Our Offices

World Economic Forum Headquarters (Geneva)

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The Forum is headquartered in Cologny, close to the Swiss city of Geneva. It is from here that 80% of its staff operate, including the organization’s president and most members of the managing board. Cologny is also home to core functions such as finance, sustainability, and people and culture, as well as many of its centres and initiatives.

The location serves multiple purposes – functioning as an office space and a venue for dialogues and events. Constructed and remodelled using green building techniques, the roof is equipped with solar panels covering 11% of the organization’s energy use. It also employs a passive heating and cooling system, circulating water through copper pipes for improved energy efficiency. The space enables the Forum to experiment with office concepts aligned with its initiatives on the future of work, as well as implement sustainability initiatives aligned with its wider mission.

On-site staff canteens prioritize healthy, seasonal and locally sourced food, including a fully plant-based menu one day each week. Drinks are served in dispensers or glass bottles, removing all cans and PET (polyethylene terephthalate), and no single-use plastic is used in the catering offerings.

A comprehensive recycling programme is in place, and only non-toxic products are used for cleaning and gardening. To incentivize the use of public transport, each employee is offered a commuting benefit. Mobility options, such as e-bikes, are promoted and made available free of charge. Only a limited number of parking spots are available, which are assigned for a fee on an annual basis.

The location also complements the Forum’s operations, offering its staff ample opportunity to collaborate with their counterparts in the many international institutions and organizations that are based in Geneva.

World Economic Forum Beijing Representative Office

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The China office serves as a trusted and impartial global platform to bridge conversations and public-private collaboration between China and the rest of the world. The 50 staff at the Forum’s offices in Beijing bring together leaders from government, business and academia with the rest of the organization’s community to help inculcate wider impact.

The office’s work is twofold: on one hand, it helps key Chinese leaders engage with the Forum’s events and wider activities, and on the other, it leads the Forum’s work in China itself, helping to develop initiatives and communities in the Chinese context.

During the reporting period, the office registered strong partnership growth from Greater China; 17 industry and innovation leaders joined as partners, swiftly becoming involved with the work of the organization’s centres and several global industry communities.

Alongside this, the China office engaged with more than 100 public figures and officers from 15 ministries and 20 municipal governments, supporting their engagement with Forum events like the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2025.

In addition, the office engaged with more than 100 experts from universities, think tanks and research institutions, helping them contribute to various Forum events, communities and initiatives, at which they shared insights from China’s perspective.

Seeking to help drive the industrial and environmental transitions in China, and more broadly, globally, staff in the China office supported the work of 22 of the Forum’s communities and initiatives and published seven reports. In April 2025, the office hosted a Climate and Nature Action Day, which brought together more than 170 senior leaders from 12 countries and regions with the intent of fostering greater collaboration in this key area.

World Economic Forum Japan

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The Tokyo office supports the Forum’s work in all areas and has substantially strengthened its strategic engagement with partners and constituencies in the past year, despite the broader backdrop of persistent geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty.

In terms of working with political leaders, it balanced its engagement throughout Japan’s political spectrum, engaging ruling and opposition leaders and parties alike.

During the reporting period, it successfully re-established relationships with government ministries and expanded connections with local governments.

The office strengthened its engagement with business leaders through several events, including the One Forum in Tokyo in October 2024 – its largest meeting in Japan to date – focused on accelerating industrial transformation and the decarbonization of energy and transport.

In February 2025, the office supported a two-day regional event in Tokyo, Japan: Climate and Nature Leadership in the Intelligent Age, which strengthened the connections between the country and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

Other meetings included an AI workshop emphasizing Japan’s shift to “safe innovation”, practical deployment of AI agents and ethical integration; a meeting of leaders and experts involved in the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s space workstream to discuss issues like the competitiveness of Japan’s space sector; and a meeting of the Japan arm of the Chief Legal Officers Community to discuss the role of legal leaders in Japanese business.

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New York

Established in 2006, the New York office plays a vital role in engaging US-based stakeholders in the Forum’s mission to improve the state of the world. Serving as a strategic and operational hub, the office supports global, regional and industry initiatives.

During the reporting period, the office hosted and supported multiple activities, including more than 2,000 stakeholder engagements. Among these were SDIM24, the Innovators Community Meeting, New Champions Dialogues and Industry Media Chief Officer meetings. Alongside this, there were many thematic meetings covering areas like advanced manufacturing, cyber resilience and women in finance. In the first quarter of 2025 alone, 200 stakeholders engaged in thematic meetings.

The office also hosted several events, including team offsites, property and casualty (P&C) insurance training sessions and global leadership meetings. It also piloted tools, refined services and expanded its network to meet evolving business needs.

San Francisco

Hosted out of the organization’s San Francisco office, the Centre for Urban Transformation’s Annual Summit connected 250 leaders from six continents, more than 30 countries and over 20 industries to support collaboration for sustainable and equitable urban development.

Another highlight was the 2025 Global Technology Retreat, which brought together 350 technology leaders for more than 60 sessions advancing the innovation objectives of eight Forum centres.

Aimed at deepening collaboration with local partners, the Annual Yes SF, Climate Week and Nature Positive City community meetings brought together global stakeholders and underscored San Francisco’s continued role as a hub for innovation in energy, technology and sustainability.