Yoshua Bengio

Professor, Université de Montréal; Founder and Scientific Advisor, Mila · Université de Montréal / Mila

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One of the pioneers of deep learning and a 2018 Turing Award recipient. Founder and scientific advisor of Mila, full professor at Université de Montréal, senior fellow at CIFAR and prominent advocate for reducing catastrophic AI risks.

Davos status

Named by WEF among leading technology and innovation voices participating in the Annual Meeting 2026.

Last verified: 10 September 2026

Sources & verification

https://www.weforum.org/press/2026/01/a-spirit-of-dialogue-brings-record-numbers-of-world-leaders-to-davos-for-world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026//
https://mila.quebec/en/directory/yoshua-bengio
Recorded research sources. Historical references do not confirm Davos 2027 attendance.

Record last verified: 10 September 2026. Organiser and self-reported pages are labelled as such and are not independent verification.