If you’ve been to enough conferences, you know the drill: templated keynotes, polite panels, the same buzzwords echoing from stage to stage. BBF 2026 is not that room.
Born in a city built on contradictions and relentless reinvention, the Beirut Business Forum gathers global pioneers, regional changemakers, and people who don’t just “follow trends” – they provoke them. Here’s what to expect when you walk in:
Keynotes That Don’t Sound Like Keynotes
You’ll hear from leaders who’ve rebuilt industries, crossed disciplines, and lived the kind of stories you usually only quote on LinkedIn. BBF speakers don’t give monologues, they spark momentum.
Panels That Go Off-Book
No soft questions. No rehearsed answers. BBF panels are made to collide perspectives: tech meets culture, leadership meets creativity, finance meets the future. Expect honest disagreements, bold predictions, and ideas that refuse to stay on stage.
Workshops That Push Your Thinking Forward
From AI and digital transformation to next-gen leadership, and culture-building, workshops go beyond theoretical frameworks. They’re built for C-suite minds who want tools and frameworks you can actually use on Monday morning.
Networking That’s Actually Useful
This is Beirut – you don’t need help starting conversations. But BBF engineers the kind that turn into strategy calls, partnerships, and “we should build something together” moments. Serendipity is a feature here, not an accident. Because when like-minded people come together in one room, magic is bound to happen.
Culture as a Catalyst
Performances, creative moments, and unexpected breaks remind you that innovation doesn’t just come from inside a boardroom. It comes from the collision of art, energy, ambition, and a city that’s built entire industries out of the unusual.
Unusual Stories from Real Leaders
These sessions strip away titles and PR polish. You’ll hear the unfiltered chapters: failures, pivots, reinventions, and the decisions that changed everything. The moments behind the success, not just the success.
A Forum Built on Unusual Energy
• The cross-industry mix that shouldn’t work but does.
• The conversations that jump from AI ethics to creative economies.
• The global names discovering the region, and the region showing up boldly.
• The spark that happens when a city like Beirut hosts a forum like this.
This is where leadership redefines itself, where strategy gets sharper, where regional ambition meets global influence, and where the future isn’t predicted, but provoked.
BBF 2026.
April 8–9 2026.
Seaside Arena, Beirut.
It’s Business Unusual.
Tickets and sponsorship packages for BBF 2026 are now available.
