What is the World Economic Forum and why is Capgemini participating?

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international organization that brings together leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society to address critical global challenges and shape the economic agenda. It is best known for its Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where discussions focus on issues like economic growth, technology, sustainability, and social welfare. Capgemini participates as a Strategic Partner of the WEF – meaning it is one of the select global companies actively involved in WEF initiatives year-round. Capgemini joins WEF sessions to share its expertise in technology and innovation, contribute to discussions on economic and societal challenges, and collaborate on solutions. By being at Davos, Capgemini helps shape conversations around topics such as the impact of AI, the future of work, and sustainable business practices.

What happens at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting?

The World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos brings together global leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society to address the world’s most urgent challenges. Over several days, participants engage in high-level panels, workshops, and private dialogues focused on topics like economic growth, climate action, technology, and global cooperation. The event fosters cross-sector collaboration and often sets the tone for international policy and business agendas for the year ahead.

What does it mean for Capgemini to be a partner of the World Economic Forum?

As a Strategic Partner of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Capgemini collaborates year-round on global initiatives that tackle major societal and economic challenges. This includes leading four key joint initiatives: - Technology convergence: Integrating emerging technologies like AI and robotics to drive sustainable growth. - Bioeconomy: Advancing biotech and digital innovation to build a sustainable, bio-based economy. - GovTech: Enhancing public services through digital transformation and global collaboration. - AI safe systems: Promoting ethical, secure, and responsible AI deployment across industries. These initiatives reflect Capgemini’s commitment to shaping the global agenda through innovation and cross-sector collaboration.

Davos is a mountain resort town in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. At 1,560 metres (5,120 feet), it is the highest city in Europe and was once a renowned health retreat - its flat-roofed buildings are a legacy of its sanatorium era. In 1894, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the British author best known for creating Sherlock Holmes, helped popularize skiing in Davos with a daring tour to Arosa. Since 1971, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has convened in Davos to bring together leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society to address the world’s most pressing challenges. Its remote yet accessible location fosters focused dialogue and collaboration, making it an ideal setting for shaping global agendas. Davos has also served as a stage for globally significant moments, including: - 1988: The Davos Declaration helped ease tensions between Greece and Turkey, averting potential conflict. - 1992: Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk’s historic handshake symbolized progress toward ending apartheid. - 2000: The launch of GAVI, a global vaccine alliance that has since immunized over a billion children. - 2016: The “Fourth Industrial Revolution” was introduced as a defining theme, highlighting the impact of emerging technologies.

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos

Real solutions, for the real world.

In January, close to 3,000 leaders from business, government and civil society convened at the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF 2026) in Davos, Switzerland, in search of solutions to critical global challenges. The meeting took place under the theme “A spirit of dialogue“.

The age of intelligence is full of potential and as a WEF strategic partner and global industry leader, we took part in those conversations and championed the need to:

Make it real with AI, technology and people

The convergence of intelligent technologies brings new opportunities to create value and make progress on the world’s most urgent challenges. Together, with partners in every sector, Capgemini is making the promise of the age of intelligence real.

Essential reading at #WEF26 and beyond

The multi-year AI advantage: Building the enterprise of tomorrow.

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Our top executives and experts dived into today’s most important topics with sessions that sparked ideas and ignited conversations.

Is Europe’s tech sovereignty feasible?

Despite significant strengths for the intelligent age, Europe is punching below its weight in the global tech race.

Higher investment, greater tech sovereignty, smarter collaboration – how can Europe finally reboot and reclaim its place on the global leaderboard?

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Speakers:

Aiman Ezzat, Chief Executive Officer, Capgemini
Christian Klein, Chief Executive Officer, SAP
Jessica Rosencrantz, Minister for European Union Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister of Sweden
Mati Staniszewski, Co-Founder, ElevenLabs
Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, European Commission

Moderated by Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Director, Bruegel

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The convergence race

Capgemini’s Kary Bheemaiah joined Bob Mumgaard (Commonwealth Fusion Systems) and Maria Basso (World Economic Forum) to explore how technology convergence is reshaping industries.

The agent economy

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian and Capgemini CEO Aiman Ezzat discussed how to unlock new levels of agility and value in a world being reshaped by AI agents, trusted data, and open digital ecosystems.

The agentic state

Manuel K i lian (Global Government Technology Centre), Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark) and Achim Berg (Viessmann Generations Group) joined Capgemini’s Timo Graf von Koenigsmarck to unpack the real opportunities of agentic AI in government.

