Europe faces economic, political, and global challenges—but with innovation, green leadership, and strategic action, it can regain competitiveness, strengthen security, and secure its future in a changing world.
At the Annual Meeting, our Global Managing Partner Stefan Schaible will join a panel discussing how businesses can build resilience in a world of geopolitical fragmentation. We will also be engaging in discussions with thought leaders from all industries on how Europe can reinforce its economic foundations, deepen its financial integration, and rethink its approach to security and defense.
Alongside this, we continue our long standing collaboration with the World Woman Foundation as knowledge partner of the World Woman Davos Agenda. The focus of this partnership is clear: to ensure that AI, the green transition and new growth models expand opportunities for women and underrepresented groups and that diversity, equity and inclusion are treated as core drivers of resilience and competitiveness, not as side issues. Across our joint sessions and contributions, we bring insight on skills, leadership and the future of work and support stakeholders who want to turn their commitments on gender equality into visible, measurable progress.
We look forward to engaging with journalists and stakeholders in Davos and beyond, sharing our latest insights and providing background on European competitiveness, AI and Digitalization. Our communications team and on-site experts are available for further information and conversations on these topics.
Europe faces mounting competitive pressure, even as it retains powerful assets in industry, innovation and institutions. On the occasion of the Annual Meeting in Davos, we will launch new research pointing out where the continent is well positioned and where it must move faster on growth, investment and strategic autonomy. We will specifically explore intersection of defense, the euro and competitiveness, discussing how Europe can translate sovereignty ambitions into concrete choices for governments, investors and businesses.
AI and digitalization are reshaping how value is created, how work is organized and how public services function. The real advantage will come from the way leaders align infrastructure choices, data strategies, skills and governance, so that new technologies strengthen resilience instead of creating new points of fragility. In Davos, Roland Berger contributes perspectives on how organizations can move from experimentation to scalable, trusted AI that supports both competitiveness and societal outcomes.
If you are engaging with the debates in Davos or following them from elsewhere, we invite you to connect with our team for background conversations, expert perspectives or media input. Reach out to Julia Sosnizka ([email protected] | +49 160 744 8575) or Attila Rosenbaum ([email protected] | +49 160 744 4244). You can also explore our reports and publications on AI, digitalization and Europe’s future readiness as a resource for your own work, and stay in touch with us to continue the dialogue beyond the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026.