The success of FII to date is testament to the eagerness of the private and public sectors to play an active role in addressing the issues we face as a global community. By leveraging the enormous economic opportunities that will lie ahead in the post-Covid era, we will also catalyze the changes needed to achieve an equitable, prosperous future for all.
H.E. YASIR AL-RUMAYYAN
Chairman of the FII Institute Board of Trustees and Governor of the Public Investment Fund
As the world acknowledges the need for sustainable change, investors and leaders are looking for the right avenues to contribute in a way that creates both value and impact. The Neo-Renaissance of the global economy, which we explored in January during the fourth edition of FII, is now emerging, and the FII fifth anniversary edition is a unique call to action.
RICHARD ATTIAS
CEO of FII Institute
The last two years have been extraordinary, and humanity was put to the test. We collectively realized that our lives are interconnected as globalization transported the Covid-19 disease around the world very quickly. The scale of the pandemic is a direct consequence of international trade, with the virus spreading along established routes. Over the past decades, we neglected the dramatic impacts our commercial activities were causing to the environment. The human pressure on the biosphere explains the strong increase in epidemic outbreaks since the 20th century. Most emerging infectious diseases are indeed “zoonoses,” diseases transmitted by animals to humans due to the over-penetration of humans into preserved natural spaces. When the Covid-19 crisis began we did not have the right means to address it, both in terms of prevention and treatment. Major pandemics crises that would affect the whole planet had been predicted decades before and experts around the globe warned of their potential consequences. However, not enough was done to prepare for such threats. The pandemic provided some perspective on the past, and we realized that while we were focused on maximizing profits, we overlooked the clear need to protect society. Therefore, we must now steer knowledge and technology toward good, especially in terms of environmental protection, to ultimately secure our well-being and that of future generations.
FII Institute is a new global nonprofit foundation with an investment arm and one agenda: Impact on Humanity.
Global, inclusive, and committed to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles, we foster great minds from around the world and turn ideas into realworld solutions in our five critical areas: AI and Robotics, Education, Healthcare and Sustainability. Concretely, we accompany each of the promising ideas from ideation to realization by providing the necessary support to overcome major inhibitors that would have otherwise limited the ideas’ chances of becoming reality. We are in the right place at the right time: when decision makers, investors and an engaged generation of youth come together in aspiration, energized and ready for change.
