Keynote lineup

The private sector has become too passive and disconnected from governments when it comes to geopolitics. To thrive in a fragmented world, we need leaders to shift from spectators to shapers, says Arturo Bris.

AI will book your holiday, but won’t clean your kitchen, yet! Automated LLM-powered agents that talk to each and solve problems together represent the most exciting commercial frontier in AI, but a future of human-like machines remains a distant dream says Michael Wooldridge.

ON became an international company in its first two years. We learned  we need many different pockets of growth. If we plan to grow 25%, we need to have pockets of growth for 35% because some will not materialize, says Marc Maurer.

Faced with the threat of trade fragmentation, many are now waking up to the true value of preserving a rules-based system of cooperation, and business can help defend it too, says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Comedian and conductor Rainer Hersch says managers striving to lead high-performance teams can find inspiration in the concert hall.

Business leaders today should identify their points of leverage – be it public influence, economic power, or industry collaboration – to quietly but effectively push back against policies that undermine democracy, says Daniel Ziblatt.