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14 و15 أكتوبر | مدينة مسك، الرياض

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14 و15 أكتوبر | مدينة مسك، الرياض

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Main Stage at Innovation Zero MENA 2025

The Main Stage is the centrepiece of Innovation Zero MENA- bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, financiers, innovators and youth voices to accelerate the region’s transition to a low-emission, high-growth economy. Across two days of high-level insight, the Main Stage showcases the most pressing issues, boldest ideas, and clearest pathways for action in the climate and clean energy space. 

Key Themes Include

Saudi Vision 2030: Exploring how a just, inclusive transition underpins the Kingdom’s bold transformation agenda. 

Energy Transition: From hydrogen and CCUS to circular carbon economies and AI-powered industries- what's shaping the future of energy? 

Finance & Investment: Unlocking capital for cleantech, sustainable cities, and industrial innovation. 

Nature & Resilience: Confronting desertification, promoting nature-based solutions, and enhancing environmental stewardship. 

Inclusion & Innovation: Engaging women, youth, and emerging technologies to broaden participation and accelerate progress. 

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Innovation Zero MENA | 14th & 15th October 2025 | Misk City, Riyadh

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ShapeWhat You’ll Gain 

Visionary Insights 
Hear directly from the architects of Vision 2030, energy ministers, global investors, and pioneers behind future cities like Neom and Masdar. 

Practical Pathways 
Understand how local resources, policy, and innovation intersect to scale low-carbon solutions in energy, transport, cities, and industry. 

Strategic Opportunities
Discover investment-ready projects and ecosystem developments aligned with national and regional climate goals. 

Global Collaboration
Explore how MENA can lead globally on hydrogen, CCUS, and AI while building bridges across markets and sectors. 

Who Should Attend 

Government & Policy Leaders 
Seeking pathways to climate-aligned economic development. 

Investors & Financial Institutions 
Looking to unlock the region’s cleantech potential and emerging industrial sectors. 

Corporate Leaders & Innovators
Developing or scaling sustainable solutions across energy, infrastructure, and industry. 

Urban Planners & Developers
Designing the future of sustainable cities and built environments. 

NGOs & Academic Institutions
Supporting youth engagement, nature-based restoration, and inclusive transition pathways. 

Women & Youth Advocates
Driving the next generation of leadership in sustainability. 

