The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 was held in Davos under the theme of A Spirit of Dialogue.
The meeting brought together thousands of cross-sector leaders from over 130 countries.
Here's an inside look at Davos 2026.
The 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, came at a pivotal moment for global cooperation.
Close to 3,000 participants from 130 countries joined the meeting to explore the most pressing global challenges and advance solutions. Participants included 64 heads of state and government and nearly 830 of the world’s top CEOs and chairpersons.
Here are some of the best pictures from Davos 2026:
Opening concert with musician and composer Jon Batiste.Image: World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum President and CEO Børge Brende with Forum Interim Co-Chairs André Hoffmann and Larry Fink.Image: World Economic Forum
Larry Fink, Chair and CEO of BlackRock and Interim Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum, speaks with Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella.Image: World Economic Forum
Special Address by Emmanuel Macron, President of France.Image: World Economic Forum
Davos is the highest town in Europe.Image: World Economic Forum
Dario Amodei, CEO and Co-Founder of Anthropic; Demis Hassabis, Co-Founder and CEO of Google DeepMind; and Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist speak on a panel about the future of AI.
Special Address by He Lifeng, Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China.Image: World Economic Forum
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Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada.Image: World Economic Forum
Davos on Air: Rethinking with Adam Grant session with Gary White, Co-Founder and CEO of Water.org, and Matt Damon, Co-Founder of Water.org and actor.Image: World Economic Forum
Jensen Huang, President and CEO of NVIDIA, and Larry Fink, Chair and CEO of BlackRock and Interim Co-Chair of World Economic Forum, take the stage.Image: World Economic Forum
Jensen Huang, President and CEO of NVIDIA, in the Congress Centre.Image: World Economic Forum
Andrew R. Sorkin of the New York Times speaks with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank; Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO of Citadel; Larry Fink, Chair and CEO of BlackRock and Interim Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum; and Adam Tooze, Director of European Institute at Columbia University. Image: World Economic Forum
Participants line up to attend the special address by US President Donald Trump. Image: World Economic Forum
Special address by Donald Trump, President of the United States of America.Image: World Economic Forum
An AI-generated visual installation created by artist and technologist Ronen Tanchum.Image: World Economic Forum
Special Address by Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt.Image: World Economic Forum
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, and Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist.Image: World Economic Forum
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of Singapore, and Ajay S. Banga, President of the World Bank.Image: World Economic Forum
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Special address by Friedrich Merz, Federal Chancellor of Germany.Image: World Economic Forum
Priyamvada Natarajan, Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University, speaks about the universe’s most elusive phenomena.Image: World Economic Forum
On the margins of the Annual Meeting, the US government organized a signing event focused on peace and recovery in Gaza. The World Economic Forum agreed to facilitate the session in the Davos Congress Centre. Image: World Economic Forum
Special address by Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia.Image: World Economic Forum
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A Davos kick-off for the World Cup.Image: World Economic Forum
Special address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine.Image: World Economic Forum
Music and conversation with Yo-Yo Ma.Image: World Economic Forum
A conversation with Elon Musk CEO, Tesla; Chief Engineer, SpaceX; CTO, xAI, Tesla.Image: World Economic Forum
A public session with Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO, Pfizer; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organization; Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank; Andrew R. Sorkin. Editor-at-Large; Columnist, New York Times; Kristalina Georgieva Managing Director, International Monetary Fund; Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Minister of Finance, Saudi Arabia.Image: World Economic Forum
Closing remarks by World Economic Forum Interim Co-Chairs Larry Fink and André Hoffmann and World Economic Forum President and CEO Børge Brende.Image: World Economic Forum
