Tashkent (TDI): The Fifth Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF 2026) will begin on Tuesday, with the participation of more than 8,300 people who have registered for the event.
TIIF – the most significant event in the field of sovereign investments in Central Asia – will be held in Tashkent City Congress Hall until June 18.
It will bring together sovereign investors, development banks, multinational corporations, and heads of states to transform the dialogue into signed investment documents.
Conceived in 2019 and postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic, the first edition of the forum took place in 2022 in the presence of 1,500 participants and resulted in contracts worth $7.8 billion.
At TIIF 2025, more than 8,000 people from 97 countries participated and a total of $30.5 billion in investment agreements and trade contracts were signed during 36 panel sessions.
The forum is held with a vision that Tashkent will not only be the city where people will live but a deal-maker capital for the broader Eurasian Region, as formulated by the ministry of investment, industry and trade of Uzbekistan.
Read More: What to Expect from Fifth Tashkent International Investment Forum
“Investment Resilience: New Frontiers, New Partnerships” is this year’s theme, which is a response to the global investor community’s need for certainty in an environment of supply chain fragmentation and geo-economic uncertainty.
The program focuses on four pillars: investment resilience and capital protection mechanisms, financial infrastructure and capital market development, trade connectivity and logistics corridors, and energy transition and climate finance.
Before the opening tomorrow, Uzbek President Mirziyoyev said that the year 2026 would be a turning point in Uzbekistan’s economic development and that its GDP is expected to reach over $145 billion.
Three aspects are particularly worth paying attention to: the announced overall deal value on day two of the forum; the first session of the Regional Alliance of Investment Councils of Central Asia and the Caucasus on Tuesday; and the announcement of the TIFC regulatory framework.
All of these will decide whether TIIF 2026 will be a real turning point in the capital architecture of the Eurasian region.
