HCLTech at Davos | World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023

In partnership with UN Women

Part of UN Women’s Generation Equality Pop Up panels, in partnership with HCLTech, this high-level panel will revisit the gendered impacts of innovation and technology, and bring together high-level government representatives, experts and business leaders in conversation on solutions.

Featuring

Jill Kouri, Chief Marketing Officer, HCLTech

Kate Behncken, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Philanthropies

Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Founder, CEO, Women@TheTable

Asa Tamsons, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Area Technologies and New Businesses, Ericsson

Press Conference

Launch of WEF’s Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA) Challenge for new public-private-philanthropic lens to catalyze climate action.

Featuring

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCLTech

Andrew Steer, President & CEO, Bezos Earth Fund

Tracy Francis, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Desmond Kuek, CEO, Temasek Trust

Opening remarks by

Borge Brende, President, World Economic Forum

John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate, US State Department

Sustainability Dialogues with HCLTech

Our series at Davos is focused on bringing together industry’s leading business and thought leaders to engage in an open dialogue, focused on the most pressing agendas and topics around sustainability. Our first panel discusses the role of youth to accelerate momentum towards the achievement of the SDGs.

Featuring

Santhosh Jayaram, Global Head of Sustainability, HCLTech

Laurent Freixe, Executive Vice President, CEO Zone Latin America – Nestlé and Global Alliance for YOUth Chairman

An interactive roundtable discussion on scaling and accelerating sustainability leadership. This event will introduce Sustainable Business Now, a new platform showcasing how leading companies tackle critical sustainability challenges. A select group of business and sustainability leaders are invited to engage in a lively and open discussion around the following questions:

What drives and differentiates sustainability leaders?

What have been the challenges and breakthroughs on the big, shared sustainability issues?

In 2023 and beyond, what are the main corporate sustainability challenges to focus on, and how can leaders help accelerate and scale progress further?

Featuring

Santhosh Jayaram, Global Head of Sustainability, HCLTech

Michael McComb, Global Head of Sustainability Communications, SAP

Chris Coulter, CEO, GlobeScan

From quiet quitting to the great resignation, how is the relationship between employers and young talent changing? Join an informal conversation between members of the Global Shapers Community and top executives from the Global Alliance for Youth, to explore how companies can manage this transition and meet the evolving expectations of young employees to promote intergenerational justice.

Featuring

Laurent Freixe, Executive Vice President, CEO Zone Latin America – Nestlé and Global Alliance for YOUth Chairman

Arthur Sadoun, Chairman and CEO – Publicis Group

Blanca Juti, Chief Corporate Affairs and Engagement Officer - L’Oréal

Blake Moret, Chairman and CEO - Rockwell Automation

Christophe Catoir, President of Adecco – Adecco Group

Ashish Kumar Gupta, Chief Growth Officer, Europe and Africa, Diversified Industries, HCLTech

Nicola Mendelsohn, Vice President Global Business Group – Meta

WEF Affiliate Session

Recent geopolitical fractures and restrictive trade policies have set the stage for de-globalization. Fueled by the urgent need to create stable environments, businesses are now exploring innovative operating models to provide insulation from this volatility. Technology will play a major role in empowering them to tap the potential of local talent, find significantly higher support from their societies and governments, create resilient supply chains and meet regulatory requirements with greater confidence.

Featuring

Richard Lacaille, Global Head, Environmental, Social and Governance, State Street

Stefano Scabbio, Regional President of Southern Europe, ManpowerGroup

Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Part of the Annual Meeting

Fresh water is fundamental to flourishing and resilient ecosystems. However, nearly one third of wetland ecosystems have been lost and populations of monitored fresh-water species have fallen by more than 80% over the past 50 years. Join the Top Innovators of the UpLink Global Freshwater Challenge, announced at this session, to explore the solutions that can deliver smarter, cheaper and more resilient water systems and how these can be scaled to address the global water crisis.

Featuring

Opening remarks by Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCLTech, India; Community of Chairpersons

Part of the Annual Meeting

The world is undergoing interacting crises in food, energy, health and nature that are threatening our way of life and accelerating us towards a global catastrophe. What visionary leadership is needed for systems thinking, transformative solutions and global collaboration to build a more inclusive, prosperous and sustainable future?

Featuring

Andrew Forrest, Chairman and Founder, Fortescue Metals Group

Al Gore, Vice-President of the United States (1993-2001); Chairman and Co-Founder, Generation Investment Management; Member of Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCLTech; Community of Chairpersons

Gustavo Petro Urrego, President of Colombia

Fawn Sharp, President, National Congress of American Indians

Marc Benioff, Chair and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Salesforce

Opening remarks by

Joyeeta Gupta, Professor of Environment and Development in the Global South, University of Amsterdam

Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Closing Remarks by Yo-Yo Ma, Cellist; Cultural Leader

WEF Private event

Through the Champions for Water Innovation Community, the World Economic Forum engages with private sector leaders, civil society experts, and key public stakeholders to create new partnerships and opportunities for collaboration to inspire transformational ideas.

The Champions for Water Innovation community engages a diverse set of champions to re-energize and re-frame the global dialogue on water security.

Featuring

C Vijaykumar, CEO & Managing Director, HCLTech

Zachary Bogue, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, DCVC

Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé

Gustavo Manrique Miranda, Minister of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition, Ministry of the Environment of Ecuador

Beatriz Perez, Senior Vice-President and Chief Communications, Sustainability and Strategic Partnerships Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

Aaron Tartakovsky, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Epic Cleantec

David Wallerstein, Chief eXploration Officer, Tencent Holdings

Opening remarks by Catherine Russell, Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Closing Remarks by Emma Benameur, Head of Impact and Engagement; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

Private event

Hosted by

Bob Sternfels, Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company

Alan Jope, CEO, Unilever

Ilham Kadri, CEO, Solvay

Featuring

Pak Tiko, Deputy Minister of SOEs in Indonesia

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCLTech