The Vision Behind the Cyber Future Dialogue
As the world advances through rapid digital transformation, cybersecurity has become a defining concern for global stability and trust. Increasing cyber risks now threaten economies, national security, and individual safety, making collaboration across governments, industries, and civil institutions essential. The Cyber Future Dialogue Series was established to bring together leaders from business, technology, and the public sector to address these shared challenges and chart a path toward a secure and resilient digital future.
Convened by the Cyber Future Foundation, this executive forum serves as a platform for informed discussion and collective action on cyber strategy, governance, and resilience. It reinforces the imperative of cybersecurity as an absolute boardroom mandate, demanding unwavering executive leadership and committed cross-sector collaboration to fortify the foundations of our digital world.
* Cyber Future Dialogue is an independent initiative and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the World Economic Forum.
Cyber Future Dialogue 2026
The Cyber Future Dialogue 2026 sets the stage for a compelling gathering of global leaders, innovators, policymakers, and practitioners shaping the future of cybersecurity, AI governance, and real-world resilience.
The 2026 theme, “From Protection to Prosperity” – Building Global Resilience through Cyber, AI, and Public-Private Partnerships, reflects a clear shift in global priorities. Security is no longer limited to defense; it is now a pathway to sustainable growth and stability. Discussions will move beyond traditional risk management, focusing instead on the integration of cyber defense and responsible AI governance as essential drivers of economic confidence and societal progress. The objective centers on building practical public-private models that channel today’s security investments into lasting economic and societal stability.
January 20–21, 2026
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Schatzalp, Davos, Switzerland
Dialogue Agenda
| ID | Time | Type | Session | Chair | Speakers |
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| 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Check in [All Attendees must be pre registered] | ||||
| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | CFD 2026 Opening Class Picture | ||||
| CFD.01 | 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Remarks | Welcome and Introductions | Valmiki Mukherjee | Katherine Thompson |
| CFD.02 | 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Panel | Geopolitical Stability in an Era of Hybrid Conflict | CFF Leader | Chris Painter, Andrey Stavnitser, Gerardo Berthin |
| CFD.03 | 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM | Panel | Critical Infrastructure & Resilience | CFF Leader | Denise Anderson, Bryan Hurd, Joe Sullivan |
| CFD.04 | 11:15 AM – 11:50 AM | Panel | Defense Innovation, Dual-Use Tech & AI (NATO) | Regan Edens | Dilan Koc, LTC Ash Lubecke, Ilya Ponomarev |
| E | 11:50 AM – 12:20 PM | Break | Break 1 | ||
| CFD.05 | 12:20 PM – 12:40 PM | Remarks | The Cyber Story – Midnight in the War Room | Bill Keeler | |
| CFD.05 | 12:40 PM – 1:00 PM | Remarks | RF Awareness: Securing Invisible Infrastructure in a Contested World | Valmiki Mukherjee | Fernando Murias |
| CFD.06 | 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM | Panel | From Protection to Prosperity: Securing Our Future in the Age of Superintelligence | Katherine Kuehn | LTG. Michael Groen, Richard Socher, Russ Wilcox, Jascha Stein |
| CFD.07 | 1:40 PM – 2:00 PM | Remarks | Cyber Resilience as a Leadership Imperative: From Boardroom to Front Line | Valmiki Mukherjee | Kavitha Mariappan |
| I | 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM | Break | Break 2 | ||
