House of Switzerland @ WEF 2026
Hosted by Presence Switzerland (Federal Department of Foreign Affairs)
A side event around World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland.
Date: Monday, January 19, 2026 to January 23, 2026
Time: 09:00–18:00
Venue: Davos Hockey Stadium (Eisstadion), Eisstadion / Kurgartenstrasse 6, Davos
Official Swiss representation at WEF 2026 (Jan 20-22) at Davos Hockey Stadium. Sessions: National Cyber Security Centre on tech and strategy (Tue); Canton Basel-Stadt on pharma value chains (Tue); Swiss-UN panel on new multilateralism (Tue); humanitarian crisis resilience (Wed); Federal Office of Energy on energy supply (Wed); AI for strategic foresight (Wed); commercial space stations/space economy (Wed); Switzerland's first LLM 'Apertus' (Thu); global AI governance and AI Impact Summit (Thu); Swiss-India value chains (Thu).
Access: RSVP / ticket selection
Speakers & agenda
Alexandre Fasel, State Secretary (Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland)
Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, President (EPFL) (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))
Benoît Revaz, Director (Swiss Federal Office of Energy)
Bridget Gainer, Chief Public Affairs Officer (Aon)
Callista Gingrich, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland (United States)
Carmen Walker Späh, Government Councillor (Canton of Zurich)
Daniel Jaeggi, President and Co-Founder (Mercuria Energy)
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General (ITU)
Dr. Katie Caves, Director, CEMETS; Chair of Education Systems (ETH Zurich)
Dr. Martina Hirayama, State Secretary, Swiss Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation (Swiss Confederation (SERI))
Fatih Birol, Executive Director (International Energy Agency)
Florian Schütz, Director (National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Switzerland)
Gina Domanig, CEO Managing Partner (Emerald Technology Ventures)
Guy Parmelin, President of the Swiss Confederation 2026 (Switzerland)
Helene Budliger Artieda, State Secretary for Economic Affairs (SECO) (Switzerland (SECO))
Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councillor, Head of FDFA (Switzerland)
Isaac Kwaku Fokuo, Founder & Curator (Amahoro Coalition)
James Manyika, Senior Vice-President (Google)
Josie Lianna Kaye, CEO & Founder (Trust Works)
Karen Hitschke, CEO (Building Bridges Foundation)
Marc Henauer, Official, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC Switzerland)
Maria Flynn, CEO (Jobs for the Future)
Mirjam Staub-Bisang, Chair and Senior Advisor (BlackRock Asset Management Switzerland)
Morten Wierod, CEO (ABB)
Nathalie Fontanet, Conseillère d'état / Finance Minister (Canton of Geneva)
Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General (UNCTAD)
Rolf Rauschenbach, Director, Global Digital Collaboration (Global Digital Collaboration)
Sarah Steinberg, Head of Global Public Policy Partnerships (LinkedIn)
Severin Schwan, Chairman (Roche)
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General (World Health Organization)
Tim Radjy, CEO & Founder (AlphaMundi)
Vinz Koller, Senior Strategist (Jobs for the Future)