Forging the Future: The Intersection of Health, AI & Tech was hosted by the University of Pittsburgh, in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University, bringing together leaders from industry, government, business, and academia working at the intersection of AI policy, technology translation, and health innovation.

In July 2025, we had the distinct privilege to embarking on an insightful study trip to Lisbon, Portugal. This event was a key part of the University and Research Leadership Forum initiative on place-making innovation.

In August 2025, the GFCC hosted a webinar to explore the challenges of natural resource management and highlight strategic opportunities to drive productivity, harness innovation, and fundamentally redefine our connection with the environment to build a truly sustainable future.

The GFCC and its member, Lockheed Martin Corporation, will host two online events focused on the resilience of critical infrastructures, both physical and digital.

The GFCC led a panel on Strategic Partnerships to Advance Economic Competitiveness & Economic Security at the 2025 Delphi Economic Forum.

Global leaders gathered at Aston University to explore university-led innovation and socio-economic change.

GIS 2024, hosted by Queen's University Belfast, united leaders to explore economic growth, social inclusion, and sustainability under the theme "Accelerating Global Sustainability and Economic Inclusion."

The GFCC led a panel on Competing in the Next Economy — a comparative look at innovation and competitiveness initiatives across Europe at the 2024 Delphi Economic Forum.

The GFCC and its sister organization, the Council on Competitiveness, will lead an Innovation Arena during COP 28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 6.

The GFCC’s flagship event for 2023 was the Global Innovation Summit, “Shape Tomorrow: Innovate the Sustainable Future,” in the United Kingdom.

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C-suite leaders from Brazil, the United States, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland, and Sierra Leone gathered in São Paulo in September 2023, brought together by the GFCC and CNI to explore innovative models for cross-sector alliances between industry, universities, and governments.

The GFCC led the Future of Work pillar, exploring how to transition skills, workforce, and society amid accelerated technological change, and how to harness technology to solve global challenges at the 2023 Delphi Economic Forum.

The GFCC’s flagship event for 2022 was the Global Innovation Summit, “Building Competitiveness: From Local to Global,” in Greece.

C-suite leaders from over ten countries gathered in Brazil in March 2022, brought together by the GFCC and CNI to explore trends driving industry, government, and university collaboration.
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Global speakers share key lessons from the GFCC Frame the Future Series and their implications for national competitiveness at the 2022 Delphi Economic Forum.

GFCC’s biggest online event series, Frame the Future, lasted throughout 2021 and acted as a pathway to the 2021 GIS.

In 2021, the University 4.0 online series focused on research and higher academia within the Frame the Future framework.

The GFCC’s flagship event for 2021 was the online Global Innovation Summit, “Future Competitiveness."

The GFCC partnered with the DEF to explore competitiveness, technological innovation, and the drivers of growth and prosperity during the Watch the 2021 Delphi Economic Forum, Commemorating the Bicentennial of the Greek Revolution.

The GFCC’s flagship event for 2020 was the online Global Innovation Summit, “Crossing the Chasm: Health, Innovation and the Future Economy.

During 2020, the GFCC hosted online conversations to understand the massive changes due to Covid-19 through the Now. Bridge. Reboot. series.