Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri opened Investopia 2024 on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi.

The third edition of Investopia (Investopia 2024) opened on Wednesday in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, under the theme Emerging Economic Frontiers: Investing in the New Economy Growth Sectors, bringing together prominent local and global business and government leaders, investors, policymakers, economists, entrepreneurs, and representatives of the Future 100 initiative. The latest edition of the event is taking place on 28 and 29 of February, featuring panel discussions and keynotes by prominent leaders pioneering their fields into the future in areas such as technology, government, finance, engineering, sustainability and more.

Investopia 2024 was opened by Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of Investopia, in the presence of Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Managing Director and CEO of Mubadala Investment Company, Shamsa Al Falasi, CEO of Citibank Group - UAE, and Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital, several ministers, representatives of participating countries, and investors from around the world.

Bin Touq said: “Since its inception, it has been Investopia’s mission to stimulate investment flows in new economic sectors, given their importance as key drivers of sustainable growth of economies around the world. In addition, the platform strives to facilitate the development of sustainable policies and solutions needed to drive global economic growth. The close relationship between the new economy sectors and their reliance on innovation, knowledge, advanced technology and sustainability can help transform today’s challenges into opportunities and innovative ideas into successful future projects. From this standpoint, the UAE is keen to include these sectors in its strategic plans for sustainable economic development.”

“In line with these directives from its wise leadership, the UAE launched Investopia in the year 2021 to serve as a key pillar in the achievement of its vision to build a more flexible and diversified knowledge economic model. It also forms part of our efforts to strengthen the country’s position as a global hub for the new economy by the next decade in line with the ‘We the UAE 2031’ vision.”

Investopia strengthens its presence among the business communitiesThe Minister of Economy added: “Over the past years, Investopia has successfully established itself and strengthened its presence among the business communities by successfully forging extensive partnerships with various global investors, asset managers and leading banks.”

“Today, it has become one of the most prominent global platforms dynamizing investments through its distinguished global talks and panel sessions. These were held at the local, regional and international levels, targeting strategic markets of great economic importance. In addition, Investopia concluded partnerships with leading global institutions to exchange experiences on investment opportunities in the new economy. More than 5,000 participants were engaged over the three editions in shaping the future of investments in the new economy sectors,” he noted.

Bin Touq continued: “The launch of the third edition of Investopia will contribute to the growth and expansion of investment opportunities in the new economic sectors, especially fintech, advanced technologies for the aviation sector, renewable energy, circular economy, green finance, modern technologies used in supply chains and e-commerce.” The Investopia Chairman pointed out that the latest edition’s agenda focuses on directing investment flows towards promising markets, stimulating capital flows towards sustainable sectors and emerging industries, and examining the growth potential of a low-carbon economy. Moreover, it sheds light on global economic shifts and the need to formulate new policies and solutions to turn them into sustainable future opportunities.

Strengthening Future 100 companies’ dialogue with global investors Furthermore, H.E. Bin Touq pointed out that this year’s edition of Investopia is extraordinary as it witnessed the launch of the second edition of the ‘Future 100 initiative,’ a joint initiative between the Ministry of Economy and the Government Development & The Future Office, to foster emerging businesses in future economy sectors. Investopia 2024 is offering a platform for these companies to interact with global investors and learn about the latest trends in the investment landscape.

Three key pillars of InvestopiaThe three main pillars of Investopia are Investopia Global Talks, Investopia Investment Communities, and Investopia Marketplace. Under Global Talks, discussions and events are held with the participation of business leaders, investors and innovators from around the world to explore the future of the global investment landscape. Meanwhile, the Investopia Investment Communities promotes continuing dialogue between investors and decision-makers in governments and the global private sector in specific economic sectors.