
DAVOS INNOVATION WEEK
7th Annual Event / January 19-23, 2026/ Davos, Switzerland
📍 Mountain Plaza Hotel, Oberwiesstrasse 3, 7270
🏔️ Room: Grialetsch
🇨🇭 Davos, Switzerland
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Register - Invite only sessions
Agenda 2026

📍 Mountain Plaza Hotel, Oberwiesstrasse 3, 7270
🏔️ Room: Grialetsch
🇨🇭 Davos, Switzerland
10:30 AM — Registration & Welcome
Arrive, network, and take your seat for an afternoon of frontier-tech insights and high-signal conversations.
11:00 AM — Official Launch: Assetence.com
Introducing a new platform for next-generation digital asset infrastructure
A brief launch moment highlighting the vision and the opportunity behind Assetence.
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM — Panel 1
Web3 & Digital Identity
The Future of Decentralisation: Trust, Ownership & Value Exchange
Blockchain, digital identity, and decentralised systems are enabling new models of trust, ownership, and value exchange—moving from institutions to verifiable networks.
Speakers:
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Jade Cano, Journalist & Conference Moderator
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Eelco Fiole — Founder, Alpha Governance Partners
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Dr. Dimitrios Salampasis (PhD, F-FIN, MAICD)
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Alberto Borri — Lawyer | Crypto & Blockchain, Lexify
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Johannes Schweifer, CEO and Co-Founder of CoreLedger
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM — Panel 2
Digital Finance & Asset Finance
Digital Finance, Tokenised Assets & Asset Finance 2.0
How tokenisation, programmable money, and on-chain rails are reshaping capital markets, trade finance, and real-world asset funding—unlocking liquidity, transparency, and new investor access.
Speakers:
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Rob Holub — Moderator | Event MC | TEDx Speaker
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Dr. Mattia L. Rattaggi — Advisor, Board Member, METI Advisory
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Georgios Samakovitis — Professor of FinTech, University of Greenwich (London, UK)
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Sunil Kumar Mohareer — Founder, Assetence
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Benedikt Ködel — Head of Credit & Lending, Sygnum Bank
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Kat Cloud — Head of Government Relations, Sumsub
12:45 PM – 1:30 PM — Panel 3
Proof + Intelligence
Blockchain & AI for Trusted Identity, Data Integrity & Smarter Finance
Where cryptographic proof meets intelligent systems: using blockchain and AI together to strengthen identity, auditability, data integrity, and decision-making in finance.
Speakers:
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Guido Schmitz-Krummacher,MD Onchain Foundation & Onchain Ventures
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Sandy Carter — AI Expert | Blockchain Expert
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Joseph Raczynski — CEO, Global AI & Digital Assets Labs
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Panos Skliamis — CEO & Founder, SPIN Analytics
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Michael Barskyi,Head of S-PRO Switzerland

📍 Mountain Plaza Hotel, Oberwiesstrasse 3, 7270
🏔️ Room: Grialetsch
🇨🇭 Davos, Switzerland
Quantum Technology: Unlocking the Power of the Next Computing Revolution
Speakers :
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Damir Bogdan — Transformer | Board Member | CEO | AI & Quantum Leader
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Romi Levy — Quantum Solutions Architect, Classiq
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Regev Yativ — Chief Revenue Officer, Classiq
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Chris Ballance — President of Quantum Computing, IonQ
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Andreas Masuhr — Head of the Quantum Initiative, Swiss Quantum Initiative (SQI)
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | 60-Min Workshop
Workshop:
Topic: Quantum Computing Foundations & Applications
Workshop Flow:
High-level introduction to Quantum Mechanics (5 min)
QAOA quantum algorithm for optimisation problems (10 min)
Guided walkthrough: Network traffic optimisation use case (15 min)
Quantum Monte Carlo for estimating expectation values (10 min)
Guided walkthrough: Value at Risk implementation (10 min)
Q&A and Discussion (10 min)
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM | 45-Min Panel
Panel: “The Quantum Leap: Commercialisation, Security, and the Global Race”
Discussion Topics:
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The global race for quantum supremacy
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Commercial applications and adoption readiness
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Ethical and geopolitical considerations
Ideal Panel Mix:
Quantum founders, researchers, corporate innovation leaders, cybersecurity experts, and deep-tech investors.
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Open Networking Lounge
Free-flow networking for all participants.
Ideal for early introductions and identifying common interests: Investors, Family Offices, Corporations, Startups, Innovators
Structured high-value conversations:
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Deep-tech startups
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Quantum founders
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Venture capital
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Family offices
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Corporate R&D and innovation leaders
Speakers 2026
Blockchain & Digital Assets
Quantum Tech Spotlight — Powered by Classiq
AI in Action — Presented by the United Nations
ESG & SDG Goals: From Strategy to Impact
Human-Centred Tech Futures: How AI, Longevity and Science Could Extend Health span—While Raising New Ethical and Policy Questions
Women in Leadership : Shaping the Future - Leadership, Innovation, and Trust in the Age of AI Transformation
Investors and jury

SICTIC - TBC




















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