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  1. Opening Remarks & Announcements
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    Confirmed Speakers
    Frank Kane
    Frank Kane, Editor At Large - AGBI - Arabian Gulf Business Insight
  2. Saudi Vision 2030 - The Foundations for Transformation
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    Vision 2030 strives to transform Saudi Arabia to a diversified powerhouse, promoting global investment and job creation across sectors.
  3. MENA Transition: Growth Whilst Reducing Emissions
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    A combination of projects in MENA will reduce impacts across the energy value chain and beyond. The Vision 2030 includes some very specific thinking on clean energy generation through the circular car ...
  4. Leveraging the Region's Unique Strengths for Inclusive Transitions
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    The gulf states resources and vision provide a unique platform to help develop new energy technologies globally, particularly in some of the harder to abate sectors. The plentiful supply of reliable s ...
    Confirmed Speakers
    Dr. Basma AlBuhairan
    Dr. Basma AlBuhairan, Managing Director - Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi Arabia
    Dr. Yousef Alhorr
    Dr. Yousef Alhorr, Founding Chairman - Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (GORD)
    Dr. Thomas Altmann
    Dr. Thomas Altmann, Executive VP, Innovation & New Technology - ACWA Power
  5. Harvesting High-Impact Ideas to Fast-Track Innovation in MENA's Net Zero Transition
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    Confirmed Speakers
    Sharzi Mukhri
    Sharzi Mukhri, Senior Manager, Innovation & New Technology - ACWA Power
  6. Climate Finance at Scale: Sovereign States for a Sustainable Future
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    State-owned investments funds epitomise the collaboration between policy and finance on a domestic and international scale. This session analyses how fiscal, monetary and trade policies in the region ...
  7. Lunch Break
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  8. Co-Investing in Cleantech and Related Infrastructure: How to Bring More Finance to the Region
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    The region has worked on a number of programmes to attract investment for building renewables, scaling decarbonization and circular carbon technologies and improving resource efficiency. This session ...
    Confirmed Speakers
    Erik Grigoryan
    Erik Grigoryan, Special Envoy on Debt for Climate Negotiations - Government of Armenia
    Chirag Shah
    Chirag Shah, Executive Director - Sustainable Finance, AME - Standard Chartered Bank
    Emon Shakoor
    Emon Shakoor, CEO & Founder - Blossom Accelerator
  9. Building an International Hub for Supplying the New Energy Economy
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    The gulf’s infrastructure developments provide the potential for establishing a launch pad for supplying the three continents with new energy sources. In this session we will explore the unique attrib ...
    Confirmed Speakers
    Dr. Ian Campbell OBE
    Dr. Ian Campbell OBE, VP of NTI - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
  10. The Future of Cities
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    Cities such as Neom and Masdar provide a vision of what benefits a sustainable city can bring and reflect the changing needs and capabilities of society. We will explore the diverse ways that these ne ...
    Moderator
    Zeina Nazer
    Zeina Nazer, Co-Founder - Cities Forum
    Confirmed Speakers
    Jehad Alkadi
    Jehad Alkadi, CEO - Riyadh Development Company
    Sinan Rasheed
    Sinan Rasheed, Director of Sustainability - New Murabba
  11. The AI Opportunity in MENA
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    The region is becoming one of the world’s largest AI-powered data hubs, leveraging abundant, low-cost energy to fuel AI innovation. With big AI-related investments in the region, this session will exp ...
    Moderator
    Dr. Ahmed Shawky
    Dr. Ahmed Shawky, CEO - SustainGRC
    Confirmed Speakers
    Zainab Alamin
    Zainab Alamin, VP, National Digital Transformation - Microsoft
    Ziad AlLabbaan
    Ziad AlLabbaan, Chief Manufacturing and Operations Officer - Alat
    Dr. Ian Campbell OBE
    Dr. Ian Campbell OBE, VP of NTI - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
    Samira Nikzad
    Samira Nikzad, Director of Project Development - DataVolt
  12. A New Age of Abundance: How Energy Optimization Can Supercharge Emerging Industries?
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    In a region with the potential for abundant sources of low cost energy there can be a pull for new technologies that are energy intensive but offer the opportunity to provide breakthrough products for ...
  13. Closing Remarks
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  1. Opening Remarks
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  2. Tackling Desertification: Building Natural Resilience and Creating New Opportunities
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    Building improved resilience in a warming climate is essential to local security, but our natural resources also offer new commercial opportunities, and provide local assets for citizens and visitors. ...
  3. Creating a Circular Economy
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    Adopting a circular economic model—one that minimizes waste and maximizes resource efficiency—offers a powerful pathway to accelerate climate action across sectors. Yet realizing these potential deman ...
    Confirmed Speakers
    Eng. Ziyad Bin Mohammed Al-Shiha
    Eng. Ziyad Bin Mohammed Al-Shiha, Group CEO - Saudi Investment Recycling Company
  4. Building Regional Ambition for a Water-Secure Future
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    Water is fundamental to economic development, social well-being, and environmental health. Yet across the region, water scarcity—driven by climate change, environmental degradation, and rapid urban an ...
    Confirmed Speakers
    Lew Evans
    Lew Evans, CEO - Nexus Resilience Group
  5. Green Initiatives in MENA
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    As part of the region’s goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve net zero by 2060, Saudi and other countries across MENA have activated initiatives to help them reach these goals. During t ...
  6. Lunch Break
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  7. Decarbonizing Mobility: Aligning Infrastructure, Technology, and the Energy Systems
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    The decarbonization of transport is a cornerstone of national climate strategies, yet achieving it requires both cleaner energy and improved systems thinking. This session explores how to holistically ...
  8. Human Resources for the Future Economy
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    To deliver on local goals, projects and the development of contributing technologies requires the mobilization of huge amounts of new talent. This session will explore the importance of structural fou ...
    Confirmed Speakers
    Eng. Sami Al Jasser
    Eng. Sami Al Jasser, Chief Strategy Officer - National Transformation Program
    Dr. Abdullah Alabdulkarim
    Dr. Abdullah Alabdulkarim, Human Capacity Development Advisor - Saudi Logistics Academy
    HH Princess Mashael bint Saud AlShalan
    HH Princess Mashael bint Saud AlShalan, Founding Partner - Aeon Strategy
  9. Afternoon Break
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  10. Aligning Economic Strategies with Climate Realities
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    In this session, we will explore the complexities of climate volatility, tipping points, and the ecosystem risks they bring, while considering how these factors should influence the development of sus ...
    Confirmed Speakers
    Dr. Yousef Alshammari
    Dr. Yousef Alshammari, President - London College of Energy Economics
    HH Princess Noura bint Turki Al-Saud
    HH Princess Noura bint Turki Al-Saud, Founding Partner - Aeon Strategy
    Ariel Ezrahi
    Ariel Ezrahi, Head, Energy Transition Committee - MENA2050
    Li-Chen Sim
    Li-Chen Sim, Assistant Professor - Khalifa University
  11. Corporate Net Zero Innovation: How Can Every Business Contribute to Lowering Emissions
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    Globally, pressure is mounting on companies to enhance their sustainability efforts. As expectations grow, how are companies from across all sectors prioritizing actions and operationalizing their sus ...
    Confirmed Speakers
    Muhammad Tariq
    Muhammad Tariq, CSO - Tanmiah Food Company
    Vivek Tripathi
    Vivek Tripathi, Co-Founder & CEO - Olive Gaea
  12. Closing Remarks
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