DUBAI, UAE – A powerful confluence of more than 500 experts and 150 cybersecurity leaders has converged in Dubai for the World Economic Forum’s inaugural joint session of the Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity.
The crucial, three-day summit, running from October 14 to 16, 2025, is aimed at fostering collaborative solutions to the globe’s most formidable and perplexing shared challenges.
Against a tempestuous backdrop of volatile geopolitical shifts and accelerated technological transformation, this assembly aims to carve out a much-needed sanctuary for navigating pervasive uncertainty and decoding deeply emerging, often terrifying, global trends.
Safeguarding the ‘Intelligent Age’
The central, overarching focus of the monumental gathering is the critical safeguarding of the “Intelligent Age,” ensuring that the spectacular benefits of increasingly complex digital systems are responsibly and equitably secured for all of humanity.
As stated by Børge Brende, the President and CEO of the World Economic Forum, “At a time of rapid global change, when technology and innovation are driving magnificent growth but also carrying unresolved, ominous risks, the meetings will illuminate resilient and responsible pathways forward.”
Sessions are designed to enable participants to unearth systemic, long-term solutions, dramatically escalate cross-industry cybersecurity collaboration, and forge the indispensable multisectoral partnerships vital for advancing truly responsible innovation across all economic and social spheres.
UAE’s Pioneering Commitment
“These meetings exemplify the shared commitment of the UAE Government and the World Economic Forum to foster international dialogue, innovation, and collaboration for a better future,” said HE Mohammad Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs of the United Arab Emirates and Co-Chairman of the Global Future Councils.
“They will serve as a global benchmark for future-oriented thinking, knowledge exchange and partnership-building to design innovative and collaborative solutions to pressing global challenges.”
The Forum is poised to release several new research reports during the proceedings, including analyses such as the Cybercrime Atlas Impact Report 2025 and an exhaustive study on The Jobs of Tomorrow.
A total of 17 key sessions will be publicly livestreamed, offering global accessibility to crucial discussions like “Taming Trade” and the chillingly titled “Inside the Cyber Criminal Mind.”
The high-powered meeting is being steered by a sextet of Co-Chairs, featuring UAE’s Omar Al Olama (Minister of State of AI), Argentina’s Dario Leandro Genua, and Victoria Nuland from Columbia University.
