Photo — Aidan Gomez, Co-founder & CEO at Cohere
Aidan Gomez
Past · 2026Co-founder & CEO · Cohere
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
The Side Stage
Where purpose meets the real Davos calendar
Davos speakers at side events, through the years
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A searchable index of the people speaking around the Annual Meeting, and where the genuinely interesting panels are. This covers side events only — Houses, pavilions, dinners and private panels — not the official World Economic Forum Congress Centre programme, and Davos Access is not affiliated with or endorsed by the WEF.
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Davos 2027
Monday18 January0 sessions
Tuesday19 January0 sessions
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Thursday21 January0 sessions
The 2027 index is filling in now. If you're speaking at a side event this January, add your sessions and you'll be among the first listed.
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Photo — Amy Webb, Founder & CEO at Future Today Institute
Amy Webb
Past · 2026Founder & CEO · Future Today Institute
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Andrew Ng, Founder at DeepLearning.AI
Andrew Ng
Past · 2026Founder · DeepLearning.AI
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Max Tegmark, Professor of Physics at MIT
Max Tegmark
Past · 2026Professor of Physics · MIT
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley
Stuart Russell
Past · 2026Professor of Computer Science · UC Berkeley
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Thomas Wolf, Co-founder & Chief Science Officer at Hugging Face
Thomas Wolf
Past · 2026Co-founder & Chief Science Officer · Hugging Face
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Yann LeCun, Chief AI Scientist at Meta
Yann LeCun
Past · 2026Chief AI Scientist · Meta
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Yoshua Bengio, Professor & Founder, Mila at Université de Montréal / Mila
Yoshua Bengio
Past · 2026Professor & Founder, Mila · Université de Montréal / Mila
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Last year's side stage
Who spoke where in 2026. A sense of what the parallel week actually looks like — and who tends to come back.
2 sessions
Monday · 18 January
AI House Davos 2026
Open- When
- Monday · Monday–Friday, throughout the week
- Where
- AI House, Promenade 67
- Host
- AI House
Non-profit, multi-stakeholder platform for responsible, human-centred AI. 40+ panels across the week. The main lounge was open to all with a Davos badge; some individual panels and sessions were more selective.
Speaking: Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio, Andrew Ng, Max Tegmark, Stuart Russell, Amy Webb, Aidan Gomez, Thomas Wolf
Wednesday · 20 January
Monaco Day 2026
Invite-only- When
- Wednesday · Full day
- Where
- Monaco House, Web3 Hub Davos, Oberstrasse 33
- Host
- Government of Monaco — Attractiveness Department, in partnership with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Monaco's annual full-day platform at Davos, themed 'The Power of Constructive Neutrality' in 2026. Panels on cooperation, growth and regenerative economies.
Photo — Aidan Gomez, Co-founder & CEO at Cohere
Aidan Gomez
Past · 2026Co-founder & CEO · Cohere
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Amy Webb, Founder & CEO at Future Today Institute
Amy Webb
Past · 2026Founder & CEO · Future Today Institute
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Andrew Ng, Founder at DeepLearning.AI
Andrew Ng
Past · 2026Founder · DeepLearning.AI
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Max Tegmark, Professor of Physics at MIT
Max Tegmark
Past · 2026Professor of Physics · MIT
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley
Stuart Russell
Past · 2026Professor of Computer Science · UC Berkeley
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Thomas Wolf, Co-founder & Chief Science Officer at Hugging Face
Thomas Wolf
Past · 2026Co-founder & Chief Science Officer · Hugging Face
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Yann LeCun, Chief AI Scientist at Meta
Yann LeCun
Past · 2026Chief AI Scientist · Meta
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
Photo — Yoshua Bengio, Professor & Founder, Mila at Université de Montréal / Mila
Yoshua Bengio
Past · 2026Professor & Founder, Mila · Université de Montréal / Mila
Speaking at 1 event
Mon 19 Jan
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