Summit Schedule

Day 1 : May 26, 2025

16:00 - 20:00

Arrival of the participants & Welcome reception

Day 2 : May 27, 2025

Engagement with ministerial offices across various countries is currently in progress.

8:00 - 9:00

Registration and welcome coffee

9:00 - 9:20

Welcome speech

Mrs. Aina Meng

Organizer of EAES

9:10 - 9:15

Opening Remarks

Mr. Philipp Wilhelm

Mayor of Davos

or

Mrs. Valérie Favre Accola

Vice Mayor, Governor & Head of Department for Building Construction, Energy & Environment, Municipality of Davos

Opening Address

Mr. Daniel Risch

Prime Minister of the Principality of Liechtenstein

9:20 - 10:00

Opening Address / Opening Panel

Mr. Ivo Germann

Head of the Foreign Economic Affairs, Swiss Federal Goverment

Mrs. Svenja Schulze

Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation & Development, Germany

Mr. Eric Lombard

Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry of France

Mr. Meng WU

Director of the Cooperation Department, China Council For the Promotion of International Trade 

10:10 – 10:45

Keynote Speech 1: Europe-Asia Collaboration: Navigating Mega Trends for a Shared Future

10:45 - 11:30

Panel Discussion 1: The Future of AI-Powered Communication: Revolutionizing Content Creation and Distribution

Mr. Daniel Verten

Strategy Partner at Synthesia

Mr. Edward Crook

VP of Strategy at DeepL

Mr. Andrey Schukin

CTO of Interprefy

11:30 - 12:15

Panel discussion 2: Building the Intelligent Enterprise: Integrating AI for Strategic Advantage

Mrs. Stella Yuan

Vice President of Alibaba Group, President of Alibaba Cloud

Mr. Vivek Lall

Chief Executive of General Atomics Global Corporation

Mr. Salil Parekh

President of Infosys

Mr. Christian Gutmann

Chairman and Founding Executive Director, Nordic AI Institute

12:15 - 13:30

Break & Networking Lunch

13:30 - 14:15

Panel Discussion 3: The Future of Industrial Automation and AI: Building Smart, Sustainable Manufacturing Ecosystems

Mr. Ralph Haupter

President, Global Small, Medium Enterprises and Channel

Mr. Ashish Gupta

Chief Growth Officer, Europe & Africa of HCLTech

Mr. Andy Fitze

Co-founder and Managing Partner of SwissCognitve

Ms. Fatima Asad-Said

CEO and Board Member of Abacus

14:14 - 15:00

Panel Discussion 4: The Future of Mobility: Innovations in Clean Mobility and Sustainable Energy Solutions

Mr. Michale Shu

General Manager of International Affairs, CEO of BYD Europe

Mr. Hui Zhang

Vice President, NIO Group

Mr. Oliver Blume

President of Volkswagen Group

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:15

Keynote Speech 2: Defining the New Reality – The AI Era

Mr. Pascal Kaufman

Founder and President of AlpineAI & Lab42

16:15 - 16:30

Moderator Housekeeping: Workshop Venue, One-on-One Meeting Arrangements, and Dinner Location

16:30 - 17:30

Parallel Workshop 1 & 2

Simultaneous One-on-One Meetings, 15 minutes per session

18:00 - 24:00

Networking Dinner

Power Dinner, VVIP only, on invitation basis

Luminous Night: Toast, Dance, and Relax

Day 3 : May 28, 2025

7:00 - 7:45

Lakeside Jogging: Breeze & Breeze

7:00 - 7:45

Yoga session: Energize & Elevate

7:00 - 8:45

Individual Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15

Welcome Remarks from Co-Organiser

Welcome Address from Headline Partner

9.15 - 10:00

Keynote Speech 3: New Champions in a New Ara – Driving a Sustainable Global Economy

10:00 - 10:45

Panel Discussion 5: Digital Solutions for Accelerating the Energy Transition: Integrating Renewables and Smart Technologies

Mr. Tim Holt

Board Member of Siemens Energy

Mr. Praveer Sinha

President of Tata Power India

Mr. Adrian Del Maestro

Vice President Global Energy Advisory at AECOM

Dr. Vibha Dhawan

Director of General, The Energy and Resources Institute

10:45 - 11:30

Panel Discussion 6: Empowering Sustainability: Female Leaders Shaping the Future of Sustainable Solutions

Mrs. Mirjam Staub Bisang

Chair of BlackRock, Former CEO

Mrs. Roberta Boscolo

Chief Climate and Energy Officer of WMO

Mrs. Isha Ambani

Executive Director at Reliance Retail Ventures Limited

11:30 - 12:30

Parallel Workshop 3 & 4

Simultaneous Sessions: One-on-One Meetings, 15 minutes per session

12:30 - 13:30

Break & Networking Lunch

13:30 - 14:30

Parallel Workshop 5 & 6

Simultaneous Sessions: One-on-One Meetings, 15 minutes per session

14:30 - 15:30

Parallel Workshop 7 & 8

Simultaneous Sessions: One-on-One Meetings, 15 minutes per session

15:30 - 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 - 16:30

Keynote Speech 4: Leading Through Disruption: New Strategies for Global Leaders in a Rapidly Changing World

16:30 - 16:45

Innovation and Smart City Award Cermony

16:45 - 17:00

Closing Remarks

Mr. Reto Branschi

President of Destination Davos Klosters

Closing Address by Co-organizer

Closing Speech by Organizer

Moderator Housekeeping and closing

Media Interviews and Press Release

Farewell Apéro – most European leaders are expected to depart Davos after the closing speeches.

The Speaker list is being continuously updated.

Europe-Asia Economic Summit

Talstrasse 49a, 7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland 

 

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