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Catalyst Now: Social Innovation House
Tue 20 Jan 2026 11:00 am - 4:00 pm (CET/GMT+1)
Flourishing House (Rätia Center: Forum 1)
The Social Innovation House Day brings together leaders and innovators to explore how collaboration and social innovation can drive a wellbeing economy. The day focuses on moving from intention to implementation, restoring the partnership membrane that allows social innovation and systems change to reach communities and lives. Aligned with Catalyst Now’s mission, the day highlights how cross-sector collaboration can translate bold ideas into practical solutions that strengthen human, social, and planetary wellbeing.
Panel 1: Engineering Tomorrow: Strategies for Nurturing, Upskilling, and Retaining Top Female STEM Talent in the Age of AI
Tue 20 Jan 2026 11:00 am – 12:05 pm
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What if the future of artificial intelligence depends on the leadership of women who have yet to be fully invited into the room?
In collaboration with: Limak Group
Women remain significantly underrepresented in the STEM workforce, creating both an innovation gap and a competitive risk as AI becomes a central driver of economic transformation. Without diverse teams, AI systems risk embedding bias and overlooking the needs of half the world’s population, making gender inclusion an ethical and strategic imperative for the private sector
This session examines end-to-end strategies for nurturing, upskilling, and retaining female talent in AI, from early pipeline development to executive leadership. Through corporate-led models in AI literacy, workforce mobility, and data-driven retention, the discussion highlights scalable approaches for building resilient, ethically responsible AI workforces across markets.
If you believe innovation demands both technical excellence and diverse talent, join this session to explore scalable pathways for building a gender-inclusive AI workforce. Engage with leaders advancing AI literacy, upskilling, and retention strategies, and contribute to shaping a future where the technologies transforming society are engineered by and for everyone.
Panel 2: When Markets Meet Public Health: Community-Led Innovation for Children
Tue 20 Jan 2026 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
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What if the marketplace became one of the most powerful platforms for protecting children’s health?
In collaboration with: Plan International (India)
Improving children’s health outcomes requires more than isolated interventions. It calls for systemic approaches that integrate wellbeing into markets, consumer behavior, and digital ecosystems, allowing social impact to scale alongside economic activity rather than compete with it.
This session explores how market mechanisms and digital innovation can advance child health and hygiene in practical, measurable ways. Drawing on global case studies, the discussion highlights commercially viable models that embed health protection into everyday transactions, demonstrating how aligning business incentives with child wellbeing can drive durable, long-term system change.
If you believe public health and economic activity can reinforce one another, join this session to explore how scalable market solutions can protect children’s wellbeing. Engage with cross-sector leaders shaping systems that deliver lasting health outcomes for the next generation.
Panel 3: Future Lands: Leadership for a True Bioregional Transition
Tue 20 Jan 2026 1:10 pm – 1:50 pm
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What if the future of prosperity depended not on growth without limits, but on leadership that listens to land, culture, and community?
In collaboration with: Future Food Institute
As the limits of extractive growth models become increasingly clear, the transition to a wellbeing economy calls for leadership grounded in place, ecology, and long-term stewardship. Bioregional approaches treat land, food systems, and communities as interconnected living systems, where environmental regeneration, social cohesion, and economic resilience advance together.
This session explores “Future Lands” as bioregional hubs where regenerative land stewardship, sustainable agrifood systems, and human development converge. Drawing on insights from the FAO Global Roadmap and Bioregional Weaving Labs, the discussion highlights practical, place-based pathways for regenerating ecosystems, strengthening communities, enhancing food security, and creating prosperity that serves both people and planet.
If you believe a wellbeing economy must be rooted in place and planetary boundaries, join this session to explore how bioregional leadership can drive systemic change. Connect with practitioners shaping regenerative territories and collaborative pathways toward shared prosperity.
Panel 4: The Future of Organising and Governing Social Innovation for a Fragmented World
Tue 20 Jan 2026 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
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How can organisational design and novel cross-sectoral organisational forms help bridge fragmentation and create sustainable value?
How can blending non-profit and for-profit elements support scale and financial resilience?
In collaboration with: INSEAD
As geopolitical fragmentation intensifies and institutional trust erodes, traditional models of coordination and governance are under growing strain. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2025 highlights how conflict, geoeconomic rivalry, and weakened multilateralism are reshaping the global landscape, challenging organizations’ ability to deliver inclusive and sustainable progress.
Hosted by INSEAD as part of Social Innovation House Day at WEF 2026, this session explores how organizational design, cross-sector collaboration, and adaptive governance can bridge fragmentation, enable scale, and build financial resilience. The discussion also examines the role of informal, trust-based mechanisms, such as networks and relationships, in sustaining impact where formal institutions fall short, positioning social innovation as a core driver of a wellbeing economy.
If you are working to scale social innovation amid geopolitical uncertainty, join this session to explore new models of organizing and governing for impact. Engage with practitioners rethinking collaboration, trust, and resilience in a disrupted global context.
Panel 5: Unleashing the Power of Humans in the Age of AI
Tue 20 Jan 2026 2:55 pm – 4:00 pm
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In collaboration with: Crisis Text Line
The world stands at a pivotal intersection. On one side lies a growing mental health emergency; on the other, a rapidly changing technological era quietly reshaping what it means to be human. What the world needs now are paradigms that shape a digital world that builds community level resilience and is safe and empowering for everyone, everywhere. This requires unlocking the potential and power of both everyday humans and the private sector for sustainable social and economic wellbeing.
Join this panel to discuss the human-centered and technology-enabled mental health and safety solutions led by these inspiring social innovators. The session will kick off with the launch of a new report that shows how the volunteer community has been delivering staggering economic and social value while filling critical service gaps as healthcare systems face acute workforce shortages around the world.
