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LOCATION:Xiamen\, China
SUMMARY:Sovereign wealth funds and investment in emerging industries
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Agenda focusSovereign wealth funds and other major public inves
 tors offer sources of long-term capital for emerging industries. Leveragin
 g their size and long-term vision\, these institutions are expanding inves
 tments in sectors such as clean energy\, artificial intelligence\, digital
  infrastructure\, advanced manufacturing and biotech.As the new wave of te
 chnological innovation continues to advance\, emerging industries are not 
 only reshaping the global competitive landscape but also creating new stra
 tegic investment opportunities for long-term capital. At the same time\, r
 ising global economic uncertainty\, environmental impacts\, changes in ind
 ustrial policy and intensifying technological competition are introducing 
 new challenges and risks for cross-border investment.This session will exp
 lore how long-term capital identifies future industrial opportunities\, bu
 ilds cross-regional investment cooperation networks and supports sustainab
 le development.ModeratorCourtney Fingar\, Founder &amp\; Principal\, Finga
 r Direct Investment\, Fingar Direct InvestmentKeynoteWu Yingchun\, Executi
 ve Vice President and Chief Risk Officer\, China Investment CorporationPan
 ellistsGao Zhikai (Victor Gao)\, Vice President\, Center for China and Glo
 balization (CCG)\; Vice Chairman\, China-Europe Joint Investment Co.\, Ltd
 .Duncan Bonfield\, Chief Executive Officer\, International Forum of Sovere
 ign Wealth Funds (IFSWF)Aminu Umar-Sadiq\, Managing Director and Chief Exe
 cutive Officer\, Nigeria Sovereign Investment AuthorityLaurent Zylberberg\
 , Senior Executive Vice-President\, Caisse des Dépôts Group\; Chairman o
 f the Board\, Stoa Infra &amp\; EnergyHazem Ben-Gacem\, Founder and Chief 
 Executive Officer\, Blue Five CapitalIsmail Ersahin\, Executive Director a
 nd Chief Executive Officer\, World Association of Investment Promotion Age
 ncies (WAIPA) Photos&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;span class=&quot\;un-underline-blue 
 un-underline-highlight\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/m
 eeting/sovereign-wealth-funds-and-investment-emerging-industries
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