Bloomberg New Economy Forum will hold a virtual, global convening on November 16-19, 2020.

Over the course of four days and spanning multiple time zones, influential business executives, technology innovators, academics and government leaders will come together in a collaborative effort — between East and West, public and private sectors, developed and developing nations — to help design a more inclusive and sustainable future for all.

The 2020 forum is a unique opportunity to drive a constructive global dialogue around the challenges and solutions that will shape “Our New Economy”: a new economic agenda that puts the world’s most vulnerable people first.

Forces and trends upending the global economy have accelerated in the wake of Covid-19. The pandemic has exposed the connection between inequality and public health, while the fractured state of today’s geopolitics has hindered efforts at a global response.

As governments pour trillions of dollars into stimulus, that spending could either prop up polluting industries or fund green initiatives; fuel asset bubbles or improve livelihoods in the real economy; spur “medical nationalism” or cross-border collaboration; widen urban disparities or increase equitable development.

Leaders from all geographies must come together to engage in meaningful discourse on how best to emerge from this global crisis.

“The coronavirus pandemic is an enormous global challenge that requires cooperation across borders and between the public and private sectors,” says Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Three-Term Mayor of New York City.

“If we act wisely, our response to this crisis can also help us address many of the other major challenges facing our world – from climate change and pollution to racial inequity and injustice. The more we work together, the stronger we’ll emerge from the pandemic and the brighter the future will be – and that’s what the New Economy Forum is all about. It’s an opportunity to bring together leaders to share ideas and build support for policies and partnerships that have the potential to help lift our world back up – and move us all forward.”

Launched in Singapore in 2018, the Bloomberg New Economy Forum is a global convening platform to address the most urgent disruptions facing our planet as a result of the massive economic transitions already underway. In 2019 the forum was held in Beijing. The 2020 virtual convening will feature town hall meetings and thought-provoking plenaries, as well as breakouts and bilateral meetings.

With Dr. Henry A. Kissinger as Honorary Chair and Henry M. Paulson, Jr. as Chair, the Bloomberg New Economy Forum Advisory Board is comprised of more than 50 distinguished government and business leaders, including:  Bill Gates, Co-Chair, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.