Spencer Feingold
Digital Editor, World Economic Forum
- The Global Future Councils are interdisciplinary knowledge groups dedicated to exploring a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable future.
- This month, council members will meet in Dubai to discuss the world’s most pressing issues.
- The councils will be tasked with debating the challenges and solutions around specific issue areas.
Experts and decision‐makers from business, academia, government, civil society and media are gathering this month in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils.
The meeting, taking place 16-18 October 2023, will mark the first in-person meeting of the council members’ two-year term. More than 400 experts from around the world will be in attendance.
The network of Global Future Councils is one of the world’s foremost multistakeholder and interdisciplinary knowledge networks dedicated to exploring a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable future. The network’s 30 councils, which are embedded in the Forum’s 10 centres, focus on topics such as job creation, cybersecurity, international trade, climate and food and water security, among others.
Transformative ideas
At the Dubai meeting, council members will discuss and debate opportunities for future advancements and the numerous issues that continue to hamper economic growth and human development.
Meeting of the minds
The public and private meetings will be an opportunity for experts to draw connections across agendas and generate insights that can improve decision-making in the coming years.
Attendees will be tasked with debating the challenges and solutions within the scope of their council and recommending 1‐3 top priorities that can create transformative change around specific issues areas.
Following the summit, the Forum will publish the councils’ recommendations in a consolidated publication, which can be a tool for global leaders looking for inspiring ideas. The publication will be shared ahead of or shortly after the Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2024.
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