FORMAL EVENT REPORT

Global Future Forum Malaysia 2025

Forum Date

15–18 October 2025

Host Country

Malaysia

Participants

Delegates from 30+ Countries

1. Executive Summary

Global Future Forum Malaysia 2025 brought together delegates from 30+ countries for four high-energy days of dialogue, collaboration, and future-focused problem-solving. Hosted in Kuala Lumpur, the forum explored how young leaders, innovators, and policy voices can shape a more secure, inclusive, and ethically governed global future. Across three core tracks and multiple working sessions, the Forum concluded with the adoption of three Future Impact Resolutions, setting collective commitments for economic resilience, digital financial inclusion, and ethical AI governance.

2. Forum Overview & Atmosphere

The 2025 edition of the Global Future Forum created a vibrant and diverse platform where entrepreneurs, policymakers, thinkers, and youth leaders exchanged ideas on the systems shaping tomorrow. With dynamic plenaries, cultural exchanges, strategy labs, and informal networking, the event maintained an energetic and collaborative atmosphere throughout. The forum was marked by youth-driven leadership, strong cross-cultural collaboration, and engaging immersive labs, creating a meaningful and memorable experience.

3. Key Discussion Tracks

Indivisible Economic Security

Explored power structures in the future economy, focusing on how corporations and geopolitical alignments can support a stable, equitable economic order.

Future of Fintech & Digital Assets

Examined how crypto, digital assets, and decentralised finance can expand economic opportunities while protecting sovereignty and trust.

Diplomacy in the Age of AI

Discussed the evolution of diplomacy in an AI-led world, emphasizing empathy, cultural identity, human oversight, and ethical governance.

4. Future Impact Resolutions Adopted

Resolution 1: Collective Economic Resilience

Submitted by: Committee on Economic Security
Adoption of a Global Economic Resilience Pact, calling for joint crisis-response mechanisms, transparent accountability systems, and equitable access to global markets strengthening stability across developed and developing nations.

Resolution 2: Digital Financial Access and Sovereignty

Submitted by: Committee on Financial Inclusion
Establishment of a Global Framework for Digital Financial Inclusion (GFDI) to promote fair regulation, interoperable payment systems, and capacity-building for digital financial participation worldwide.

Resolution 3: Global Governance for Ethical and Accountable AI

Submitted by: Committee on Economic Security
Adoption of a Global Accord on Ethical and Accountable AI, setting shared standards for transparency, data responsibility, and human oversight to ensure that AI advances equity, cultural integrity, and public trust.

4. Atmosphere & Engagement

The Forum was marked by dynamic conversations, youth-driven leadership, and strong cross-cultural collaboration. Delegates engaged in immersive labs, networking sessions, cultural evenings, and informal diplomacy circles creating an energetic, meaningful, and memorable experience throughout the four days.

GFF Malaysia '25 in Photos

Closing note

Global Future Forum Malaysia 2025 concluded with a renewed commitment to collective action. The adopted resolutions will guide ongoing global youth engagement as the Forum advances toward its next chapter, strengthening shared economic stability, digital empowerment, and ethical technological governance worldwide.

  • Resolution Implementation: Committees to begin drafting operational roadmaps for each of the three adopted resolutions.
  • Youth Engagement: Launch the Global Future Resolution Advocacy Network to promote resolution adoption at national levels.
  • Next Forum Planning: Initiate the search for the host city and theme for the Global Future Forum 2026.