More than 100 speakers to debate who funds, owns, and verifies the world’s stories across 50+ sessions in Abu Dhabi, December 8 – 10

- Digital sovereignty, verification economics, meme economies, and narrative warfare amongst the hot topics of discussion featured on the Media track
- 100+ voices from amongst the Summit’s 400+ global speakers will be represented by the Media track
- Speaker line-up includes Gary Vaynerchuk, Chairman of VaynerX; Moira Forbes, Executive Vice President of Forbes; Joanna Coles, Chief Creative & Content Officer, The Daily Beast; Pooja Bagga, Chief Information Officer, Guardian Media Group; Jessica Sibley is the Chief Executive Officer of TIME, Justin Smith, Co-Founder & CEO of Semafor; Nancy Gibbs, Director, Shorenstein Center at Harvard & former Editor-in-Chief, TIME; Andrew Zimmern, Emmy & James Beard Award-winning host; Anthony Scaramucci, Founder of SkyBridge & SALT; and Shekhar Gupta, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of ThePrint
- Hosted in Abu Dhabi from 8–10 December 2025, BRIDGE Summit reinforces the UAE’s role as a global hub for dialogue, media collaboration, and access to the content economy



