GMEX Group

International Commodity Summit 2025
2025-11-17 - 2025-11-20 | Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
The International Commodity Summit 2025 is a high-level global conference dedicated to the commodity industry, focusing on trade, supply chains, infrastructure, market trends, and investment opportunities. The summit connects decision-makers across the mining, fossil energy, agricultural, construction, and logistics sectors.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander Misra has been invited to speak on the Capital markets in Commodities panel, which will answer the following questions:

Which commodities are becoming critical to humanity’s survival, and can they run out?
Is asteroid mining and space travel a reality that will affect the commodity sectors in the near future at all?
Which commodities will be highest in demand in the next 5 years? As an investor, exploration company, and manufacturer, how can we invest sustainably in those commodities?
At which point will humanoid robots replace humans in critical hand-labor jobs, and how can we prevent mass-unemployment as a result?
What role will banking play in the changing world trade systems?
How will supply chains change in the next 5 years?

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Advancing Gender-responsive Climate Action: Nigeria’s Framework for a National Data Hub on Gender and Climate Information
2025-11-17 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Nigeria Pavilion, COP30, Brazil
This event is part of the Commonwealth Collaborative Network on Gender-Responsive Climate Action (CCN-GRCA) and will showcase Nigeria’s leadership in developing a centralised, policy-linked platform for gender-disaggregated climate data. The panel session, “From Vision to Action: Harnessing Data for Gender-Responsive Climate Action”, will explore how inclusive data systems can drive equitable climate policy, finance access, and reporting.
Our Managing Director, Lincoln Teo, has been invited to share his insights that will contribute to shaping practical approaches for integrating gender-disaggregated data into national climate responses.

MEDays Forum
2025-11-26 - 2025-11-29 | Palais des Arts et de la Culture, Avenue Mohammed VI, Corniche Malabata, Tangier, Morocco
In a context marked by an intensification of geopolitical rivalries, the resurgence of protectionist tendencies and the weakening of traditional multilateral cooperation mechanisms, the theme of this 17th edition of the MEDays Forum – ‘Fractures and Polarization: Reinventing the Global Equation’ – reflects the urgent need for in-depth and forward-looking reflection on the modalities of renewed global governance. In this polarized world, MEDays 2025 is emerging as a forum for dialogue and influence, where new lines of force will be debated. The challenge is no longer simply to navigate through crises, but to reinvent a more balanced and inclusive global equation.
To this end, the MEDays Forum will once again this year bring together more than 300 high-level speakers, including Heads of State and Government, political decision-makers, Nobel Prize winners, heads of major companies and leading international figures, around more than 7,000 participants from over a hundred countries.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander has been invited to participate in two panels at the event:

MEDays Investments Summit – Panel 5: Fintech & Digital Transformation: Building Africa’s Future Economy Through Technology
The MEDays Session 8: The Crisis of Multilateralism: Has Climate Diplomacy Finally Died?

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4th Regular Meeting of the Green & Sustainable Finance Network in Arab Countries
2025-12-15 - 2025-12-16 | Le Royal Méridien, Abu Dhabi
Organised by the Arab Monetary Fund and the Council of Arab Central Banks and Monetary Authorities Governors, the main objective of this meeting is to explore various aspects of green and sustainable finance, covering key topics such as related regulations, financial instruments, carbon credits, and both regional and international coordination. Anticipated attendees include experts from regulatory authorities across Arab countries—representatives from central banks, ministries of finance, and capital market authorities—totalling around 40 to 50 participants.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander Misra has been invited to join the event and deliver a presentation during the session titled “Scaling & Activating Carbon Markets in the Arab Region”, followed by an interactive question-and-answer session.

Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week
2026-01-11 - 2026-01-15 | ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi, Al Khaleej Al Arabi St - Al Rawdah, Abu Dhabi, W59 01, United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week sets the tone for global ambition, collaboration, and impact, reinforcing the UAE’s role as a bridge between nations and a source of inspiration for the world.
From January 11–15 2026, Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week will mobilize leaders from government, business, and society to chart the next era of sustainable development. With the theme “The Nexus of Next: All Systems Go”, ADSW will connect ambition with action across innovation, finance, and people, showcasing how the world can move forward with confidence.

