As progress toward gender equality stalls and funding for women and girls experiences a sharp decline, Foreign Policy’s Her Power @ UNGA81 will examine how leaders can sustain momentum, close critical financing gaps, strengthen women’s health and rights, and ensure women’s full participation in shaping the future of global development, security, and innovation.

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With geopolitical volatility, rising energy demand, climate change, and price pressures shaping the global energy landscape, Foreign Policy’s Energy Forum @ UNGA81 will examine how leaders can build more secure, sustainable, and competitive energy systems.

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Technological advances are shaping the future of economic competitiveness, national security, democratic resilience, and international cooperation. As strategic competition intensifies amid regulatory fragmentation and rapid AI advancements, Foreign Policy’s Tech & AI Forum @ UNGA81 will explore the governance, infrastructure, workforce, and security challenges defining the next era of global technology cooperation.

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As governments assess progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and recalibrate their commitments, Foreign Policy’s Health Forum @ UNGA81 will explore how to mobilize sustainable financing, strengthen domestic health systems, accelerate innovation, and integrate health and pandemic preparedness more fully into broader economic and security strategies.

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As global momentum for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) continues to grow, the Pandemic Fund, together with the Governments of Armenia and Rwanda, will convene world leaders on the margins of the 2026 United Nations General Assembly to showcase how countries are translating commitments into action. Ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting on PPR, the event will highlight country-led investments, the Pandemic Fund’s catalytic role, and the political and financial leadership needed to strengthen global health security.

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As geopolitical and technological disruption reshapes the creative economy, creators face both unprecedented opportunity and growing risk. This research-driven, multimedia FP Simulation will explore how AI, digital platforms, intellectual property, labor protections, and freedom of expression are transforming creative industries—and challenge participants to design the policies, investments, and partnerships needed to build competitive, inclusive creative ecosystems.

Amid rising debt, shrinking aid budgets, geopolitical competition, and growing food and energy insecurity, Foreign Policy’s Global Development Forum @ UNGA81 will examine how leaders are reimagining development models to prioritize measurable outcomes, local leadership, transparency, and long-term impact. 

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As renewed state aggression, persistent non-state threats, and rapidly evolving technologies test U.S. national security, government mechanisms are not always structured for rapid, highly targeted response. This private Foreign Policy roundtable, held in partnership with Spirit of America, will draw on lessons from Ukraine to examine where flexible private resources can complement government capacity, how their impact should be assessed, and how experience from active conflict can strengthen deterrence, preparedness, and resilience against future threats.