Hack for Earth X unDavos Award Ceremony

Session Overview Hack for Earth X unDavos Award Ceremony Hack for Earth x unDavos Award Ceremony Live from Davos | January 19 | 14:00 CET | unDavos Stage The Hack for Earth x unDavos Award Ceremony marks the culmination of a global hackathon where thousands of innovators from around the world have worked to create real solutions to our most pressing global challenges. Five challenge category winners will present their solutions from the unDavos stage to a jury of world leaders, receiving direct feedback and guidance on how to move forward to make the solutions come to life. All category winners will be awarded spots in the Hack for Earth Accelerator to develop and scale their impact in 2026. From these five finalists, the jury will also select one Hack for Earth x unDavos Grand Winner. This is citizens presenting solutions directly to global decision-makers — proof that while Davos talks, we act. Rethink Impact Where capital and collaboration turn purpose into scalable outcomes. Impact capital is shifting from passive philanthropy to active investment. This program examines how investors, family offices, corporates, and foundations are rethinking capital deployment—moving from traditional charitable giving to strategies that deliver both returns and measurable outcomes. Topics include next-generation wealth holders moving from inheritance to active investment strategies, nature capital as an investable asset class spanning oceans, watersheds, and terrestrial ecosystems, corporates embedding impact into business models beyond performative CSR, foundations adapting from grant-making to program-related investments and catalytic capital, and scaling impact projects through blended finance and public-private partnerships. Sessions bring together investors, family offices, foundation leaders, corporate strategists, impact entrepreneurs, and policymakers examining what's working, what's aspirational, and how capital moves from intention to deployment.