFUza2ec&t=117sThe World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. It provides a global, impartial and not-for-profit platform for meaningful connection between stakeholders to establish trust, and build initiatives for cooperation and progress.

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February 21, 2026

Job Gap Risk & The Next Generation of Plastic Recycling | WEF | Top Stories of the Week

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

0:14 – Could visiting this country be good for your health?: Sweden has teamed up with doctors for a new ad campaign about the health benefits of a visit, billing itself as ‘the first country in the world that doctors can prescribe’. The claims have some grounding in fact, as scientific studies confirm the advantages offered by Swedish habits such as cold plunges, foraging and ‘forest bathing’.

1:53 – This technology is the next generation of plastic recycling: What if there was an alternative to the current imperfect recycling systems? That’s the thinking behind DePoly, which switches out the conventional melt-based recycling for a chemical process that breaks plastic waste down into its original molecular building blocks, ready to be reused in new plastics.

4:41 – By 2035, 1.2 billion young people will reach working age in emerging markets. But there might only be jobs for a third of them: The World Bank forecasts a shortfall of 800 million jobs in emerging markets by 2035. How can governments and the private sector prevent this from happening? How can economies promote job growth? And which sectors offer the most promise?

8:44 – In Angola, this community used to hunt sea turtles. Now it protects them: Previously, locals in Hojiua, Angola, would kill up to 30 sea turtles a day to cook and sell. Now, they have jobs as caretakers and beach patrollers in an ecotourism economy based around turtle preservation.

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February 19, 2026

Welcome to Cold War Two: historian Niall Ferguson on geopolitics in 2026

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Are we living in the Second Cold War? And if so, what can we learn from the last one that might help us through it? Historian and author Niall Ferguson sets out his view of global affairs right now and says why, compared to many times in the past, there is lot to make us optimistic.

Gayle Markovitz interviewed Niall Ferguson at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos.

Links:
The Global Risks Report 2026: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2026/

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"Everything has changed" – Gita Gopinath on the global economy in 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/gita-gopinath-global-economy-2026/
What just happened in Davos?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/davos-2026-what-just-happened/
Chief Economists’ Outlook January 2026: reassuring resilience and a ‘good’ bubble?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-barclays-christian-keller/

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February 18, 2026

Be your own role model – a female rocket scientist, pioneer and science influencer explains

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Women comprise just a fraction of the aerospace sector – a field research says is poised for trillion-dollar growth in the years to come. Mishaal Ashemimry is the head of the Centre for Space Futures where she works to improve space policies and unlock the next phase of the space economy. She shares her experience as a woman not just in a male-dominated sector but in a region that for much of her life didn’t have a formal space agency. She explains what slows the growth of women in aerospace and what’s changing for the better in this sector. She also shares the mindsets and strategies she used to get her ideas heard and to create opportunity for herself, tactics that helped her become the first female aerospace engineer in the Gulf Cooperation Council and to found her own rocket startup.

About this episode:
Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/2aukahwy
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Mishaal Ashemimry:
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Related World Economic Forum Initiatives:
Centre for Space Futures
https://www.spacefutures-sa.com/home

Report – Space: $1.8 Trillion Opportunity for Global Economic Growth
https://www.weforum.org/publications/space-the-1-8-trillion-opportunity-for-global-economic-growth/

Transcript:
https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/mishaal-ashemimry-role-model-space-gender-gap

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Episode: https://tinyurl.com/2s3tscms

Meet the startup building the first commercial space station – Axiom
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February 18, 2026

This technology is the next generation of plastic recycling

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Only 9% of the world’s plastic is recycled – the rest winds up burnt, buried or littered. Even recycled plastic degrades over time, winding up as fragments or microplastics in the ocean.

What if there was an alternative to the current imperfect #recycling systems?

That’s the thinking behind DePoly, which switches out the physical melting and shredding processes behind much of today’s recycling for a #chemical method that turns garbage back into the pure, oil-based building blocks of tomorrow’s plastic – ready for another use.

Here, co-founder and CEO Samantha Anderson talks us through the brainwave that led to DePoly – and her goal of tackling ‘all the plastics’.

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February 17, 2026

Could visiting this country be good for your health?

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Sweden has teamed up with doctors for a new ad campaign about the health benefits of a visit, billing itself as ‘the first country in the world that doctors can prescribe’. The claims have some grounding in fact, as scientific studies confirm the advantages offered by Swedish habits such as cold plunges, foraging and ‘forest bathing’.