| CFD.08 | 2:20 PM – 3:00 PM | Panel | Coalition of ABLE – A Global Engine for Impact, Influence & Investment in AI led World | CFF Leader | Amb. Slayton, Nik Gugger, Michael J. Daniel, Andriy Kolodyuk(O) |
| CFD.09 | 3:00 PM – 3:40 PM | Panel | Board & CISO Leadership in the Age of AI & Conflict | CFF Leader | Mark Hughes, Grant Bourzikas, Gregory Wilson |
| CFD.10 | 3:40 PM – 3:55 PM | Remarks | Takeaway and Closure of CFF Davos Dialogue 2026 | Valmik Mukherjee | Meredith Walker, Katherine Thompson |
| J | 3:55 PM – 4:10 PM | S10 | CFD 2026 Opening Class Picture | ||
| K | 4:10 PM – 4:25 PM | Transition to X-Ray Lounge | |||
| L | 4:25 PM – 6:25 PM | Networking at X-Ray Lounge |
| ID | Time | Type | Thematic Focus of Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | (10–15) min | Opening Round – State of the World |
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| A | (15 min) | Defense Innovation & Geopolitics |
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| B | (15 min) | Responsible & Secure AI |
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| C | (15 min) | Infrastructure & Economic Strategy |
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| D | (10–15 min) | Humanitarian & Healthcare Resilience |
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| E | (20 min) | Coalition of ABLE & Commitments |
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| F | (5–10 min) | Closing Question |
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| Start | End | Type | Session Theme | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | 10:05 AM | Session 0 | Introduction and welcome | |
| 10:05 AM | 10:40 AM | Session 1 | Building true global public private partnerships in cybersecurity | Ben Halpert, Tom Patterson, Amit Basu, Danil Kerimi, Usman Choudary |
| 10:40 AM | 11:15 AM | Session 2 | Securing Health of Humanity in a digitial world | Kirill Goncharuk, RADM. Michael Hewitt, Flavio Aggio, Denise Anderson, Lynn Terwoerds |
| 11:15 AM | 11:50 AM | Session 3 | Building a Responsible and Secure AI for Future of Humanity | Dr Mandeep Rai, Grant Bourzikas, Gene Golovinsky, Jascha Stein, Chenxi Wang |
| 11:50 AM | 12:20 PM | Break | AM Break | AM Break |
| 12:20 PM | 12:55 PM | Session 4 | Resilient Critical Infrastructure in geopolitically fragile times | Georgianna Shea, Andriy Kolodyuk, Moona Ederveen, Bryan Hurd, Mark Hughes |
| 12:55 PM | 01:30 PM | Session 5 | Global Security Health Check – Where are we heading? Governance, and Leadership in times of dynamic changes? [Survey Results] [Cyber Board Book/PAC] | Maya Bundt, Kate Kuehn, Alexandr Romanishyn, Marcel Zumbuehl, Andrea Bonime-Blanc |
| 01:30 PM | 01:45 PM | Break | PM Break | PM Break |
| 01:45 PM | 02:05 PM | Session 6 | NovaWave Capital: Reinventing the Venture Capital Model | Jascha Stein, Ali Diallo, Maria Dayton, Ellen Quirk, Stephen Ozoigbo |
| 02:05 PM | 02:45 PM | Session 7 | Global Innovation & Public-Private Partnerships | Ali Diallo, Ellen Quirk, Stephen Ozoigbo, Giedrimas Jeglinskas, Nitan Pathak |
| 02:45 PM | 03:00 PM | Networking break | ||
| 03:00 PM | 03:40 PM | Session 8 | Reimaginating Finance for a People-Centered World by the People-Centered Foundation | Jascha Stein, Ali Diallo, Michael MacFarland, Mamadou Toure, Lina constatinovici |
| 03:40 PM | 03:45 PM | Session 9 | Conclusion of the Cyber and Impact Innovation Day | Katherine Thompson, Jascha Stein |
| Start | End | Type | Session Theme | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Check in [All Attendees must be pre registered] | 5:00 | Support |
| 10:00 AM | 10:05 AM | Session 0 | Introduction and welcome | Katherine Thompson |
| 10:05 AM | 10:40 AM | Session 1 – Panel | Topic 1: Cyber Regulations and Org Management – Elevated role of CISOs in Modern Organizations and generally acceptable cybersecurity practices that ensures success in their mission | Robert Rodriguez(Moderator), Marcel Zumbuehl, Kevin McCarty, Dmitri Cichlo, Sri Puthucode |
