Six years after convening its first Davos dialogue in 2020, The Digital Economist returns with its global community of Executive Fellows, alumni, and institutional partners at a moment when systems-level decisions can no longer be deferred. As technological, geopolitical, and economic pressures converge, influence is increasingly shaped in rooms where leaders move from shared understanding to shared design.

This evening convenes decision-makers across policy, capital, technology, and institutional leadership to examine how core global systems must be re-architected for 2026 and beyond—across governance, infrastructure, finance, and human capability.
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The program unfolds across four consecutive panels:
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• Session 1: Architecting Intelligent Institutions examines how governance, legitimacy, and accountability must evolve as AI becomes embedded in economic and state infrastructure.
• Session 2: The New Economics of Infrastructure confronts the physical limits of digital growth, exploring regenerative models across power, cloud, and resource systems.
• Session 3: Redesigning Global Value Exchange addresses the rise of programmable money, stablecoins, and tokenized economies, and the implications for privacy, interoperability, and inclusion.
• Session 4: Humanity in the Loop explores how health, education, and longevity systems must be redesigned to ensure human agency and dignity remain central in an intelligent age.

The panel discussions are curated for senior leaders and practitioners actively shaping governance frameworks, market infrastructure, financial systems, and human-centered innovation.

Attendance is by invitation.

The Digital Economist Welcome Reception and Dinner marks the opening of Davos week for its global community. The evening brings together Executive Fellows, speakers, partner organizations, and collaborators to reconnect, welcome new participants, and set the tone for the days ahead.

Designed as a transition from formal programming into shared dialogue, the dinner and cocktail reception introduces The Digital Economist’s priorities and initiatives for the year ahead while creating space for open exchange across sectors and disciplines. As engagement moves beyond panels and stages, this gathering supports the early formation of trust, alignment, and collaboration among participants shaping the Davos agenda.

The evening is curated for members of The Digital Economist community and invited guests engaged across policy, technology, capital, and institutional leadership.

Attendance is by invitation.

The Institutional Research Network — Inaugural Reception marks the formal launch of The Digital Economist’s new institutional platform for research-driven governance, market design, and global economic collaboration.

As artificial intelligence, climate transition, geopolitics, and financial infrastructure converge, institutions face unprecedented pressure to navigate regulatory uncertainty, technological acceleration, and shifting global power. The Institutional Research Network is designed to bring organizations inside the process of shaping these systems—connecting research, policy, capital, and enterprise into a shared operating framework for the next economy.

This inaugural reception brings together a curated group of institutional leaders and partners for an evening of dialogue, recognition, and connection at the center of The Digital Economist’s Davos 2026 agenda. Brief opening remarks from the Founder and CEO of The Digital Economist, the Executive Director of the Center of Excellence, and the Global Head of Ecosystem Engagement and Innovation will outline the purpose of the Network and the role it will play across Davos, UNGA, Climate Week, and beyond.

The reception is curated for organizations with meaningful operational and market footprint—typically institutions with annual revenues in excess of $100 million—and for senior representatives empowered to engage on questions of strategy, governance, and cross-sector collaboration.

Attendance is by invitation.

The Digital Economist convenes its second annual Responsible AI Governance Private Dinner, bringing together a select group of senior investors and chief executives for an invitation-only evening of closed dialogue at Davos. Hosted by Navroop Sahdev, Founder and CEO of The Digital Economist, the dinner provides a discreet setting for leaders shaping the next phase of AI deployment at scale.

As AI systems move from experimentation into core enterprise and economic infrastructure, governance is no longer a compliance afterthought—it is a determinant of trust, capital allocation, and long-term value creation. This private dinner is structured as a working conversation on the governance foundations required to deploy AI responsibly across markets, institutions, and societies.

Discussion will focus on how governance design, accountability frameworks, and risk management are increasingly influencing investment decisions, institutional adoption, and enterprise resilience in the AI economy. The evening prioritizes candid exchange among peers operating at the intersection of capital, strategy, and technological transformation.

The dinner is curated for senior investors and CEOs directly responsible for steering AI strategy, governance, and risk at the organizational level.

Attendance is by invitation only.