America Business Forum Returns to Miami for a High‑Profile Week: December 16–17, 2026

Last year’s edition of the America Business Forum transformed a sports arena into a rarefied crossroads of power: presidents, titans of industry, and sporting legends shared a single stage and a global audience. The Forum now returns to Miami on December 16–17, 2026, again occupying the Kaseya Center during a week that will pin the world’s attention on South Florida.

A stadium-format summit with unprecedented reach

The Forum’s 2025 program brought together voices that typically operate in separate spheres—national leaders alongside captains of commerce and icons of sport—and presented them not behind closed doors but before a live audience and a worldwide broadcast. Speakers ranged from heads of state to figures from technology, finance and sport, including U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Argentina’s President Javier Milei, Jeff Bezos, JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon, Citadel’s Ken Griffin, Lionel Messi, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal. The program was moderated by Fox News anchor Bret Baier.

Scale and metrics that matter

The Forum’s reach is quantifiable: the 2025 event generated 27.4 billion impressions, reached viewers in 119 countries and produced $210 million in earned media value. For 2026, organizers are again targeting an arena-sized audience, with plans to accommodate 40,000 attendees while preserving the format that distinguishes the forum—a live, broadcast arena experience where leaders speak to the world, not only to one another.

Timing and place: Miami at the centre of a historic week

Miami’s calendar for December 2026 is consequential. The city will host the G20 Summit on December 14–15, gathering heads of state and finance ministers from the world’s largest economies. The FIFA World Cup will also ensure sustained global focus on South Florida throughout the year. Situated within that constellation of events, America Business Forum positions itself as a complementary platform where political, economic and cultural currents converge.

Leadership stage, continued ambition

Ignacio Gonzalez Castro, Founder and CEO of America Business Forum, framed the Forum’s trajectory as a deliberate build toward a global leadership platform. “Miami 2025 marked the first chapter of a much larger mission: to build a global platform where the leaders shaping our time come together before the world,” he said. “In 2026, we are writing the next chapter from Miami – one designed to elevate the platform, consolidate America Business Forum in the United States as the world’s leading leadership stage, and prepare the next step in our global journey.”

Practical details

America Business Forum 2026 will take place December 16–17 at Kaseya Center in Miami. Tickets and registration are available through americabusiness.com. Media and credential requests are being handled through the Forum’s press contacts.

Why this matters to Miami and the global stage

Consolidating a stadium-format leadership forum in Miami during a week that also hosts the G20 amplifies the city’s emergence as a hub for global events. For the luxury, yachting and hospitality industries that service high-net-worth attendees and delegations, the overlap creates concentrated demand for premium experiences and private travel. Equally, the Forum’s broadcast-first approach demonstrates how live arena productions can reshape traditional summits—turning policy debates and business conversations into mass-audience moments with measurable media value.

Key highlights

• Dates: December 16–17, 2026
• Venue: Kaseya Center, Miami
• 2025 reach: 27.4 billion impressions; audiences in 119 countries; $210 million earned media value
• 2026 target: 40,000 attendees while maintaining a live, globally broadcast arena format
• Strategic timing: scheduled during the same week as the G20 Summit in Miami

As America Business Forum returns, its blend of spectacle and substance underscores a shifting model for global convenings—one that treats leadership platforms as mass media events as much as private convocations. The 2026 edition will be a test of that model’s durability and of Miami’s capacity to host an unprecedented concentration of political, economic and cultural attention.

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