Who you'll meet
Heads of state, founders, investors, scientists, artists, musicians, among many reputable guests invited.
What happens when the world's happiest country gathers the world's greatest minds?
In search of a more abundant future.
Over three days, Bhutan Innovation Festival gathers speakers, economists, founders, scientists, artists, and the Bhutanese to exchange ideas and work out how to build a mindful future. Its first edition, in 2024, drew more than a hundred of the world's leading thinkers. This year, BIF-27 goes further, with open grounds built for networking and sharing Bhutanese culture.
Three days with local wisdom and global speakers.
For three days in the Himalayas, the world's most influential gather to share as much as they learn.
Firsthand cultural immersion.
The festival brings Bhutanese and international guests together through culture, wellness and national heritage sports, creating space for traditions to be shared.
Converse about the future.
Across new economies and artificial intelligence to the networks building tomorrow, BIF-27 gathers the people making them.
Turn interest into conviction.
See the laws, institutions, infrastructure and sectors being built around GMC, creating the ground for innovation, resilience and sustainable growth in Bhutan's next era.
You will build a future. Who is it for?
BIF-27 at a glance
Where you'll stand
Dungkar Dzong, near Paro in Western Bhutan, which is an hour's drive from the capital of Thimphu.
What you'll take on
Three days and three themes around the question of our time: where is progress taking us?
What you'll rethink
How you measure progress, and what abundance, and what being human, can mean.
What you'll carry home
New thinking, new relationships, and a clearer sense of what you can do with both.
Join us in Bhutan
Come to Bhutan for BIF-27. Meet the people, see the place, and help shape the partnerships behind a more abundant future.
Visit Bhutan
Discover the country where progress and happiness have always been the same idea.
Explore Bhutan