First time at the Boao Forum for Asia, and Michael Finkelstein is already thinking big. The CEO of Kinetik Holdings, a tech company building AI-powered infrastructure, struck an upbeat tone on digital transformation and beyond.

"We are embarking on years of unbelievable opportunity," he said, pointing to rapid advances in AI and expressing optimism about China-U.S. economic ties.

His takeaway: even in a fast-changing world, cooperation still holds huge potential.

Themed "Shaping a Shared Future: New Dynamics, New Opportunities, New Cooperation," the BFA Annual Conference 2026 runs from March 24 to 27 in Boao, a coastal town in China's southernmost island province of Hainan.