# Network of Global Future Councils

The World Economic Forum’s Network of Global Future Councils is the world’s foremost multistakeholder and interdisciplinary knowledge network dedicated to promoting innovative thinking to shape a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable future. Each council’s insights are taken forward by the Forum’s ongoing initiatives, communities and meetings to ensure impact.

[Discover our Councils](https://initiatives.weforum.org/global-future-council/councils)


## The Network is an invitation-only community. Members join for a two-year term.

The network convenes over 700 experts from academia, business, government, civil society and international organizations, operating as a time-bound think-tank, grouped in expertise-based thematic councils, to identify and disseminate transformative ideas with the potential for positive global impact. The current term runs from March 2025 to December 2026.


### Principles

The Network of Global Future Councils operates on three fundamental principles:


### Interdisciplinary collaboration and systems approach

Promoting cross-disciplinary teamwork and fostering the constructive exchange of ideas and knowledge to bridge established and emerging issues


### Fresh ideas and innovative thinking

Identifying and examining emerging topics, issues and technologies that are expected to significantly influence the world


### Expertise and evidence

Providing a foundation for data-, evidence-, fact- and research-based public-private cooperation


### Learn more about the 2025-26 term

[Read the concept note](https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GFC_2025_2026_Concept_note.pdf)