Frontiers today announces the launch of the Frontiers Science House, an innovative meeting venue on the Davos Promenade, created for participants of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (19–23 January 2026). Supported by over 30 global partners, it will connect breakthrough science to government, business executives, investors, and philanthropists to shape decisions affecting people and the planet.

The Frontiers Science House will be dedicated to the transformative science required to address societal challenges. With more than 40 sessions in the program, it will work with global partners to inform policy and investment decisions in emerging technologies ranging from precision biomedicine to the quantum revolution.

Frontiers Science House Partners include:

• Microsoft

• Novartis

• European Innovation Council (EIC)

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

• University of Exeter, Education

• Imperial College

• International Science Council (ISC)

• European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

• Falling Walls Foundation

• Frontiers Research Foundation

• Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA)

• One Sustainable Health Foundation

• African Academy of Sciences (AAS)

• The Innovator

• Arctic Basecamp

• Athena Research & Innovation Center in Information Communication & Knowledge Technologies

• Open Brain Institute

• Pasteur Network

• United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network

• Wikimedia Foundation

• National University of Singapore (NUS)

• Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

• Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Aephoria

• Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)

• Australian National University (ANU)

• Chalmers University of Technology

• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

• Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)

• The Cyprus Institute (Cyl)

Commenting on the Frontiers Science House partners and participants, Dr Kamila Markram, CEO of Frontiers, said:

“The Frontiers Science House is a natural extension of our mission to work with leading scientists and forward-thinking partners to ensure open science drives real impact. By bringing researchers and decision-makers together, we can accelerate progress toward healthy lives on a healthy planet.”

Program Highlights

The Frontiers Science House will provide the stage for the announcement of global science initiatives and convene expertise across disciplines, including sessions on:

• Precision healthcare and data-driven medicine

• Planetary restoration, biodiversity, and net-zero pathways

• Digital intelligence, trustworthy AI, and technology governance

• Financing and scaling scientific solutions for global impact

• Open science, research integrity, and knowledge equity

Confirmed Speakers

The program features scientific thought leaders, chief executives, senior government officials, philanthropists, as well as influential voices from civil society.

Early confirmed speakers are listed on the Frontiers Science House website.

Why Now

As humanity faces cascading planetary, technological, and health challenges, emerging research faces barriers to reach industrial scale. The Frontiers Science House responds to this gap, creating a space where evidence can inform policy and investment decisions and thus accelerate innovation and progress.

The Science House extends Frontiers’ global commitment to open science, driven by its flagship journals and visionary initiatives, such as the Frontiers Planet Prize and the FAIR² Data Management platform.

Further program, speaker, and partner details will be announced in the run-up to Davos.

Explore the program at the Science House website.

About Frontiers

Frontiers is a leading research publisher. Our role is to provide the world’s scientists with a rigorous and efficient publishing experience. Scientists empower society and our mission is to accelerate collaboration and discovery by making science open – enabling researchers to find the solutions we all need for healthy lives on a healthy planet. Powered by custom-built technology, artificial intelligence, and a collaborative peer review, our community journals give experts in more than 1,700 academic fields an open access platform to publish high quality, high impact research. Through our outreach work to build strong partnerships with business, policymakers, and educators, we’re leading the transition to open science.