Thematic Sessions 1

Governments and investors discuss how strategic dialogue can stay transparent and effective.What does good engagement look like?How is trust preserved?

Marine resources, sustainable fisheries, ocean energy, port infrastructure, and maritime logistics represent a growing but underdeveloped investment frontier.What makes ocean [...]

Investment in start-ups, tech hubs, and R&D is becoming a core competitiveness issue.What makes ecosystems credible?How are scale-ups supported?

Pharmaceutical manufacturing, biotech, and vaccine production are emerging as strategic investment priorities for health security and industrial upgrading.Where are production [...]

Port capacity, warehousing, cold chain, and freight connectivity are increasingly decisive in FDI decisions.What logistics gaps cost countries investment?Which upgrades [...]

This session addresses how to balance investment attraction with environmental and social protection.What proves responsible investment?How is impact measured?

Visa regimes, work permit systems, and talent mobility policies are often the binding constraint on technology, R&D, and professional services [...]

Urban infrastructure, governance, and service quality are shaping subnational investment competition.Which city factors matter most?How can local agencies compete?

Firms are diversifying footprints, but not always in the ways policymakers assume.What is driving relocation?What is just hedging?

Export-oriented FDI remains one of the fastest ways to diversify and upgrade economies.Which sectors travel well?How do IPAs and TPOs [...]

Data centres, fibre, and cloud services are becoming central to investment competitiveness.What assets matter most?What deters deployment?

This session looks at how to attract capital into sectors with high development returns.What makes projects bankable?How is impact shown?

Clean energy investment depends on credible projects, strong policy, and bankable structures.What makes projects investable?What slows financial close?

Manufacturing FDI is being reshaped by automation, resilience, and localisation pressures.What do firms want now?How can countries compete?

Investment screening and strategic-sector rules are now part of the policy landscape in many economies, raising the question of how [...]