Global Chairman’s Remarks 2024
World Business Angel Investors Week 2024 will be a great platform from which to campaign for solutions to such critical issues and other worldwide concerns at the United Nations, the European Union and in G20 countries.
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, the need for diverse and inclusive entrepreneurship has gained significant recognition. The key to fostering an environment where entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds can flourish lies in the development of robust business ecosystems. The World Business Angel Investors Week 2024 aims to explore the significance of diversity and inclusion in entrepreneurship. It will also delve into strategies for entrepreneurs to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders, working towards the creation of more supportive and equitable business environments.
The World Business Angel Investors Week, globally coordinated by the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), serves as a platform for stakeholders to pause and reflect on their rapid journey. It seeks to analyze the reasons and methods for leveraging smart finance as an essential financial tool for economic growth. Additionally, the Week emphasizes how entrepreneurial ecosystems can generate more jobs, wealth, and social justice through collaboration with key players in early-stage equity markets. This week-long initiative provides an open forum for connecting, learning, sharing, showcasing inventions and innovations, and exchanging knowledge to advance entrepreneurship, innovation, and angel investment ecosystems.
The WBAF asserts that building stronger business ecosystems with a focus on diversity and inclusion is a shared responsibility. Entrepreneurs, investors, governments, and corporations all play pivotal roles in creating an environment where everyone has an opportunity to succeed. Through fostering collaboration and implementing inclusive strategies, we can cultivate a thriving entrepreneurial landscape that mirrors the diverse tapestry of our global community.
With this in mind, the stakeholders of the World Business Angel Investors Week have agreed on the theme for this year’s Week, which will take place 17–23 June 2024: Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship: Building Stronger Business Ecosystems
Enhancing Business Ecosystems for Greater Resilience
Throughout this special week, all stakeholders and participants will take a moment to reflect on their rapid progress, assessing the necessity of business transformation and its role in fostering entrepreneurship and innovation crucial for thriving in the 21st-century economy. Additionally, there will be discussions on how entrepreneurial ecosystems can drive job creation, wealth generation, and social equity, particularly in collaboration with key players in early-stage equity markets amidst the post-pandemic economic landscape.
Bringing entrepreneurs, angel investors, academicians, thought leaders and policy makers around the same table
World Business Angel Investors Week 2024 will feature roundtables that will provide a platform for entrepreneurs, angel investors, academicians, thought leaders and policy makers to explore the processes startups will go through in post-pandemic times. The Week will also include discussions on the ongoing challenges entrepreneurial ventures face in integrating the basic knowledge of strategic planning and will consider creative ways to overcome the challenges.
I would like to thank in advance all the stakeholders and partners who will be contributing to World Business Angels Investors Week 2024. They will be highlighting the importance of stronger business ecosystems to foster diversity and inclusion in entrepreneurship, the theme of this year’s event.
I would also like to thank the organizing committee and the colleagues who will be taking roles as country chairs and co-chairs, global partners, keynote speakers and panel discussants. Their combined efforts will create value for the world’s startup economies, not only during this week but in the future as well. They will focus on harnessing the collective knowledge of the world’s most influential women leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and artists with a view to addressing critical issues of early-stage equity markets in the ‘new normal’.
World Business Angel Investors Week 2024 will also be a great platform from which to campaign for solutions to such critical issues and other worldwide concerns at the United Nations, the European Union and in G20 countries.
The ultimate goal of all of the Week’s keynotes, discussions, presentations, and workshops is to agree on a common roadmap for entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs that will enable them to emerge from this pandemic period even stronger than they were before.
We encourage all faculty members of higher education, angel investors, entrepreneurs and policy makers to explore the merits of the World Business Angel Investors Week 2024 and take full advantage of its many benefits.
I am pleased to announce the advancement of the Week at the World Congress of Angel Investors WBAF 2024, the premier gathering of equity and capital markets worldwide. Scheduled for November 19th and 20th, this event will take place at the esteemed Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay. We extend a warm invitation to all global stakeholders to join us in Bahrain for the World Congress of Angel Investors. It is important to note that WBAF 2024 Bahrain will be held under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa. We express our sincere gratitude to His Royal Highness for his unwavering commitment to fostering global economic empowerment through entrepreneurship, innovation, and angel investment.
I am confident that each participant in World Business Angel Investors Week until next Sunday will benefit from the collaboratives ideas, know-how exchange, training programs and workshops, and global networking opportunities that are offered. I believe that, by working together across borders, with a common vision, and smart dynamics in mind, we are well placed to bring about positive change in the global economy.
Yours sincerely,
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Baybars Altuntas
Global Chair, World Business Angel Investors Week
Executive Chairman, World Business Angels Investment Forum
An affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI)