The 14th edition of AIM Congress will be held from 7th to 9th April, 2025, under the theme ‘Mapping the Future of Global Investment: The New Wave of a Globalised Investment Landscape – Towards a New Balanced World Structure,’ at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
It will feature over 25,000 prominent participants from 180 countries.
AIM Congress will spotlight the latest trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade, including associated challenges and opportunities. Key topics will cover regulatory developments, the impact of geopolitical tensions, and emerging market dynamics.
The aim is to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the factors shaping the future of global investment and to develop actionable strategies to harness the potential of FDI and global trade for economic growth and attract further investments.
FDI and Global Trade are major portfolios of AIM Congress 2025, with an integrative relationship between them. International trade facilitates the flow of forei
gn direct investment by enabling countries to expand their markets, increase production and sales, and benefit from enhanced capital flows, technology transfer, job creation, and knowledge dissemination.
The agenda for the FDI and Global Trade portfolios includes a variety of activities such as exhibitions, panel discussions, keynote speeches, workshops, bilateral meetings, and awards. These activities aim to enhance engagement with key industry players, policymakers, potential business partners, and investors, fostering collaborative partnerships and discovering new strategies and techniques to shape the future of global investments.
The FDI portfolio, themed ‘Navigating the Future of FDI: Overcoming Challenges, Seizing New Global Opportunities’, will address key issues and updates, including economic growth, increased sustainable investment, market expansion, and diversification of investment partners.
International trade relies on complex supply chains, from raw material sourcing to manufacturing and di
stributing products to consumers worldwide. Despite economic challenges, global trade has shown remarkable resilience. With expectations of a recovery in goods trade volumes in 2024 and 2025, growth is driven by increasing consumer demand and improved income prospects in advanced economies.
Global Trade portfolio, themed ‘Digitising the International Trade and the Sustainability and Transparency of Global Supply Chains,’ will provide a platform to exchange expertise and innovations on efficiently digitizing international trade and building more sustainable, transparent, and resilient supply chains, with a focus on reducing environmental impacts and improving transparency.
AIM Congress 2025, an initiative of the AIM Global Foundation, is set to offer a wide range of activities, including events, forums, dialogue sessions, workshops, high-level meetings, the AIM Investment Awards and Exhibition, a startups competition, and showcases country-specific investment opportunities, highlighting eight key portfolios:
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Global Trade, Startups and Unicorns, Future Cities, Future Finance, Global Manufacturing, Digital Economy, and Entrepreneurs.
Source: Emirates News Agency