Rethinking healthcare with AI and innovation
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, the first venue dedicated to transformative science during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, this set of sessions examined how advances in AI and biomedical innovation are reshaping healthcare systems. Across discussions on discovery, delivery, and prevention, speakers emphasized that the central challenge is no longer technological capability, but system readiness. The convergence of data, incentives, and environmental risk is driving a shift from reactive care toward integrated and predictive health systems.
Championing One Sustainable Health for global resilience
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, discussions about One Sustainable Health highlighted how interconnected risks across human, animal, and environmental systems are reshaping global health. This session underscored a shift from fragmented interventions to system-level responses grounded in cross-sector collaboration.
Reinventing 21st-century cities with science
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, sessions on cities and the Frontiers Planet Prize explored how planetary health can move from scientific insight to large-scale implementation. Speakers connected planetary boundaries with urban systems, food chains, and governance structures, emphasizing that the key challenge is not knowledge but execution. The discussions highlighted the need to align finance, policy, and data to enable measurable, system-wide transformation anchored in real-world contexts.
Beating antimicrobial resistance
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, the antimicrobial resistance was framed as one of the most pressing yet under-recognized threats to global health systems. Speakers examined how to resolve this tension while preventing AMR from undermining modern medicine.
Restoring multilateralism with science diplomacy
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, this session examined how science diplomacy is evolving in a context of increasing geopolitical competition. Speakers highlighted the need to move from reactive cooperation to anticipatory engagement, embedding scientific expertise earlier in diplomatic processes. The discussion emphasized that effective science diplomacy will depend on building trust, strengthening international coordination, and enabling more inclusive global participation in shaping emerging technologies.
Energy for data center demand
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, this session explored how the rapid growth of AI and digital infrastructure is placing unprecedented pressure on global energy systems. Speakers highlighted the tension between scaling data capacity and maintaining grid stability, affordability, and climate goals, emphasizing the need for flexibility, new energy sources, and smarter system management.
Fusion now: a coalition for commercialization
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, speakers examined the path from scientific breakthroughs to commercially viable fusion energy. The session emphasized the importance of industrialization, supply chains, and policy frameworks to scale solutions.
Conquering quantum’s next frontier
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, this session explored how quantum technologies are transitioning from research to early application. The discussion focused on hybrid systems, global coordination, and inclusive capacity building.
Strengthening Europe’s science and innovation engine
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, speakers examined Europe’s challenge in translating strong research into scalable innovation to ensure its competitiveness, based on the inputs from the Draghi report. The session emphasized the need to better connect funding, markets, and skills to strengthen global competitiveness.
The space technology revolution
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, this session explored how space technologies are becoming essential infrastructure for communication, security, and environmental monitoring. The discussion highlighted commercialization trends and the need for faster regulatory and investment frameworks.
Experts at odds: debating geoengineering
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, this debate explored whether geoengineering should be treated as a necessary risk management tool or a distraction from decarbonization. The discussion highlighted governance challenges, systemic risks, and the urgency of maintaining focus on emissions reduction.
Is the Paris agreement dead?
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, this session examined the widening gap between climate commitments and implementation. Speakers emphasized that the challenge is not awareness but execution, calling for stronger accountability, effective incentives, and deeper engagement from the private sector.
(Re)learning for a tech-driven economy
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, speakers addressed the growing mismatch between the pace of technological change and education systems. The session focused on modular, rapid, and industry-aligned learning models, supported by new intermediaries that can connect skills development directly to labor market demand.
The promise of omic mapping
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, this session highlighted how omic technologies are redefining disease understanding through multi-layered biological insights. The discussion emphasized that the key bottleneck is no longer data generation, but integration, standardization, and open access needed to translate complex datasets into actionable applications.
Advancing precision biomedicine
At the Frontiers Science House in Davos, the first venue dedicated to transformative science during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, this session examined how precision biomedicine is moving from controlled trials into real-world care. Speakers highlighted the growing gap between scientific capability and system readiness, emphasizing the need to align diagnostics, data infrastructure, and regulatory models to scale personalized therapies equitably.

