Laurence D. Flink
CEO
Sessions (4)
Sessions featuring Laurence D. Flink at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
Special Address by Emmanuel Macron, President of France
President Macron addressed global economic imbalances, advocating for European sovereignty through protection, simplification, and investment. He emphasized cooperation with emerging countries and the necessity of strengthening Europe's competitiveness by addressing issues like trade imbalances and promoting innovation in key sectors like AI and energy.
Conversation with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft
Satya Nadella frames AI as a platform shift comparable to the web, mobile, and cloud, with value created only when models, data, and infrastructure diffuse broadly. He argues the priority is turning tokens into productivity gains across firms, countries, healthcare, education, and public services while investing in access, energy efficiency, and AI skills.
Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
Panelists framed critical minerals as strategic assets shaped by AI, electrification, decarbonization, and geopolitical fragmentation. They highlighted copper supply shortfalls by 2035, Saudi Arabia’s fast permitting and mining strategy, and Southern Africa’s push to avoid pit-to-port extraction through regional coordination and beneficiation.
Conversation with Alex Karp, CEO and Co-Founder, Palantir Technologies
Alex Karp argues AI-enabled defense software must first solve battlefield realities: disconnected networks, jammed environments, hidden assets, ethical constraints, and broken enterprise assumptions. He says those lessons translate to businesses by turning data and tribal knowledge into differentiated workflows rather than standardized technology stacks.