Agenda Dialogues

Who will lead the next wave of high-impact innovation in women's health? This session highlights how growing momentum around closing evidence gaps, addressing system-level challenges and redesigning care pathways is opening new opportunities to improve health outcomes and investment in one of the world's most promising innovation markets. Panellists will explore how stronger collaborations can unlock scalable solutions across priority areas in women's health, including cardiovascular conditions, menopause, and cancers- helping translate insight into impact and opportunity.
This is the full audio from a session held during the Annual Health Roundtable 2026.
Speakers:
Moderator: Sonia Muliyil (Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet)
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu (Board Chair, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Medicaid Cancer Foundation)
Elisabeth Staudinger (Member of the Managing Board, Siemens Healthineers)
Julia Hoover (Senior Vice-President, Reproductive Medicine, Ferring Pharmaceuticals),
Amy Kao (Senior Vice-President, Global Head of Research Unit in Neuroscience & Immunology, Merck)
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Food security has emerged as a critical challenge, defined by access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food. As AI becomes a new frontier in food systems, with applications ranging from accelerating ingredient discovery to enabling precision agriculture, the gap between pilot initiatives and large-scale deployment remains substantial, particularly in Asia-Pacific where the majority of the world's food is produced and consumed.

With food security at stake, what will it take to move from isolated pilots to true systemic transformation?
This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 in Dalian, China on 23-25 June, 2026. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2026/sessions/can-intelligence-feed-the-world/
Speakers:
Svein Tore Holsether, President and Chief Executive Officer, Yara International
Adam Tooze, Director, European Institute, Columbia University
Fan Shenggen, Chair Professor, China Agricultural University
Kathleen Alexander, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Savor
Rattan Lal, Professor of Soil Science, Ohio State University
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As global temperatures continue to rise, El Niño events are becoming increasingly consequential for economies, ecosystems and societies. This session will explore what leaders need to understand about El Niño in a warming world, from its impacts on extreme weather, food and water security, and supply chains to the decisions needed to build resilience in an era of growing climate volatility.
Speakers:
Akanksha Khatri, Head of Strategic Insight & Impact, Centre for Nature and Climate, World Economic Forum
Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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After nearly 50 years of on-off sanctions, proxy conflict and nuclear brinkmanship, tensions between the US and Iran reached an apex this year. As the situation evolves rapidly, many hope for a long-lasting peace agreement.

What would such an agreement look like and how would it affect the rest of the world?
Speakers:
Cameron Abadi, Deputy Editor, Foreign Policy Group
Mahmood Sariolghalam, Affiliate, Middle East Institute
Sanam Vakil, Director, Middle East and North Africa, Chatham House
Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy; Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University
This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 in Dalian, China on 23-25 June, 2026. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2026/sessions/update-on-iran/
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The US and China remain deeply intertwined economically, yet unresolved trade, technology and security divides have created friction and raised fundamental questions about the trajectory of the relationship. The recent bilateral summit has reset the tone without resolving the underlying structural tensions.

Following the presidential summit, where are relations between the world's two largest economies headed and what should business and policy leaders be preparing for?
This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 in Dalian, China on 23-25 June, 2026. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2026/sessions/us-and-china-from-here-to-where/
Speakers:
Margery Kraus, Founder and Executive Chair, APCO
Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Zhao Hai, Director of International Politics Studies, National Institute for Global Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Leslie Vinjamuri, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Joseph Luc Ngai, Chairman, Greater China, McKinsey & Company
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