Convened by GMCA x Fourth Sector Group Bhutan

Growing a Mindful
Economy

Pioneering a new economic system, rooted in Bhutan’s living heritage

11–18 December 2026Kingdom of Bhutan

See how the week unfolds

Paro Taktsang, the Tiger's Nest monastery, set into a cliffside in Bhutan

Why join

Contribute at a formative stage, as new approaches to governance, enterprise, finance, and policy take shape at a national level.
Accelerate Bhutan's emergence as a global hub for mindful investment and entrepreneurship, supporting leading for-benefit entrepreneurs and enterprises shaping Bhutan's future.
Learn and share with leading innovators and decision-makers, turning Bhutan's role as a living laboratory into lessons of global relevance.
Participate in Bhutan's National Day celebrations, joining the country at a pivotal moment in its journey.

About Gelephu Mindfulness City

Thimphu Valley and Tashichho Dzong in Bhutan

GMC is a Special Administrative Region in southern Bhutan, envisioned by His Majesty the King as a distinct jurisdiction with the authority to design its own economic, legal, and regulatory systems — guided by the nation's 50+ year development philosophy of Gross National Happiness. With GMC leading the way, Bhutan is pioneering a new economic model organised around the wellbeing of people, the flourishing of all life, and care for future generations — a living national example with global relevance.

Aerial view of the Gelephu Mindfulness City site in Bhutan

Growing a Mindful Economy will be an intimate, action-oriented gathering, bringing together new economy innovators from around the world with Bhutanese leadership to help shape the conditions in which enterprise, innovation, and finance work in service of the common good.

A week in play

Move from Bhutanese place and culture into playful experiments, deep dialogue, collaboration and celebration.

The Memorial Chorten in Thimphu, Bhutan — Gather around living culture and shared ritual.

11 – 13 December (optional)
Walk, notice and play your way into Bhutanese life, nature, culture and leading for-benefit enterprise.
14 – 15 December
Playful provocations, deep dialogue, mindfulness immersion, and collaboration focused on cocreating the future of GMC.
16 – 18 December (optional)
Join Bhutan's 119th National Day celebrations and carry the week's ideas into a shared national moment.

A week in play

Move from Bhutanese place and culture into playful experiments, deep dialogue, collaboration and celebration.

Arrive & explore

Walk, notice and play your way into Bhutanese life, nature, culture and leading for-benefit enterprise.

Gather & co-create

Playful provocations, deep dialogue, mindfulness immersion, and collaboration focused on cocreating the future of GMC.

Celebrate

Join Bhutan's 119th National Day celebrations and carry the week's ideas into a shared national moment.

The 108 memorial chortens at Dochula Pass, with the snow-capped Himalayas beyond

An invitation

We warmly invite you to join a select group of leading systemic investors, philanthropic and catalytic capital stewards, and ecosystem architects, along with Bhutanese government leaders, entrepreneurs, and institutional partners, to help shape the development of a mindful economic system in Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City.

Register here to learn more

Growing a Mindful Economy will be an intimate, action-oriented gathering, bringing together new economy innovators from around the world with Bhutanese leadership to help shape the conditions in which for-benefit enterprise, innovation and finance work in service of the common good.

11–18 December 2026
Kingdom of Bhutan