The 12th World Free Zones Organization World Congress convenes at a defining moment for global trade, investment, and industrial policy. As economic systems adapt to new geopolitical realities, digital transformation, and sustainability demands, World Congress 2026 will serve as a forward-looking forum to examine how free zones can remain relevant, resilient, and value-creating in a rapidly changing global operating model.
Positioned as the Gateway to the Americas, Panama stands at the crossroads of global commerce, logistics, and finance. Its unique role as a connector of regions and value chains makes it an ideal setting to explore how free zones can respond to shifting geopolitics, digital trade, sustainability imperatives, and the reconfiguration of global supply networks. The Congress will draw inspiration from Panama’s strategic position to examine how zones can strengthen resilience, enhance connectivity, and unlock new models of growth.
Over three days of focused exchange, strategic dialogue, and practical engagement, the Congress will move beyond vision to action. Through ministerial forums, executive leadership discussions, and solution-driven workshops, World Congress 2026 will advance concrete pathways for free zones to deliver competitiveness, sustainable investment, and shared economic value across regions.
Panama City will not only host the conversation—it will anchor the next phase of collective action, as the global free zone community aligns on priorities and partnerships to navigate complexity and shape durable growth in the years ahead.
We invite you to join us in Panama City to engage in meaningful dialogue, forge new partnerships, and help define the role of free zones in the next era of global growth.
Help foster collaboration between public and private sectors
An opportunity to showcase successful strategies and best practices
A catalyst for economic growth, trade, and investment in various regions
Discussions on regulatory frameworks, policies, and trends that impact the operations of free zones
A platform for educational sessions, workshops, and keynote speeches from industry leaders
The World FZO World Congress 2026 is not designed as a traditional conference. It is a working platform where the next generation of Free Zone models, industrial strategies, and cross-border collaborations are actively shaped.
Sponsorship is therefore an invitation to co-create outcomes, not simply support an event.
As global industries face fragmentation, technological disruption, and sustainability pressures, the Congress serves as a neutral global space where governments, zones, and the private sector collectively test ideas, align priorities, and translate dialogue into action. Sponsors contribute to this process, helping move the conversation from policy to implementation.
By sponsoring the Congress, organizations take part in:
To support this collaborative approach, the Congress offers a range of sponsorship categories and exhibitor opportunities, allowing organizations to engage at different strategic levels.
World Congress 2026 is about building shared answers to shared challenges, how industries will locate, operate, decarbonize, digitise, and scale in the years ahead. Sponsors are not positioned on the sidelines but embedded in the process of defining these answers.
For more details or any inquiries related to sponsorship, please contact Talha Khan at Talha.khan@worldfzo.org.
11th World FZO World Congress 2025
IFZA is the most dynamic and truly international Free Zone Community in the UAE, optimizing the country’s strategic location and world-class infrastructure. IFZA differentiates itself through its multi-national approach, providing personalised business establishment solutions through its Professional Partners and a strategic network of Government and Non-Government stakeholders.
Business Licences
Business owners can rely on a multi-national, multi-lingual team who can advise on thousands of business activities within three distinct types: Professional, Commercial and Industrial. Foreign incorporated companies may also register a branch at IFZA.<
Value-Added Services
Based in the IFZA Business Park in Dubai, IFZA continues to support business needs beyond company formation within its unique ecosystem that includes world class corporate training, corporate banking assistance, health insurance coverage, modern commercial real estate, office design and fitout, corporate transport, event management services, and more.
Join 600 product managers, designers, founders, engineers – and everything in between – to learn, eat, chat and have a great time. Join 600 product managers, designers, founders, engineers – and everything in between – to learn, eat, chat and have a great time.
