Milken Institute Middle East and Africa Summit 2026

The Milken Institute Middle East and Africa Summit gathers the global investment community with business leaders, innovators, philanthropists and senior government officials in Abu Dhabi. The eighth edition runs under the theme "Leading with Intent" and looks at how deliberate strategy in finance, business, health and philanthropy can carry the region through geopolitical and technological change.

What's covered

The 2026 programme frames the region as shaping, not just responding to, a changing global order, with conversations on where capital, supply chains and talent are heading.

• Critical minerals and energy
• AI, technology and innovation
• Capital markets and financial markets
• Investment in people: health, education and jobs
• Geopolitical risk and global security
• Sustainability and economic opportunity

Who attends

Institutional and private investors, chief executives, founders, philanthropists and senior government officials from the Gulf, Africa and beyond. Sessions are held as fireside chats and panels on the summit stages at Abu Dhabi Global Market.

Key figures

The seventh edition in December 2025 featured 206 speakers from 31 countries, including Mubadala's managing director and group CEO Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak and Etihad Airways CEO Antonoaldo Neves.