Gulfood World Economy Summit
2026-01-26 - 2026-01-29 | Dubai Exhibition Centre
Launching at Gulfood 2026, the inaugural Gulfood World Economy Summit will be the global command centre for food security, trade diplomacy, and economic resilience. Over four decisive days, it will convene ministers, policymakers, CEOs, global institutions, and industry visionaries to confront the forces reshaping how nations source, secure, and stabilise their food futures. With food systems now central to the UNFSS+4 and COP30 agendas, the Summit will tackle the urgent need for transparent, climate-smart, cyber-resilient value chains that can withstand volatility and deliver long-term security.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander Misra has been invited to speak on a panel: “Climate Sustainability and the Green Food Economy: Building Resilient Food Ecosystems and Networks”. The race to decarbonize food systems is on. Circular food systems, green supply chains, decarbonization strategies, and climate-smart agriculture leads to sustainable food practices. This panel explores how climate-smart practices and regenerative agriculture can transform global food production while respecting planetary boundaries.
Key topics:
▸ Strategies for scaling low-carbon supply chains, aligning with COP30 goals, and creating resilient systems that balance profitability with sustainability
▸ Scaling regenerative food systems for a low-carbon future
▸ Agricultural Biotech: the next frontier in sustainable farming
▸ Understanding how organizations embed sustainability into operations and production while balancing cost efficiency and outcome: Accelerating Sustainable food practices to shape the future of our food industry
▸ Sustainable supply chains: Developing innovative and collaborative solutions to ensure food supply continuity and minimize climate impact
▸ Policy‑to‑practice: Decarbonising supply chains and accelerating the green transition
▸ Initiatives that promote a circular economy in reducing food waste and loss and improve sustainability through partnerships and technologies
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Webinar: Carbon and Green RWAs on the Chain: What Blockchain Innovation Means for Africa’s Nature-Based Assets and Net Zero
2026-01-28 12:00 - 14:00
ZERO13 is proudly sponsoring a webinar hosted by Vuka Group, Africa’s Green Economy Summit and Carbon Markets Africa Summit.
Africa’s nature-based assets are at the heart of the global climate solution, from carbon credits and conservation projects to water, food, and energy security. But how do we unlock real finance, integrity, and impact at scale?
The answer is on the chain.
Join us for a free, dynamic webinar where we’ll explore how digital finance and blockchain are reshaping climate finance, unlocking new investment pathways into Africa’s carbon and green real-world assets (RWAs), and driving transparency for developers, investors, companies, and governments alike.
Moderator: Hirander Misra, Co-Founder and Chairman, GMEX Group & ZERO13
Panellists:
▸ Julian Gonzalo Jimenez, Senior Climate Change Specialist – Carbon
Finance Solutions Unit, World Bank
▸ Suresh Yadav, Senior Director of the Trade, Ocean and Natural Resources,
Commonwealth Secretariat
▸ Ieva Steponaviciute, Director, Strategy & Outreach, Climate Action Data Trust
(CAD Trust)
▸ James Mwangi, Founder and CEO, Africa Climate Ventures (ACV)

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Commonwealth Trade & Investment Summit 2026
2026-04-20 - 2026-04-21 | The Mansion House, London, EC4N 8BH, United Kingdom
The fifth edition of the Commonwealth Trade and Investment Summit will be held on 20th and 21st April, 2026, at the City of London’s historic Mansion House. CWEIC will convene Heads of Government, Ministers, and senior business leaders from across the Commonwealth for two days of discussion and networking at the highest level.
The 56 countries of the Commonwealth offer a unique platform for collaboration – connected by common institutions, shared legal traditions, and a rapidly expanding consumer base. With a population of 2.7 billion and some of the world’s most dynamic emerging markets, the Commonwealth’s scale and diversity create significant opportunities for innovation, investment, and economic partnership.
Under the theme “Commonwealth Solutions to Global Challenges,” CTIS 2026 will convene leaders from government, business, finance, and technology for two days of strategic discussions. The programme will examine issues such as the future of AI, sustainable energy transitions, infrastructure investment, health technologies, creative industries, and the evolving global financial landscape. The Summit will also host closed-door roundtables designed to encourage robust dialogue and practical problem-solving.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander Misra will have the honour of delivering a keynote speech, as well as have a fireside chat with Samantha Cohen CVO OBE, CEO of Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council.
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Global Growth Conference 2026
2026-05-20 - 2026-05-21 | Rabat, Morocco
The Global Growth Conference (GGC) 2026, organised by the Amadeus Institute, will be held in Rabat, Morocco under the theme: “Structuring Growth: Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity”.
In a global environment marked by geopolitical fragmentation, trade tensions and the reconfiguration of value chains, the issue of growth has become particularly critical for Africa and the Global South. Beyond access to financing, the challenge today lies in structuring sustainable, productive and resilient growth trajectories.
The Global Growth Conference 2026 builds directly on the outcomes of GGC 2025, which led to the adoption of the Rabat Roadmap on Financing Growth and Energy Transition. This roadmap now serves as a reference framework to support practical discussions and the structuring of concrete growth pathways, particularly for Africa.
Inspired by the Vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the GGC 2026 will focus on key priorities, including:

Financing and structuring growth in Africa;
Value chains, productive investment and industrial development;
Energy, resources and transition as drivers of resilience;
Morocco’s role as a trusted hub for stability, investment and partnerships connecting Africa with global markets.

The GGC 2026 will bring together over 100 high-level speakers and more than 1,000 participants from over 50 countries, including senior policymakers, international financial institutions, investors and private-sector leaders.
Hirander Misra, our Chairman & CEO, has been invited to participate in “The Discussion 5: AI, Data Centers & Cloud Infrastructure: The Backbone of Digital Sovereignty”, Thursday 21st May at 2:00 PM.
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