Bioeconomy breakthroughs

Capgemini’s Dr Cassandra Padbury was joined by Dr Basma AlBuhairan (C4IR Saudi Arabia), Matthew Everett (Regeneron), Michele Stansfield (Cauldron Ferm) and Andrew Taylor (Novonesis), to address a critical inflection point: The bioeconomy is moving from promise to performance but scaling real value requires a fundamentally different approach.

AI agents in action

Together, Audrey Duet (World Economic Forum), Dr. Philippe Cordier (Capgemini Invent), and Nikita Popov (Novartis), explored what it means to build a true AI-powered enterprise, scaling business value while maintaining trust, control and clear accountability.

Agentic AI and intelligent operations

Unilever’s Willem Uijen, Microsoft’s Judson Althoff and Capgemini’s Aiman Ezzat explored how organizations can redesign their enterprise systems and unlock new forms of value from AI.

At the Capgemini Pavilion

We showcased how we’re making it real with AI, technology, and people working together to deliver real solutions, progress, and impact.

Capgemini Pavilion, Promenade 95, Davos Platz

Insights from our executives

Aiman Ezzat, Chief Executive Officer

Aiman highlights Capgemini Research Institute’s reportThe multi-year AI advantage: Building the enterprise of tomorrow, which focuses on subjects like scaling AI, to the evolution of impact measurement.

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Nive Bhagat, Chief Financial Officer

Operational performance, innovation and growth are increasingly interconnected, says Nive, and AI sits at the centre of that shift as an enabler that needs to move beyond pilots, and be applied at scale.

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Anirban Bose, Americas

At a time when AI has moved from being an experimentation to an ongoing business priority, Anirban shares reflections on rebuilding trust, reimagining growth, and translating intelligence into real-world impact.

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Cyril Garcia, Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility, Group Accelerators

Cyril raises a key boardroom topic: Water stewardship, a strategic business asset that is shaping resilience, competitiveness and credibility across sectors.

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Franck Greverie, Chief Technology & Portfolio Officer, Global Business Lines

Franck comments an inspiring exchange on the future of world models and agentic AI, notably how world models will transform the next generation of enterprise agentic systems.

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Kartik Ramakrishnan, Financial Services

2026 will be the year AI scales with purpose, according to Kartik. And this year at Davos, it became clear that AI’s next chapter is about maturity, governance, and real business value.

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See how we’re making the age of intelligence real

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Pole position: Cool engineering

Our engineering expertise has helped put Tara Polar Station at the cutting edge of Arctic research.

Designed to drift locked into the Arctic ice for months at a time, Tara Polar Station presented unique design challenges. Keeping its crew of scientists and sailors safe in the crushing ice and harsh polar weather called for extreme solutions. Capgemini is proud to have contributed our engineering expertise to this crucial asset for understanding the Arctic ecosystem and our changing climate.

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Clearly revolutionary: Why did we build a transparent car?

The solutions transforming driving – literally.

It can be hard to visualize how digital technologies have a real impact on the physical world. That’s why we built a full-size plexiglass car that allows you to see exactly how the digital meets the physical.

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Keeping our AI on the ball: Real-time sports insights with Outcome IQ

AI has elevated the fan experience for millions watching the Ryder Cup.

We’re revolutionizing sports analysis by using AI to turn live performance data into actionable insights, transforming fans’ enjoyment in stadium and at home.

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Reality check: When you can't trust your own eyes

The age of intelligence brings perils as well as promise.

But AI’s power to deceive is a two-way street – the technology that creates deepfakes can also unmask them.

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Why data readiness is now a strategic imperative for businesses

Data readiness must shift from an IT to a business metric.

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AI agents in action: Foundations for evaluation and governance

AI agents are shifting from prototypes to real-world deployment, yet most organizations remain unsure how to evaluate, manage and govern them responsibly. With 82% of executives planning to adopt agents within the next one to three years, the gap between accelerating experimentation and mature oversight is widening, creating new risks in autonomy, safety, system integration and trust.

Our latest report, written in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, provides a structured foundation to help organizations evaluate, manage and govern AI agents as they shift to real-world deployment.

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Creative destruction: Why technological convergence should be your growth strategy

Today, creative destruction is increasingly driven by convergence. Growth comes from combining maturing technologies across systems, shifting the competitive challenge from defending incumbency to integrating change early.

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Why the race for tech sovereignty is a balancing act

Tech sovereignty isn’t a monolithic concept; it encompasses multiple dimensions of sovereignty. Read the blog on the Forum’s website to learn more.

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Technology convergence

This report, written in collaboration with the Forum, offers leaders a strategic lens – the 3C Framework – to help them navigate the combinatorial innovation era.