Our Mission and Vision
What the Global Transformation Forum stands for, and where it is heading.
Our Mission
The Global Transformation Forum exists to set a coordinated global digital agenda — in a coherent, inclusive, and solutions-oriented way.
GTF is built to address the digital economy's most pressing challenges, not just discuss them — bringing every stakeholder into the room as an equal agenda-shaper, and carrying commitments forward year-round through its working groups. Underlying this is a simple belief: trusted technology, applied with intention, can create a world of equal opportunity.
Our Vision
GTF envisions a digital future shaped through cooperation rather than fragmentation — where innovation and governance move together rather than apart, where emerging and advanced economies shape the agenda on equal footing, and where the benefits of digital transformation reach the communities historically left out of the conversation. This is not a single event, but the foundation of a lasting institution: convening annually, working year-round, and turning shared commitments into solutions that endure.
Why This Mission, Why Now
The new digital economy is accelerating faster than the frameworks built to govern it.
No single platform brings policymakers, industry, and civil society together to translate conversations into real, transformative solutions.
GTF exists to be that platform.
Six Goals, One Agenda
Set a Coordinated Global Digital Agenda
Identify and align high-priority issues through cross-border strategies and governance frameworks that produce tangible solutions.
Accelerate Public-Private Investment
Facilitate catalytic capital flows to build more sustainable digital infrastructure and innovation ecosystems.
Advance Equitable Access and Inclusion
Ground the needs of emerging markets and historically excluded communities at the center of every proposed solution.
Foster Responsible Innovation
Promote ethical frameworks and inclusive design anchored in transparency, trust, and high standards of security.
Strengthen Multilateral Cooperation
Deepen trust among nations and regions through regulatory harmonization, data sharing, and secure platforms.
Turn Commitments into Action
Carry forward the action directions made at each Forum through year-round working groups that develop scalable pilots and produce concrete solutions between editions.
From Mission to Action
Governance|Trusted Tech|International Cooperation
GTF's mission and vision come to life through three thematic pillars — Governance, Trusted Tech, and International Cooperation — each addressing a distinct dimension of the digital economy challenge.
Explore the three pillars →How GTF Works
GTF is built to deliver tangible solutions, not just dialogue. At each edition, policymakers, technology and business leaders, investors, and civil society come together in the same rooms as equal agenda-shapers — hearing from influential voices in plenary sessions, expert panels, and fireside chats, and taking part in closed-door roundtables that explore the Forum's thematic pillars in substantive, impact-driven discussions. Every format is chosen to produce a concrete result: an agreement, an initiative, a policy commitment, or a working group mandate. Each mandate becomes a year-round working group — driven by the GTF team alongside the Advisory Board — that develops scalable pilots and partnerships between editions and reports back at the next Forum.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Global Transformation Forum?
The Global Transformation Forum is a new impact-driven international platform launching in Tokyo, Japan on December 1–2, 2026, that convenes policymakers, technology and business leaders, investors, and civil society to produce transformative solutions for the new global digital economy.
Why is GTF held in Japan?
Japan is uniquely positioned to host the GTF, leveraging its diplomatic credibility and strong regional relationships to ensure inclusive participation from both developed and emerging markets. Its legacy of leadership in technology and innovation, combined with trusted relationships across Asia, Europe, and the Americas make Japan an ideal place to enable progress on digital economy challenges.
Who attends GTF?
GTF brings together governments, private sector leaders, investors, academia and civil society as equal agenda-shapers around three core programmatic pillars: Governance, Trusted Tech, and International Cooperation.
How do I get involved with GTF 2026?
GTF 2026 is an invitation-only event. You can express interest in attending, speaking, or partnering with GTF in the future through the Contact section of this website. The GTF team will follow up directly.
What are the GTF working groups?
The GTF Working Groups transform two days of strategic dialogue at the Forum into a full year of coordinated action. Established from the outcomes of the closed-door roundtables at GTF 2026, each Working Group is built around a concrete action mandate agreed by senior leaders, translating discussions into sustained strategic partnerships, jointly developed frameworks, and measurable progress. The Working Groups maintain momentum between Forum editions by advancing these mandates and reporting on results and next steps at the following Forum.
What happens after GTF 2026?
GTF 2026 is the foundation of what will become an impact-driven international platform for the new global digital economy. Solutions produced under GTF 2026, including policy recommendations, partnership announcements, and working group mandates, feed directly into the GTF 2027 program. Year-round working groups maintain engagement between editions.
For media enquiries and general questions, contact GTF directly.
info@gtf.jp