Davos WEF 2026: AI & Tech Executives Converge

ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - Against the backdrop of the Swiss Alps, the fifty-sixth World Economic Forum in Davos is set to open on Monday, bringing together not only heads of state and senior policymakers but also dozens of leading figures shaping the future of technology and artificial intelligence. The annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, scheduled for Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, will convene hundreds of global leaders, presidents, senior officials, representatives, and diplomats. Alongside them, dozens of prominent experts and specialists in technology and artificial intelligence are expected to take part in discussions and sessions focused on innovation and emerging technologies. Among the participants are senior executives from some of the world’s largest technology and AI-driven companies. These include Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft; Jensen Huang, Chief Executive Officer of NVIDIA; Demis Hassabis, Chief Executive Officer of Google DeepMind; and Dina Powell McCormick, representing Meta. The forum will also host founders and innovators behind major artificial intelligence models and robotics platforms. Those attending include Sarah Friar of OpenAI; Dario Amodei of Anthropic; Arthur Mensch of Mistral AI; Alex Karp of Palantir Technologies; Bret Taylor of Sierra; and Peggy Johnson of Agility Robotics. In addition to corporate leaders, the Davos gathering will feature academic figures and researchers whose work has shaped global debates on artificial intelligence and technological risk. Among them are Yoshua Bengio from the University of Montreal; Yuval Harari from the Center for the Study of Existential Risk; and Eric Xing from the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence. Global investment and technology leaders are also set to attend, including Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak of Mubadala and Peng Xiao of G42, reflecting the growing intersection between capital, innovation, and advanced technologies. The fifty-sixth World Economic Forum in Davos is taking place in Switzerland on Jan. 19, 2026, bringing together political leaders, diplomats, business executives, and technology specialists from around the world, with artificial intelligence and technological development among the prominent areas of participation. With dozens of leading figures from technology, artificial intelligence, academia, and global investment in attendance, Davos 2026 is poised to once again serve as a central platform for shaping conversations on innovation and the digital future.