{"id":353,"date":"2024-11-06T11:43:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T11:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qef.local\/?p=353"},"modified":"2024-12-12T06:44:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T06:44:44","slug":"2022-event-highlights-the-gala-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatareconomicforum.qa\/en\/2022-event-highlights-the-gala-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Qatar Economic Forum to Gather More Than 1000 Global Leaders, Heads of State and International CEOs, May 14-16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Preliminary confirmed speakers include H.E. Abdulsalam Al Murshidi, President, Oman Investment Authority, Kenneth C. Griffin, Founder, CEO & Co-Chief Investment Officer, Citadel, Jenny Johnson, President & CEO, Franklin Templeton, Lei Zhang, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Hillhouse Investments, Todd L. Boehly, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Eldridge Industries, Yimei Li, CEO, ChinaAMC, Dina Powell McCormick, Vice Chairman & President of Global Client Services & Partner, BDT & MSD and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doha, April 2, 2024 \u2013 The fourth annual \u201cQatar Economic Forum, Powered by Bloomberg\u201d (QEF), held in collaboration with Media City Qatar, will take place from May 14-16, 2024. This year\u2019s forum, under the theme \u2018A World Remade: Navigating the Year of Uncertainty\u2019, will gather more than 1,000 corporate and government leaders for a comprehensive dialogue on the issues driving global boardroom conversations and financial markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the world continues to be shaped by major disruptions in technology, trade and politics, the events of 2024 have the potential to produce long-term consequences for the global economy. Discussions at QEF will revolve around the following thematic areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Geopolitics, Globalization, & Trade<\/strong>
    How this major election year will shift investment flows, recalibrate supply chains and fragment the global economy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The Energy Transition<\/strong>
    The energy industry\u2019s most influential decision-makers share their expertise on the future of LNG and the transition towards sustainable energy sources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Technology Innovation<\/strong>
    Uncover what\u2019s next for artificial intelligence, blockchain, chips, antitrust regulation, and life after the smartphone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Business & Investment Outlook<\/strong>
    Leaders in business and investment share insights into market beating growth and answer critical questions on the global economy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Sports & Entertainment<\/strong>
    Players, sports leagues, and investors reveal the next wave of disruption poised to hit the multibillion-dollar sports industry.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Current speakers include H.E. Abdulsalam Al Murshidi<\/strong>, President, Oman Investment Authority; Sheikha Hanadi N. Al-Thani<\/strong>, Chairperson, INJAZ Al Arab; Gerry Cardinale<\/strong>, Founder, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, RedBird Capital Partners; Jim Coulter<\/strong>, Founding Partner, Executive Chairman & Director, TPG Inc.; Brandon Gardner<\/strong>, Partner, Co-Founder & President, Raine; Behdad Eghbali<\/strong>, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Clearlake Capital Group, Bruce Flatt<\/strong>, CEO, Brookfield; Kenneth C. Griffin<\/strong>, Founder, CEO & Co-Chief Investment Officer, Citadel; Jin Liqun<\/strong>, President & Chair of the Board of Directors, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; Jenny Johnson<\/strong>, President & CEO, Franklin Templeton; Jeffrey Katzenberg<\/strong>, Founding Partner, WndrCo; Cindy Lim<\/strong>, CEO, Infrastructure, Keppel Limited; General David H. Petraeus<\/strong> (US Army, Ret.), Partner, Chairman of the Global Institute, KKR.; Joey Wat<\/strong>, CEO, Yum China; Dina Powell McCormick<\/strong>, Vice Chairman & President of Global Client Services & Partner, BDT & MSD, Lei Zhang<\/strong>, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Hillhouse Investments, Todd L. Boehly<\/strong>, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Eldridge Industries, Yimei Li<\/strong>, CEO, ChinaAMC with more to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cBloomberg is excited to be powering the fourth iteration of QEF, which has quickly become a highlight of the global investment calendar,\u201d said Karen Saltser, CEO of Bloomberg Media<\/strong>. \u201cWith an exciting agenda developed by Bloomberg\u2019s world class editorial team, we look forward to hosting important discussions with global leaders in business and government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    H.E. Sheikh Ali bin Abdulla bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Chairman of the Higher Organizing Committee of Qatar Economic Forum<\/strong> said, \u201cThrough the Qatar Economic Forum, we have established a dynamic center for global business leaders to convene, connect, and catalyze partnerships. The forum has become the nexus where visionary leaders converge to shape the future\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    He added, \u201cWe are enthusiastic about the collaborative spirit that defines this platform, where ideas flourish, and alliances are forged, propelling us towards a future of shared success and prosperity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Produced by Bloomberg Live Experiences<\/a> and editorially programmed by Bloomberg News, the Forum will be available on the Bloomberg Terminal, Bloomberg TV and bloomberg.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Additional speaker and agenda details for the \u201cQatar Economic Forum, Powered by Bloomberg\u201d will be announced at a later date. For more information and to register interest, please visit QatarEconomicForum.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Media Enquiries:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Robert Koh (Global)<\/strong>
    rkoh22@bloomberg.net<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mona Saleh (EMEA)<\/strong>
    msaleh39@bloomberg.net<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Preliminary confirmed speakers include H.E. Abdulsalam Al Murshidi, President, Oman Investment Authority, Kenneth C. Griffin, Founder, CEO & Co-Chief Investment Officer, Citadel, Jenny Johnson, President & CEO, Franklin Templeton, Lei Zhang, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Hillhouse Investments, Todd L. Boehly, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Eldridge Industries, Yimei Li, CEO, ChinaAMC, Dina Powell McCormick, Vice Chairman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatareconomicforum.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatareconomicforum.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatareconomicforum.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatareconomicforum.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatareconomicforum.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/qatareconomicforum.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":860,"href":"https:\/\/qatareconomicforum.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatareconomicforum.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatareconomicforum.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatareconomicforum.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}