Frontiers Science House announced it will convene over 100 leaders from 16 countries to help shape the global agenda alongside the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 .
As scientific breakthroughs accelerate, too many remain disconnected from policy, capital, and the institutions that govern their impact. Frontiers Science House is designed to close that gap, creating a dedicated space where evidence informs decisions and science carries weight in the boardroom.
The program will feature more than 50 sessions across open science, health, climate, technology, and governance. CEOs, government ministers, Nobel laureates, heads of international organizations, university presidents, leading researchers, and innovators will convene at an unprecedented scale, placing science on equal footing with economics during a week that defines global priorities.
Cutting-edge science and world-leading innovation will take center stage, including contributions from Nobel Prize laureates. Victor Ambros (Physiology or Medicine, 2024) will be on hand to explore how foundational breakthroughs in biology are moving from the laboratory into real-world decision-making; and John Martinis (Physics, 2025) will discuss how quantum technologies could profoundly reshape science and industry. The race to harness AI and accelerate drug discovery will feature perspectives from Novartis, GenBio, and Eli Lilly.
Leadership from the partners of the Frontiers Science House are also part of the program, with participation of Vasant Narasimhan , CEO of Novartis , Lisa Monaco , President of Microsoft Global Affairs , and Daniel M. Skovronsky , Chief Scientific and Medical Officer of Eli Lilly .
The program will introduce new initiatives spanning global genomic data exchange, omic mapping, and the Frontiers Planet Prize , presented by Johan Rockström alongside this year’s International Champions. Jimmy Wales will mark Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary with a forward-looking discussion on the future of knowledge in the age of AI.
The role of policy will be deeply integrated into the program, with confirmed participants including Swiss State Secretary Alexandre Fasel ; European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher ; and senior European policy leaders including MEP Christian Ehler , Robert-Jan Smits , and Ann Mettler .
Dr Kamila Markram, CEO of Frontiers , said:
“Science House is built for moments like this. When leaders are making decisions that shape markets, policy, and society, science must be in the room. By bringing researchers and decision-makers together, we can move faster from discovery to impact.”
Explore the full program and the below list of organizations participating:
African Academy of Science
AE4RIA
Anicka Yi Studio
Arctic Base Camp
Arup
Australian National University
AXA Group
Better Planet Laboratory
Business World
Bühler
Carnegie Mellon University
CERN; Open Quantum Institute
Chalmers University of Technology
Charité
Columbia University
Cyprus Institute
Duke University
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eli Lilly and Company
European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)
ETH Zurich Board
European Innovation Council
European Commission
European Space Agency (ESA)
Fairfield Bio
Falling Walls Foundation
Fidocure
Flybits
Fusion for Energy
GESDA
Ginkgo Bioworks
Global Fund
GoodTech Advisory
Human Immunome Project
INAIT
Innovator
Institut Merieux
Imperial College London
Inclusive Brains
International Science Council
Johns Hopkins University
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
Leibniz Supercomputing Centre
Lifespan Academy
Major Inc
Marvel Fusion
Mavatar Merieux Institute
Microsoft
MIT Media Lab sAIpien program
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Necker Hospital; Paris Descartes University
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Novartis
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Novotron Fusion
NVIDIA
One Sustainable Health for All Foundation (OSHF)
Open Brain Institute (OBI)
Open Planet
Pasteur Network
Phagos
Planet Labs
Planqc
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Precision Neuroscience
Prolific Machines
Quantum City, University of Calgary
Regeneron
Rhonda Barnet Advisory
San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (TIGET); San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Shanghai University of Medicine
SPARK Microgravity GmbH
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Swiss Re
Swiss School of Public Health
The Global Fund
UMass Chan Medical School
UNESCO
UNFCCC
UNSDSN
United Nations World Food Programme
University of Exeter
University of Johannesburg
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
University of Sydney
Villars Institute
Volvo Group
Voya Machine Intelligence (VMI)
Voyager Space Holdings
Wellcome Trust
Wikimedia Foundation
World Economic Forum
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