The Astana Economic Forum will be held May 17-19, 2018 in the updated Global Challenges Summit format. The forum will gather more than 300 speakers and 6,120 participants from 101 countries.

The agenda of the AEF 2018 Global Challenges Summit has become global: during panel discussions, roundtables, keynote speeches and presentations, the world expert community has come together to discuss the challenges facing humanity today - from resource sustainability and the superhighway to global security and the mega polis of the future.

The renewed forum will be a continuation of the strategy of international integration and strengthening of Kazakhstan's leading position in the world.