The IPF2024 Annual Assembly marked a significant milestone in the Forum’s evolution—from an annual convening into a more structured, action-oriented global platform for poverty eradication. Convening in Atlanta at the Delta Flight Museum, this year’s gathering introduced IPF’s first dedicated think-tank preconference, bringing together world leaders and senior practitioners ahead of the main Assembly to engage in focused, solution-driven collaboration.

During the preconference, participants moved beyond high-level dialogue to identify specific tactics, commitments, and models for future deployment across communities and nations. This closed-door working session reflected IPF’s growing emphasis on accountability, shared learning, and translating ideas into concrete strategies that can be replicated and scaled.

The broader Assembly centered on the role of entrepreneurship as a pathway to social mobility, exploring both its promise and its challenges. Through candid conversations and lived experience, speakers and participants examined the real-world learnings—and pitfalls—entrepreneurs face as they seek to create opportunity, build resilience, and generate economic empowerment in underserved communities. These discussions reinforced IPF’s belief that sustainable solutions require honesty, adaptability, and a willingness to learn from failure as well as success.

The program featured powerful insights from featured speakers Rich Paul, Tim Tebow, and Demi-Leigh Tebow, each of whom shared perspectives on leadership, perseverance, and purpose-driven impact. Their contributions underscored the importance of mentorship, access, and vision in unlocking opportunity and advancing dignity for individuals striving to rise beyond poverty.

IPF 2024 reinforced the Forum’s role as a catalyst for both thought and action—bridging global leadership with on-the-ground realities, and ensuring that conversations lead to commitments. The Assembly affirmed IPF’s continued commitment to creating pathways where entrepreneurship, collaboration, and accountability work together to drive lasting change.