- Start the conference with a chance for attendees to register and mingle with fellow tech enthusiasts, exchange ideas, and build connections.
- Join Dr. Emily Chen, a renowned AI researcher, as she takes us on a journey into the future of artificial intelligence. Discover the latest advancements, applications, and potential implications of AI technology. This keynote session will provide valuable insights into how AI will shape various industries and the impact it will have on our daily lives.
- In this panel discussion, industry experts from leading cybersecurity firms will delve into the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity. Explore the emerging threats, innovative defense strategies, and the importance of proactive measures to protect data and privacy. Gain practical knowledge and valuable insights to safeguard your organization in the digital age.
- Start the conference with a chance for attendees to register and mingle with fellow tech enthusiasts, exchange ideas, and build connections.
- Join Dr. Emily Chen, a renowned AI researcher, as she takes us on a journey into the future of artificial intelligence. Discover the latest advancements, applications, and potential implications of AI technology. This keynote session will provide valuable insights into how AI will shape various industries and the impact it will have on our daily lives.
- In this panel discussion, industry experts from leading cybersecurity firms will delve into the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity. Explore the emerging threats, innovative defense strategies, and the importance of proactive measures to protect data and privacy. Gain practical knowledge and valuable insights to safeguard your organization in the digital age.
Influence is being reconfigured around the world; in the Gulf, it is being actively reshaped. As energy, capital and technology converge, the region is emerging as a global connector, linking markets and systems globally.
Reuters NEXT Gulf convenes leaders in Abu Dhabi at a moment of accelerating change, as diversification gathers pace and new industries scale beyond oil. From financial innovation and AI deployment to climate pressures and geopolitical realignment, the region faces a defining test: converting ambition into execution.
Powered by Reuters’ global newsroom, the summit delivers trusted intelligence that connects these shifting trajectories of influence into one strategic view.
Join us where the Gulf’s growing influence is translated into global impact.
Global trade is being reshaped by industrial policy, sanctions, and tech-security competition. As supply chains reroute and "trusted" partnerships matter more, the Gulf can become a connector across trade, finance, energy, and data – if it manages risk, standards, and alliances. Can it protect stability while bridging a fragmenting world?
Diversification is widening Gulf growth beyond energy, with tourism, logistics, finance, and industry scaling alongside reforms. But volatility, geopolitics, financing conditions, and transition risk raise the bar for discipline and investability - for the region and for global investors. How can leaders sustain non-oil momentum while keeping growth resilient and attractive to capital worldwide?
Gulf finance is being rebuilt on cloud, instant payments, open finance, and AI – driving innovation, smarter risk, and tokenisation in cross-border flows. The constraint is trust: cyber resilience, third-party risk, data governance, privacy, and auditable controls in systems tied to global markets. How can the region scale digital finance safely while reinforcing stability confidence?
AI in the Gulf is shifting from plans to production of sovereign data, local cloud/compute, and deployment across sectors that shape global supply and capital flows. Success now means reliable outcomes, strong security, and Arabic performance at a scale exportable to emerging markets. How will it turn experimentation into trusted, ROI-driven AI that helps set global standards?
Extreme heat, water stress, and environmental degradation define Gulf operations, even as it pursues renewables, efficiency, methane cuts, and carbon management. Execution is the test: finance, standards, and measurable delivery while balancing competitiveness and energy security in a region critical to world energy. How can the Gulf convert sustainability into large-scale decarbonisation?
Gulf CEOs face scrutiny on execution and trust as geopolitics, regulation, technology disruption, and talent competition accelerate under a global spotlight. Durable leadership demands clear governance, sharper risk management, and cultures that attract international teams. How can leaders balance rapid transformation with transparent performance for worldwide investors?
It's a great event for two things. One, to learn about what's next, what's coming our way, and to connect with great leaders from across the globe. Two, it's connecting everything in the world and making a meaning out of it together because things don't happen independently, and how it is going to give meaning to the future of the world.