| 10:40 AM | 11:00 AM | Session 2 – Remarks | Topic 2: The Values Compass for securing our future | Valmiki Mukherjee(Moderator), Mandeep Rai |
| 11:00 AM | 11:35 AM | Session 3 – Panel | Topic 3: Securing Future with AI (Project: RSAIF) – Development and Usage of Responsible and Secure AI for Future | Valmiki Mukherjee(Moderator), Sounil Yu, Toufi Saliba, David Bray, Kay Firth-Butterfield |
| 11:35 AM | 11:55 AM | Break | Break | |
| 11:55 AM | 12:30 PM | Session 4 – Panel 3 | Topic 4: Cyber During Global Conflicts (Project: Indigo) – Global Conflict and the Cyber Lessons Learned from a Humanitarian, Government and Industry collabortive defence perspective | Joe Sullivan(Moderator), Kiril Goncharuk, Michael J. Daniel, Danil Kerimi |
| 12:30 PM | 1:05 PM | Session 5 – Panel 4 | Topic 5: Cyber workforce development (Project: Gateway) – Building a capable global cyberworkforce to defend the society, critical infrastructure and economy | Katherine Thompson(Moderator), Gordon Pelosse, Mauricio Benevides, Leah McLean, Mark Weatherford |
| 1:05 PM | 1:25 PM | Session 6 – Remarks 2 | Topic 6: Preparing for the next frontier of Cybersecurity and Risk, Quantum and AI | Valmiki Mukherjee(Moderator), Tom Patterson |
| 1:25 PM | 1:45 PM | Break | Break | |
| 1:45 PM | 2:20 PM | Session 7 – Panel 5 | Topic 7: Securing Critical Infrastructure (Project HealthCoE) – Critical infrastructure security during times of expanding global frontiers of physical conflict | Steven Johnson(Moderator), Denise Anderson, David Brearly, Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Reserved 6.5 |
| 2:20 PM | 2:55 PM | Session 8 – Panel 6 | Topic 8: Managing Risks associated with the global supply chain of technology and innovation | Norma Krayem(Moderator), Medha Parlikar, Amitabh Singh, Grant Bourizikas, Avani Desai |
| 2:55 PM | 3:30 PM | Session 9 – Panel 7 | Topic 9: Cyber Risk Management and and role of insurance in a time of global conflict | Bryan Hurd(Moderator), Andrea Bonime-Blanc, Simon Pope, Fabian Willi |
| 3:30 PM | 3:45 PM | Session 10 – Remarks 3 | Topic 10: Actions for Cybersecurity Industry in 2024 and beyond | Danil Kerimi |
| 3:45 PM | 4:00 PM | Transition to X-Ray Lounge | Topic 11: Managing Risks associated with the global supply chain of technology and innovation | Norma Krayem(Moderator), Medha Parlikar, Amitabh Singh, Grant Bourizikas, Avani Desai |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Networking at X-Ray Lounge |
Global Dialogue Series Speakers - 2026
Watch this space for updates on the finalized lineup of global leaders and experts who will share their insights, expertise, and perspectives at the event.
Global Dialogue Series Speakers – 2025
Watch this space for updates on the finalized lineup of global leaders and experts who will share their insights, expertise, and perspectives at the event.
Giedrimas Jeglinskas
Committee Chairman – National Security
and Defence, Lithuanian Parliament
Event Accommodation Details |
Cyber Future Dialogue 2026
We have secured a limited block of rooms at Hotel Bellevue in Bad Ragaz.
Please note:
- Minimum stay requirement: 4 nights per room
- Terms: Non-negotiable with the provider
- Action required: If you need a room, please advise ASAP
- Hotel availability is extremely limited and prices are elevated during the World Economic Forum week
- Airbnb properties
- Accommodations outside of Davos, such as in Klosters, Bad Ragaz, or nearby towns with rail access
We encourage you to secure your participation in this essential convening.
We look forward to welcoming you to Davos!
General Queries
Follow our progress as we finalize the program for the 2025 Cyber Future Dialogue, where industry, government, and cybersecurity experts unite to address the pressing cyber challenges of today and tomorrow.