Every year, the Global SME Finance Forum hosts a signature debate that challenges conventional thinking—bringing together leading voices from finance, policy, and industry to confront the most pressing and unresolved questions in SME finance. Anchored in this year’s theme, “Transforming Access into Impact,” the debate will tackle a defining issue—soon to be revealed—that goes to the heart of what enables SMEs to truly scale, create jobs, and drive economic growth, offering a dynamic exchange of perspectives designed not just to inform, but to provoke and reshape the global agenda.