The Milken Institute Middle East and Africa Summit 2026 will be held in Abu Dhabi from 7 to 8 December. The venue has not yet been announced. This is the eighth edition of the summit, organised by the Milken Institute, and the dates are taken from the Institute's events calendar, which lists the summit with more information to follow. The dedicated 2026 page is not yet live, and the summit landing page still shows the 2025 edition.
The summit is Milken's annual cross-regional gathering of sovereign investors, government leaders, philanthropists and chief executives, with sessions on capital, health, technology and partnerships. It is timed alongside Abu Dhabi Finance Week. Past strategic partners include Mubadala, BlackRock, Blackstone and JPMorgan Chase.
For executives, the summit concentrates sovereign wealth funds, global asset managers and government decision makers from the Gulf, Africa and beyond into two days in the same city and week as Abu Dhabi Finance Week. Chief executives raising capital or seeking sovereign partners, investors assessing Middle East and Africa allocations, and philanthropists and health leaders looking for co-investment use the summit to open those conversations.
Executives should watch the Milken Institute site for the venue and programme, which had not been published at the time of writing.
