When the inaugural U.S. edition of the America Business Forum opens on Wednesday for thousands of conference attendees and potentially millions of viewers via a livestream broadcast globally, all eyes will be on Miami as a superstar speaker lineup takes the stage at downtown Kaseya Center.
Tennis superstar and entrepreneur/investor Serena Williams and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Winner María Corina Machado are two of latest speakers to be announced, along with HRH Ambassador Reema Bandar Al-Saud; Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff; business and life coach Tony Robbins, and Patrick Bet-David, host of the PBD Podcast.
[UPDATE: On Tuesday afternoon, the America Business Forum announced that the closing speaker would be Jeff Bezos, of course the founder of Blue Origin and Amazon. He is scheduled to take the stage at 5:10 pm on Thursday.]
They will join an agenda packed with celebrity business, tech, sports and government leaders that include President Donald Trump, soccer world champ Lionel Messi (who makes few speaking appearances), Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Citadel Founder and CEO Ken Griffin, Relativity Space CEO and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and Flow Founder Adam Neumann, among others.
“Miami is where the world comes to meet the future,” said Miami Mayor Francis Suárez, President of the Board of America Business Forum. “We’re honored to welcome leaders and our partner PIF who are shaping the next era of leaders.”
Suarez was highly involved in luring the Forum to Miami and drawing celebrity speakers, the Miami Herald reported. For the two-day conference, expect fireside chat-type discussions with most of the speakers, and the mayor is reportedly participating in several of them. President Trump, however, plans to make a speech.
“Our mission is to bring together those who are changing the world, not just to inspire, but to act,” said Ignacio Gonzalez, Founder of America Business Forum, which started in Uruguay in 2017. “This will be one of the most consequential gatherings of our time, and we’re thrilled that extraordinary figures in sports, business, politics, and international affairs will be joining us, as well as our partner PIF.”
PIF, or the Public Investment Fund, is Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and among the world’s largest, and is the conference’s presenting partner.
The conference at Kaseya Center is Nov. 5-6 with a number of VIP events throughout the week. America Business Forum tickets start at $100 and rise to $10,000 for the diamond level; but only the $100 and $200 tickets are still available. The 2025 theme: “The world meets in America.” Find out more here.
Gonzalez told the Miami Herald he expects the conference will be in Miami for a 3-year run.
The Forum says the livestream can be viewed here.
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