Across the tourism sector, people are spending more of their vacation doing things, rather than just looking at them. By 2030, the majority of tourists globally will be millennials or Gen Z, and two thirds of 18 to 35-year-olds say they find spending money on experiences more fulfilling than buying an item of the same value.

The World Economic Forum’s Beyond Tourism initiative aims to foster more resilient, responsible and inclusive #travel and #tourism, which adapts to the changing needs of travellers, while empowering them to make responsible, informed choices. Tap the link in our bio to learn more.

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February 14, 2026

The Energy Transition in East Asia & Predictions for 2026 | WEF | Top Stories of the Week

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

This week’s top stories of the week include:

0:14 – ‘The world is in a very different place’ Gita Gopinath makes her predictions for 2026: Gita Gopinath, Harvard University economics professor and former deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, explains why recent turmoil hasn’t yet shown up in global growth rates. She also discusses the potential of AI, as well as concerns about a bubble, and the threat of ‘jobless growth’.

3:32 – These data centres can regulate their energy consumption using AI: AI data centres use massive amounts of energy, and as data centres multiply, the problem will only become increasingly severe. That’s the thorny knot Emerald AI is bidding to untangle. Here, founder and CEO Varun Sivaram explains how it works – and how it can use AI to reduce local power bills, rather than raise them.

6:36 – How East Asia is succeeding in the energy transition. According to this expert: In countries like China and South Korea, argues UNSW professor Elizabeth Thurbon, the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy is framed as a massive opportunity: one that can provide a huge boost to national, #energy and economic security – and whose benefits can be felt and shared by all.

8:39 – Young people, social media and AI: what’s a healthy way forward?: ‘Friendships are awkward and hard and you need a lot of practice. AI companions take all of it away’, says Jonathan Haidt, professor at NYU Stern and critic of social media use in childhood and adolescence. But Gen Z-er Jenny Kim disagrees, and says AI companions provide her with support when her real friends aren’t available. Also on the Davos panel were Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest, and Adam Grant, psychologist at Wharton School.

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February 13, 2026

The questions top Davos leaders are asking to start 2026

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

How can leaders navigate a world roiled by a host of uncertainties, from the impact of AI to jobs and economies, to an ever-warming world and increasing geopolitical conflicts? They can start by asking the right questions. In this special episode, with interviews recorded in Davos, leaders share what’s top of mind for 2026. They give their thoughts on how leaders can navigate the unknown, their strategies to focus on what matters most and the key questions they’re looking to answer at the start the year.

Featured in this episode:
Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, the question to help navigate uncertainty
Anne Walsh, Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Investment Management; Managing Partner, Guggenheim Partners on separating the signal from the noise
Sunny Mann, Global Chair, Baker McKenzie, on tapping experts and building for resilience
Nicholas Thompson, CEO, The Atlantic, on if we’ll see the democratization of AI
Jeremy Allaire, Founder and CEO, Circle, on how autonomous work will take shape
Nikki Clifton, UPS Foundation, focusing on the right challenge
Jonathan Haidt, author The Anxious Generation, on investing on habits for flourishing
Suleika Jaouad, author and artist, on valuing meaning over momentum
Adam Grant, Wharton Organizational Psychologist, on following the right leaders
Jon Batiste, Grammy-winning musician, on making the future we imagine a reality

About this epsiode:
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/questions-davos-leaders-are-asking-2026
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Related story: Davos 2026: 10 questions on leaders’ minds
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/02/davos-2026-10-questions-on-leaders-minds/

Related sessions:
Davos 2026: Special address by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/davos-2026-special-address-ursula-von-der-leyen/
Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/davos-2026-special-address-by-mark-carney-prime-minister-of-canada/

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Meet The Leader: IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva on what’s next for AI, skills and the global economy
https://tinyurl.com/4ptf5ewp

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February 12, 2026

The day after AGI: Two ‘rock stars’ of AI on what it will mean for humanity

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is that point in the future when the machines can do pretty much everything better than humans. When will it happen, what will it look like, and what will be the impact on humanity?

Two of the brightest minds working in AI today, Demis Hassabis, Co-Founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, and Dario Amodei, Co-Founder and CEO of Anthropic, speak to Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist.
Benjamin Larsen, an expert in AI at the World Economic Forum, introduces the conversation and gives us a primer on AGI.

You can watch the conversation from the Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/the-day-after-agi/

Links:
Centre for AI Excellence: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-ai-excellence/home
AI Global Alliance: https://initiatives.weforum.org/ai-global-alliance/home
Global Future Council on Artificial General Intelligence: https://initiatives.weforum.org/global-future-council-on-artificial-general-intelligence/home

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