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Opening Plenary
Please join us for the opening of the 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions.
Building an Agentic Economy
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Building an Agentic Economy
A new wave of start-ups is emerging, built around powerful AI agents capable of autonomous decision-making, dynamic collaboration and end-to-end task execution. These agents aren’t just supporting workflows – they’re becoming the digital workforce that runs entire business functions.
How are business models evolving when AI agents take the lead in building, managing and scaling companies?
Safeguarding Growth Engines
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Safeguarding Growth Engines
Emerging markets, notably in Asia, remain key drivers for growing the world’s economy, yet oncoming headwinds, such as tariffs, deregulation and a potential resurgence in inflation, could have a negative impact.
How are the fastest-growing economies preparing for potential disruptions and what are they doing to ensure long-term stability?
Tech poised to change the world: Top Ten Emerging Technologies 2025
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For the 13th consecutive year, the World Economic Forum releases its report on the top ten technologies set to change the world for the better. These technologies will speed our efforts to tackle everything from the energy transition and neurodegenerative diseases. Based on expert nominations and rigorous foresight evaluation, the solutions drive home to leaders the increasing ways that technologies are converging and building on each other and showcase the importance of technology foresight as a key strategic tool to make meaningful change, integration and investment happen. Guests guiding us through this report for the fifth year include Bernie Meyerson, chief innovation officer emeritus at IBM, and Mariette DiChristina, Dean and professor of the practice of journalism at Boston University College of Communication.
This interview was recorded in May 2025 in the New York office of the World Economic Forum.
Top 10 Emerging Technologies for this year:
– Structural Battery Composites
– Collaborative Sensing
– Green Nitrogen Fixation
– Generative Watermarking
– Engineered Living Therapeutics
– GLP-1s for Neurodegenerative Diseases
– Autonomous Biochemical Sensing
– Next-Gen Nuclear Energy
– Osmotic Power Systems
– Nanozymes
About this episode:
Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2025: https://wef.ch/emergingtech25
These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2025: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/06/top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2025/
Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/top-ten-emerging-tech-2025
Mariette DiChristina, Boston University: https://www.bu.edu/com/profile/mariette-dichristina/
Bernie Meyerson: https://www.ibm.com/history/bernard-meyerson
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AMNC25 Chief Economists Briefing
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The global economic outlook has darkened considerably, according to the World Economic Forum’s latest survey of chief economists.
Gain expert insights and actionable perspectives from leading chief economists on the outlook for global growth amid geopolitical uncertainty and technological disruption.
Speakers:
Paul Gruenwald, Global Chief Economist, S&P Global
Santitarn Sathirathai, Adviser, Future Economy, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)
Aparna Bharadwaj, Global Leader, Global Advantage Practice; Managing Director and Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Thomas Hale, Shanghai Correspondent, The Financial Times
This is the full audio from a session at the AMNC25 in Tianjin, China on 24 June, 2025.
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Manufacturing in a Fragmented World
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Manufacturing in a Fragmented World
China’s industrial output grew by nearly 6% in 2024 and the country continues to dominate the manufacturing sector globally, which underpins its export growth.
As tariffs begin to take effect and China’s services sector ramps up, what is the outlook for both the traditional and new sources of production?
Pivoting Workforce
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Pivoting Workforce
With an active population of over 1 billion, the Asia-Pacific region is at the forefront of workforce transformation. As AI and emerging technologies reshape industries, the region has the opportunity to harness entrepreneurial talent, upskill its workers, boost productivity and advance regional mobility.
How are leaders harnessing human capital and technological know-how to create a new working environment that balances innovation and worker well-being?
Where Is Belt and Road Heading?
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Where Is Belt and Road Heading?
Since the Belt and Road Initiative was launched over 10 years ago, China has established collaboration with over 150 countries and 30 international organizations and facilitated over $380 billion in cumulative two-way investment with countries along the road.
Amid geoeconomic shifts, how have these projects measured up to their objectives and what new directions might this initiative take?
Trade: Trends and Endgames
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Trade: Trends and Endgames
With heightened uncertainty on increased tariffs, the risk of geoeconomic fragmentation is growing.
How has the trade landscape shifted compared to recent years and how can leaders look beyond the current volatility?
Honest Conversation on Climate
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Honest Conversation on Climate
A decade after the Paris Agreement, policies and politics have evolved but the associated risks from climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss remain. Although the narrative is shifting towards energy security, national and regional actors are still looking towards innovative solutions to climate challenges.
How are government and business commitments shifting and what could change mean for industries that have been preparing for future green growth?