How to leverage frontier-science anticipation
to stay ahead

A 2-hour, invite‑only workshop exploring
early signals in AI & climate, health, nature-tech
grounded in principles for anticipatory leadership

Davos · Hotel National, InTent See map 21 January 2026 Add to calendar

Why this workshop matters

Stress-test your todays strategies
against tomorrow’s science and technology

Generate concrete, actionable solutions to embed science-informed foresight
to facilitate strategic decisions in business and policymaking

Engage with latest foresight tools

Leverage methodologies from GESDA, ETH, and others to identify key signals and spot disruptions before they impact your strategy

Join anticipatory leadership lab

Collaborate with peers on set of anticipatory leadership principles for boards and executives to navigate a science-accelerated world

Walk away with strategic assets

Leave with a checklist to test organizational readiness against tech acceleration, plus future scenarios ready for internal and external use.

More details coming soon

The intelligence behind the workshop

GESDA’s Science Breakthrough Radar®

The session is informed by GESDA’s anticipatory insight on upcoming scientific and technological breakthroughs with major social impact and strategic relevance.

Science-informed insights

GESDA’s Science Breakthrough Radar® is an annual publication of the Science Breakthrough Radar®, anticipates emerging scientific domains, and their potential impacts on society over 5-, 10- and 25-year horizons to inform policy and collective action.

The Radar® helps leaders to:

  • detect weak signals early,
  • interpret their strategic significance, and
  • align national, corporate and philanthropic agendas with credible frontier-science outlooks.

Radar® has already supported key multilateral processes in International Geneva, from a neurotechnology resolution at the Human Rights Council, to the biosecurity implications of synthetic biology, or the applications of quantum algorithms to support the SDGs through the Open Quantum Institute, hosted at CERN.

What's next?

Session details and registration

Session title
Leading in a Science-Accelerated World
Venue
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026, Davos
Date
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Time
10:00 AM -12:00 PM (120 min)
Location
Hotel National – InTent
Format
Workshop-style session, featuring anticipatory foresight exercise
Confidentiality
Chattham House rules apply
Host
Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA)