Global Innovation Week 2027Zurich · 17 to 22 January 2027 · During WEF week
Global Innovation Week is a curated business and partnership platform in Zurich during WEF week in Davos. We bring selected Swiss innovation and opportunities together with international buyers, investors, industry partners and public decision-makers to initiate pilots, partnerships and investment conversations.
We connect global perspectives to inspire better decisions and advance responsible innovation, creating lasting value for business, society and the planet.
Global Innovation Week · January 2027 · During WEF week in Zurich
Our aim is to create business opportunities by bringing the right people together around relevant themes, concrete needs and shared interests.
We bring selected decision-makers, experts, investors and innovators together around relevant themes and shared interests. Brief inputs create context before the exchange moves into thematic Round Tables designed to open qualified business opportunities.
Explore curated eventsWe curate visits to Swiss universities, innovation parks, hubs and companies for delegations with a clear technology, market or ecosystem interest. Tell us what you would like to understand or experience.
Request an innovation visitWe connect organisers in Davos with relevant Swiss voices, ideas and themes from the innovation, startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Share your programme slot and the perspective you are looking for.
Request a speakerPurpose and Format
Each session begins with a concise welcome and introduces the people, perspectives and questions in the room.
A short keynote frames the theme and gives participants a shared starting point for the exchange.
Participants move into focused Round Tables where everyone can contribute experience, ask questions and learn from one another.
Selected companies present their innovations in a compact showcase with high tables and roll-ups, while conversations continue during the apéro.
A brief welcome and keynote create shared context. The real exchange happens in the Breakout Sessions and continues around the innovation showcase and apéro.
Programme framework
Monday brings international infrastructure priorities together with relevant Swiss expertise in two curated and participatory working sessions.
Morning
Energy, connectivity and resilience for AI infrastructure.
Focus areas
Round Tables
Afternoon
Energy, buildings and security for growing cities.
Focus areas
Round Tables
Programme partner for the Monday afternoon session.
Each Monday session follows the same format: Industry Floor, a focused panel and three thematic Round Tables.
Finance & Investment
Discussion focus to be shaped with participating speakers.
International education, entrepreneurial thinking and human future skills.
From Davos debates to Future Minds.
Who should apply
CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, innovation leaders, procurement leaders and project owners with a concrete strategic mandate.
Investors seeking relevant technologies, co-investment opportunities and trusted access to Swiss innovation.
Selected startups, scaleups and research-based companies with relevant technologies and clear partnership objectives.
International organisations seeking technologies, institutional partnerships, market access or innovation exchange.
Universities and research institutions participate as selected technology and knowledge contributors.
Application
Tell us what you are looking for and what you can bring to the table. We review every application according to strategic relevance, decision-making responsibility and potential fit with the participating organisations.
Partners
Global Innovation Week is made possible by organisations contributing expertise, speakers, exhibition presence, community access, hosting and other support.
Further partners and contributors will be announced in the coming days.
Position your organisation within a curated international environment and contribute a strategic challenge, technology, delegation, investment perspective or industry mandate.
Discuss a GIW partnershipContact
For participation, partnerships or a concrete opportunity, Katja and Alina are your direct contacts.
