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World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025

Davos-Klosters, Switzerland
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The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (WEF) brings together global leaders from various sectors to address major global issues and challenges. For 2025, participants convened in Davos, Switzerland from January 20 to 24 under the theme “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age.”

As a strategic partner of WEF 2025, Hitachi participated in and organized various events—panel discussions, media engagements, and bilateral discussions—that called for critical collaboration and action on various issues such as climate, AI, digitalization, energy transition, and social innovation.

Discover Hitachi Energy at Davos

The cost of inaction: Grid flexibility for a resilient, equitable digital energy future

Our CEO Andreas Schierenbeck highlights the case for immediate action to avoid economic losses and unlocking efficiency, how electricity needs to be abundant and affordable, reducing the costs of climate driven disruptions, and advancing equity and access.

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TEDxBerlin Salon – “Outlook 2025”

A 20-minute dialogue between Andreas Schierenbeck and Stephan Balzer, TED Talk ambassador, DACH where they explored transformative ideas and solutions to today’s global challenges.

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Handelsblatt Energy Summit 2025 in Berlin

A 15-minute virtual opening speech by Andreas Schierenbeck from WEF, followed by questions on the energy transition while Jochen Kreusel participated in Berlin.

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Panel Discussions

1.5°C: A Broken Promise or a Renewed Call to Action?

Join a panel of global leaders, including our CEO Andreas Schierenbeck (Hitachi Energy), Sandrine Dixson-Declève (Club of Rome), Gail Whiteman (Arctic Basecamp), Ingmar Rentzhog (We Don't Have Time), Andrew Prag (We Mean Business Coalition) & Mayumi Sato (University of Cambridge) as they discuss that important question at this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos, Switzerland, in collaboration with Arctic Basecamp and We Don't Have Time.

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Why the energy supercycle is unstoppable

At this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos, Hitachi, Ltd. Executive Chairman Toshiaki Higashihara and Hitachi Energy CEO Andreas Schierenbeck, with Elisabeth V. Vardheim (Statnett) and Gerard Reid (Alexa Capital), participate in a Davos accredited program session on January 22 to explore the parallels between today’s energy landscape and offer insights into how global stakeholders can drive change to address the climate crises.

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Media Coverage

Davos 2025: Hitachi Energy CEO calls for boosting of power grid investments

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Energy giant's CEO: High price if Europe doesn't act

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