Qatar Economic Forum 2024 Program

How do you prepare for the future and win in contemporary capital markets? Our investor experts tell us how they are getting ready for the major economic and technological disruptions of the future, while making money today.

We identify how to strike a balance between government regulations and entrepreneurial freedom when setting industrial policy and aiming for long-term sustainable growth, increased jobs, dynamic supply lines and a positive business environment.

Breakout Sessions

Maintaining financial stability is a key role for central banks across the world. A tough job, when the most dramatic predictions see artificial intelligence disrupting every part of the global economy. Should Central Banks take a step back, or do they step in and shape the AI powered future of finance? Governors share their AI outlook and provide an update on the fight against inflation.

The world needs radical solutions to address our new climate reality. How do we de-risk projects and get net-zero targets back on track? Regulators, major investors and sustainable business leaders show us how.

Interest rates. Geopolitics. Artificial intelligence. Real estate risks. Retail private equity. There’s a lot to consider when investing serious personal wealth. Our experts reveal what the world’s wealthy families and individuals are thinking and debate whether the Middle East can become a global wealth hub to rival Switzerland, the Caribbean and Hong Kong.

We sit down with the global hedge fund titan to gain a unique take on the latest global investing trends and the future of the United States economy.

Breakout Sessions

Against a backdrop of record-setting investment, influential Ministers and CEOs tell us what the next stage of the global energy transition looks like.

We get the latest on the growing Qatar Airways and RwandAir partnership, with new airports, new planes and new announcements on the horizon.

Breakout Sessions

Real estate and infrastructure experts share the new ideas and technologies that are reimagining real estate, building healthy environments and creating lively communities.

A discernible paradigm shift is underway. Instability is flourishing, outcomes are unpredictable and a multipolar world is emerging. Some national governments are out of touch with the global perspectives of their youthful populations who are agitating for change. When it’s no longer business as usual, how do we regain trust in our institutions and harness the youth to create prosperity and stability?

Sports has always been big business. But, as valuations rise with a booming media rights market, institutional investors are snapping up not just teams, but entire leagues. We’ll talk with the new class of sports investors about their playbook for this burgeoning alternative asset class.

We sit down with an owner transforming three of the world’s most storied sports teams.

Breakout Sessions

Innovation hubs bring together R&D institutions, venture capital, incubators and start-ups in one locale. Sounds easy, but how do you do it? It’s all about people and connections. Our experts tell us how to bring public- and private-sector leaders together, build on existing industrial strengths, target investments, engage the local community and launch an equitable innovation ecosystem from scratch.

With $250 billion in assets under management, EQT is one of the world’s largest private equity investors. We sit down with CEO Christian Sinding to find out where he’s making moves in technology and beyond.

With generative AI–deep learning models that can generate high-quality text, images and other content–promising to fundamentally change the function of technology in nearly every industry and in every part of the world, we get the latest update from businesses who are using AI to transform how we work and play.

How venture capital is raised and invested has an outsize impact on global growth and innovation. In 2023, investors poured money into artificial intelligence startups, but the rest of the technology industry foundered. We gather leading VCs to assess whether the AI investment bubble has popped, and to identify which tech sectors are next for a major cash injection.

Breakout Sessions

Agriculture is both a contributor to and a victim of climate change. With an increasing global population, the demand pressure for more food isn’t going away anytime soon. It’s an industry ripe for technology disruption. Our panel of industry innovators tell us how the latest innovations are reducing emissions, increasing crop yields and transforming agriculture.

From discovering new water sources, optimizing natural resource extraction and transforming advanced manufacturing, Robert Friedland is trying to revolutionize our relationship to electrical energy and power. We uncover how to make innovation energy efficient, sustainably provide the critical raw materials the world requires, and get the latest update on the global clean energy transition.

FinTech. DeFi. Crypto. Blockchain. AI. There’s a lot going on in the world of finance. We get the latest from the front lines of financial innovation and identify how to balance grassroots disruption and consumer protection when harnessing new technologies and creating new services.

What happens when you mix computer science, physics, and mathematics? You get quantum computing. The quantum era could be a game-changer in fields ranging from medicine to finance to cybersecurity. Join us as we find out how quantum computing will unleash the next wave of global tech disruption.

The next few decades will see today’s internet undergo a multi-trillion-dollar transformation into a massive and interconnected 3D virtual world. At least, that’s the view of metaverse evangelists. We find out whether metaverse dreams are still on course to become reality and get the latest update on what it could mean for business, gaming and wider society.

Small, fast and lightweight drones are set to revolutionize last-mile delivery across the world. From clothes, to food to medical supplies, how close are we to widespread drone deliveries? We get the latest update.

We get the latest on how new technologies, new investments and new thinking are improving patient access, safety, treatment efficacy and healthcare outcomes around the world.