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Welcome Reception
Summit Day 1
Summit Day 2
The organisers reserve the right to change the programme and speakers without giving prior notice.
Guests are welcomed for an informal evening reception hosted in partnership with Rosy Blue and Geneva Tourism. This private gathering marks the opening of the Luxury Innovation Summit 2026 and brings together speakers, partners, jury members, and invited guests ahead of the main Summit program.
Welcome Remarks by Luxury Venture Group and Partners.
The Welcome Reception concludes.
The organisers reserve the right to change the programme and speakers without giving prior notice.
Registration opens. Guests are welcomed with coffee, tea, and light refreshments before the opening sessions.
Opening remarks by Luxury Venture Group, the Summit Chair, institutional partners, and selected guests. The session introduces the 2026 theme: Proof Over Promise. The New Luxury Playbook.
Christina Kitsos
Mayor of the City of Geneva
Morin Oluwole
Chair, Luxury Innovation Summit & Awards 2026, Luxury & Digital Strategy Advisor and CEO of Le Vitruve
Nina Müller
CEO of the Lalique Group
Jean-Christophe Babin, President, BVLGARI
In conversation with Deependra Pandey, Founder & CEO, Luxury Venture Group
A personal conversation on leadership, change and the choices that shape what comes next, in business and in life.
Jean-Christophe Babin
Bvlgari SpA Chairman, Bvlgari Foundation President, and President of Geneva Watch Days
Deependra Pandey
CEO at Luxury Venture Group
The CEO Reality Check: Growth, Desire and Discipline in Luxury
A curated conversation with senior leaders on the strategic shifts shaping luxury, from changing clients and pricing pressure to trust, distribution, technology, and long-term brand value.
Morin Oluwole
Chair, Luxury Innovation Summit & Awards 2026, Luxury & Digital Strategy Advisor and CEO of Le Vitruve
Stefano Volpetti
Chief Global Growth Officer at Philip Morris International
Coffee, refreshments, and informal networking.
The Value Test: Can Luxury Still Defend Price?
A theme-led panel on how luxury brands prove value beyond price.
The discussion will explore product authority, service excellence, client lifetime value, pricing discipline, and the balance between desirability and accessibility.
What Works Now: A Case Study in Modern Luxury Innovation
A focused 20-minute session highlighting a company, founder, or brand initiative with measurable relevance to the Summit theme.
The Trust Test: Product Truth, Traceability, Circularity and Brand Protection
A curated discussion on how luxury brands protect trust in a market shaped by resale, circularity, counterfeits, product passports, authentication, fraud, returns, and secondary market growth.
The session will explore how product truth, repair, traceability, and value retention can make circularity credible, while helping brands protect desirability and long-term client trust.
Iris Maria Alexis Van der Veken
Executive Director & Secretary General Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030
Pascal Ravessoud
Vice President at Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie
Florian Hachenberger
Managing Director at Bosch Secure Authentication GmbH
Stéphane Linder
CEO at Kirchhofer Group Stéphane Linder CEO at Kirchhofer Group
Inside the Innovation Agenda of Luxury Brands
A curated discussion with innovation leaders from luxury and premium brands on what they are prioritising now, what gets funded, what gets blocked, and how innovation teams prove value internally.
Catherine Eberle-Devaux
Watch Communication Director – BVLGARI, Maison LVMH, and Managing Director – Geneva Watch Days
AI, Emotion, and the Future of Luxury Client Relationships
A focused session on how AI, data, and clienteling are reshaping luxury relationships while preserving the emotional and human qualities that define the sector.
The discussion will explore personalisation, client advisors, service rituals, loyalty, privacy, emotional intelligence, and the balance between technology and human connection.
Michael Jaïs
CEO and Co-Founder, Launchmetrics
Émilie Depoux-Nottin
Luxury & Beauty Executive | Entrepreneur & Investor
Stéphane JG Girod
Professor of Strategy and Organizational Innovation at IMD Lausanne
What We Learned: Proof Over Promise in Practice
Closing reflections from the first day programme, with key takeaways from the discussions and a transition to the evening programme.
Guests arrive for the Luxury Innovation Awards 2026 ceremony, cocktail reception and gala dinner.
Recognition of selected companies, founders, innovators, and partners shaping the future of luxury.
A reception for award finalists, jury members, partners, speakers, and guests.
A seated evening dinner with curated networking, partner moments, and celebration.
By Invitation
The organisers reserve the right to change the programme and speakers without giving prior notice.
Meet the Authors Shaping Luxury Thinking
Start the second day over coffee with a curated group of authors whose ideas are contributing to the conversations shaping luxury today. Meet the people behind selected books, discover their work and continue the conversation before the main-stage program begins.
A short opening session to frame the second day of the Summit and connect the discussions back to the 2026 theme: Proof Over Promise. The New Luxury Playbook.
The Global View: Where Luxury Growth Comes From Next
A senior-level keynote on the next phase of luxury growth, with a focus on changing demand, market discipline, client expectations, and where future value will come from.
The Relevance Test: Winning the Next Luxury Client
A curated discussion on how luxury brands stay relevant across generations, cultures, and markets.
The session will explore Gen Z, Gen Alpha, creators, live commerce, new client expectations, and emerging market growth.
Gabriella Lojacono
Professor of Luxury Management and International Strategy, Bocconi University
Dr. Anino Emuwa
Managing Director, Avandis Consulting, Founder, 100 Women @ Davos
Coffee, refreshments and an opportunity to continue conversations with the authors featured in the LIS Knowledge Exchange.
The Bigger Picture: The Swiss Luxury Watch Industry
A high-level conversation with leading Swiss luxury watch brand CEOs on the future of Swiss watches, Swiss luxury, and Switzerland’s role in the changing global luxury market.
The discussion will explore how Swiss watchmaking is responding to shifts in client expectations, global demand, technology, craftsmanship, distribution, retail, resale, and long-term brand value.
Yann Marois
VP Global Brands at Philip Morris International
Olivia Crouan
Executive Luxury Advisor
Nicolas Rebet
Founder and CEO of Retailoscope
Ines E.C
Managing Director at LVG Hub
Luxury Leadership Rewritten: What Leaders Need to Prove Next
A closing conversation on the redefinition of luxury leadership in a shifting global market, from financial performance and innovation to trust, culture, talent, technology, and human connection.
The session will also explore how women leaders and diverse leadership teams are shaping the future of luxury, bringing new perspectives to clients, culture, creativity, governance, relevance, and long-term value.
Final remarks from Luxury Venture Group and the Summit Chair.
The Summit concludes with a networking lunch for registered guests, speakers, partners, and invited participants.
