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Basel Investor Forum: Art Basel edition 2026

Agenda Overview – Themes & Strategic Focus

This forum is designed as a curated platform for Family Offices, HNWI investors, and innovation leaders who are shaping the next era of capital allocation. The agenda reflects a clear shift in global markets: technology, geopolitics, demographic pressure, and climate instability are converging, requiring investors to think beyond traditional asset classes and focus on systemic investing.

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Each topic has been selected to help participants explore where value will be created over the next decade, and how long-term capital can position itself at the intersection of innovation, resilience, and real-world impact.

Core Topics & What Participants Can Expect

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1. Systemic Investing in the Age of AI & DeepTech

Why we chose this topic

AI and DeepTech are no longer “emerging”—they are becoming the underlying infrastructure of every major industry. Yet most investors still evaluate them with traditional venture lenses, missing the systemic implications: productivity shifts, workforce disruption, national security dynamics, and concentration of power.

What participants can expect

  • How AI and DeepTech reshape entire economies, not just companies

  • The investment logic behind frontier technologies (compute, biotech, robotics, quantum, space)

  • How Family Offices can invest intelligently: direct, funds, co-investments, venture studios

  • Risk frameworks for investing in exponential technologies

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2. Creative Economies as a Catalyst for Cross-Industry Innovation

Why we chose this topic

The creative economy is becoming a powerful investment frontier: storytelling, design, digital identity, cultural capital, gaming, fashion-tech, and content ecosystems are influencing adoption cycles in healthcare, consumer tech, finance, and even industrial innovation.

This is not “soft value”—it’s a strategic lever for differentiation, trust, and behavior change.

What participants can expect

  • How creative industries accelerate innovation adoption across sectors

  • Investment opportunities in culture, Arts, immersive experiences, creator infrastructure, cultural IP

  • The role of creativity in building future brands, communities, and scalable platforms

  • Why next-gen investors increasingly allocate capital through cultural relevance

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3. Investing in Planetary Health: From Sustainability to Regeneration

Why we chose this topic

Sustainability is no longer enough. Markets are moving toward regeneration, resilience, and systems repair—because the costs of climate volatility, biodiversity collapse, and resource scarcity are now measurable economic threats.

Planetary health is also directly tied to healthcare outcomes, food security, geopolitical stability, and infrastructure risk.

What participants can expect

  • The shift from ESG compliance to regenerative investment strategies

  • Key sectors: water, agriculture, energy transition, nature-based solutions, circular materials

  • How to evaluate “impact” with real metrics instead of narratives

  • Where long-term capital can play a catalytic role in scaling solutions

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4. The Next Generation of Capital: Redefining Value & Impact

Why we chose this topic

A generational transition is underway: wealth transfer is shifting decision-making power toward Gen Z and Millennials, who define value differently—prioritizing purpose, transparency, and measurable outcomes alongside financial returns.

This creates new investment styles, new governance expectations, and new models of partnership between families, institutions, and founders.

What participants can expect

  • How next-gen investors are reshaping family office mandates

  • Governance shifts: from wealth preservation to mission-driven wealth architecture

  • Blended finance, philanthropy 2.0, and strategic capital structures

  • How impact is evolving from “reporting” to “strategy”

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5. Reimagining Healthcare: Prevention, Longevity & Equitable Access

Why we chose this topic

Healthcare is reaching a breaking point: aging populations, rising chronic disease, and unequal access are creating unsustainable cost structures globally. At the same time, breakthroughs in diagnostics, personalized medicine, and AI-driven drug development are creating unprecedented investment opportunities.

The future of healthcare is shifting from treatment to prevention, prediction, and longevity.

What participants can expect

  • Investment opportunities in longevity science, biomarkers, neurodegeneration, and precision medicine

  • AI-enabled healthcare delivery models and digital therapeutics

  • Preventative healthcare as a scalable economic opportunity

  • How innovation can address access, affordability, and systemic healthcare inefficiencies

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Why These Topics Belong Together

These themes were deliberately selected because they reflect the five interconnected systems shaping the future:

  • Technology acceleration (AI & DeepTech)

  • Human behavior and adoption (Creative Economies)

  • Environmental constraints (Planetary Health)

  • Capital transition and governance (Next-Gen Wealth)

  • Societal resilience and demographics (Healthcare)

Together, they form a coherent lens on where long-term capital can generate returns while strengthening future systems.

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What Attendees Can Expect Overall

Participants can expect:

  • High-signal conversations rather than generic panels

  • Strategic insight into emerging investment frontiers

  • Cross-sector perspective: tech, healthcare, climate, capital markets, and culture

  • Trusted networking with aligned Family Offices and investors

  • Actionable takeaways: how to position portfolios for the next decade

  • Exposure to new models: co-investment, venture building, catalytic capital, and partnership investing

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