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The Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders 2026 organized by the UAE Government and the World Economic Forum in cooperation with the Dubai Future Foundation will be hosted in Jumeirah City Dubai according to the Emirates News Agency. The three-day program starting Tuesday will bring together ministers government officials around 300 young global leaders and representatives from business academic sports and cultural sectors. This platform will anticipate accelerating transformations examine their challenges and opportunities while generating innovative solutions for the future of development the economy technology society and sustainability.
More than 60 sessions interactive dialogues opportunity laboratories and specialized experiences will structure the gathering the Emirates News Agency reported. Discussions will center on six strategic themes that encompass artificial intelligence with technology and human capabilities sciences discovery and innovation economics geopolitics security and trade leadership with human flourishing and climate nature with sustainability. The meeting will enable participants to develop proactive visions that enhance readiness for shifts and convert emerging challenges into opportunities for states and institutions.
This event forms part of a long-standing partnership between the UAE Government and the World Economic Forum that has extended more than 17 years the Dubai Media Office stated. The collaboration has yielded specialized international forums that anticipate future trends shape agendas and integrate UAE perspectives into global dialogues including the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. Results from the Dubai sessions will contribute to forming the agenda for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos 2027 according to the Emirates News Agency.
The World Economic Forum has positioned the meeting as a recurring global platform that elevates emerging and established next-generation leaders as central voices in tackling pressing worldwide challenges. Participants will include public figures chief executives experts from government business academia sports arts and culture along with members of the Forum’s Young Global Leaders Global Shapers and Social Innovators communities. Leaders from Great Arab Minds and Young Arab Leaders will also join the intergenerational exchanges.
Co-chairs for the gathering include Montenegro Prime Minister Milojko Spajić UAE Minister of State for Government Development and the Future Ohood Bint Khalfan Al Roumi MIT professor Fadel Adib BlackRock advisor Mirjam Staub-Bisang and Dubai Future Foundation CEO Khalfan Belhoul a World Economic Forum description showed. This leadership team spans governmental academic financial and innovation sectors to guide dialogues across the six themes. The structure incorporates opportunity labs for collaborative work on future possibilities and immersive simulations to navigate uncertainty.
Mohammad Al Gergawi UAE Minister of Cabinet Affairs described the significance of the new platform in a World Economic Forum announcement. “The Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders marks a new milestone in the strategic partnership between the UAE Government and the World Economic Forum” he said noting that the two have collaborated for over 16 years through the Global Agenda Councils and Global Future Councils. André Hoffmann Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum added that the contribution of emerging leaders is essential to build a more resilient and sustainable future.
The inaugural meeting will foster foresight collaboration and action to shape the decade ahead while informing broader global agendas the World Economic Forum stated. It arrives as the partnership continues to evolve from earlier Global Future Councils formats into this dedicated leadership convening. Further session details and outcomes will emerge as the program unfolds in Dubai over the coming days.
