RISE Summit 2026 opens tomorrow at Dubai World Trade Centre, bringing together more than 250 international institutional investors, sovereign funds, government leaders and major developers to examine how global economic shifts are reshaping investment priorities.
The summit arrives amid renewed momentum across Dubai and the UAE. Dubai’s non-oil private-sector PMI rose to 54.5 in September, its strongest reading of 2026, while UAE non-oil foreign trade reached AED1.937 trillion in the first half of the year, up 13.1 percent year-on-year. Dubai International Financial Centre also passed 10,000 active registered companies for the first time, reaching 10,018 in H1 2026, up 30 percent.
Held over one day under the theme Recharging Momentum in Global Economies, the event will look at how geopolitics, trade relationships, financing conditions and technology are influencing capital allocation.
The Global Leaders Series will feature two headline discussions. José Manuel Barroso, Chairman of International Advisors at Goldman Sachs and former President of the European Commission, will lead The Great Capital Shift, exploring how the United States, Europe, Asia and the Gulf are competing for long-term investment. Barroso said investors are reassessing where long-term value, resilience and opportunity can be found. Ludovic Subran, Group Chief Investment Officer and Chief Economist at Allianz, will then present Long-Term Capital in a Higher-Rate World.
Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism, will feature in From Resilience to Opportunity in a Realigning World, which examines how diversification and trade partnerships can help countries navigate a more fragmented global economy.
The programme will also cover investment in the built environment and essential infrastructure, including a panel on tokenisation in real estate titled Who Owns the Building? How Tokenisation Rewrites Ownership.
News Source: Emirates News Agency
