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With 100+ content sessions spread across the Main Stage and key sector forums, including Advanced Technology, Finance & Investment, and Environment, Innovation Zero MENA 2025's world-class agenda will invite experts and leaders to explore the key factors propelling the region along its ambitious economic transformation.
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Main Stage
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Main Stage
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Main StageVision 2030 is transforming Saudi Arabia from an oil-dependent economy to a diversified powerhouse, promoting global investment and job creation across sectors.
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Main Stage
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Main Stage
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Main StageA 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 ...
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Main StageThe 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 ...
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Main StageState-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 ...
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Main Stage
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Main StageThe 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 ...
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Main Stage
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Main StageCities 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 ...
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Main StageThe 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 ...Confirmed Speakers
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Main Stage
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Main StageIn 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 ...
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Main Stage
Energy & Industry Forum
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Energy & Industry Forum
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Energy & Industry ForumThis panel will explore the rapid expansion of renewable energy in the region. Experts will discuss investment opportunities, policy support, and cutting-edge technologies driving solar, wind, and hyd ...
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Energy & Industry Forum
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Energy & Industry ForumAs the region grows its renewables base and diversifies its energy production, storage will be essential for grid stability, industrial decarbonization, and energy security. This panel will explore ke ...
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Energy & Industry Forum
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Energy & Industry ForumElectrification is a key pillar in the transition to lower-emission economies, but it has big implications. From transport and industrial processes to heating and cooling, electrification requires gri ...
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Energy & Industry ForumThe move to develop more renewables and storage, will require a grid that can optimise new generation and storage and create better energy security across the region. This panel will explore the polic ...Confirmed Speakers
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Energy & Industry ForumAs global energy demand rises and decarbonization accelerates, exporting renewable electricity across regions presents a major opportunity for MENA. New projects exemplify how long-distance HVDC trans ...
Finance & Investment Forum
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Finance & Investment Forum
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Finance & Investment ForumSaudi Arabia’s Green Financing Framework (GFF) is a key driver for funding renewable energy, carbon capture, and sustainable infrastructure. This panel will explore how green bonds, sustainability-lin ...
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Finance & Investment ForumFinancing large-scale renewable energy, CCUS, and hydrogen projects requires innovative financial structures, risk mitigation strategies, and strong public-private collaboration. This panel will explo ...Confirmed Speakers
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Finance & Investment ForumInstitutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and development finance institutions, are playing a crucial role in financing low-emission, climate and sustainability technol ...
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Finance & Investment Forum
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Finance & Investment ForumThe MENA region has significant potential for low emission, sustainability and climate technology startups, but early-stage financing remains a challenge. This panel will explore how venture capital ( ...
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Finance & Investment ForumGreen fintech is revolutionizing the way individuals and businesses in MENA engage with sustainability. This panel will explore how financial technology is integrating with smart cities, green investm ...
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Finance & Investment ForumCarbon markets offer a powerful tool to channel much-needed climate finance into projects that reduce emissions and promote sustainable development. With plans to create a low emissions energy hub wit ...
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Finance & Investment Forum
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Finance & Investment Forum
Cities & Infrastructure Forum
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Cities & Infrastructure Forum
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Cities & Infrastructure ForumAs MENA invests in next-generation cities like Neom, Masdar and Qiddiya, generating low-emission energy solutions and ecological design principles is revolutionizing urban development. This panel will ...
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Cities & Infrastructure ForumWith ambitious building programs, the cement and steel industries will be significant contributors to carbon emissions in the MENA region. This panel will explore innovative strategies and technologie ...
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Cities & Infrastructure ForumAs MENA expands its mining sector, the challenge is scaling sustainable extraction, refining, and supply chains. This panel will focus on the technical and operational requirements for developing low- ...
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Cities & Infrastructure Forum
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Cities & Infrastructure ForumThe region’s ambitious sustainability agenda is reshaping its infrastructure, from cutting-edge airport expansions to world-class football stadiums for the upcoming World Cup. This session will explor ...
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Cities & Infrastructure ForumAviation plays a critical role in MENA’s economy, but decarbonizing air travel requires investment in low carbon aviation fuels (LCAF) sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and other clean fuels, as well a ...
Main Stage
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Main Stage
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Main StageBuilding 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. ...
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Main StageTransitioning to 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 potenti ...
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Main StageWater 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 ...
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Main StageAs part of the region's goals to reduce carbon emissions and hit net zero by 2060, as well as contributing to the MENA region’s ambition target, Saudi has activated initiatives to help reach the SGI a ...
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Main Stage
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Main Stage
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Main StageTo 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 ...
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Main StageIn 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
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Main StageGlobally, pressure is mounting on companies to enhance transparency around their sustainability efforts. As expectations grow, how are companies from across all sectors prioritizing actions and operat ...Confirmed Speakers
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Main Stage
Circular Carbon Economy Forum
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Circular Carbon Economy Forum
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Circular Carbon Economy ForumLocal CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage) initiatives capture CO₂ emissions from natural gas processing and refining operations. A key part of the region’s strategy to reduce industrial ca ...
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Circular Carbon Economy ForumThere are a number of ambitious new green hydrogen projects in the MENA region. With planes to produce green hydrogen using renewable energy, this panel will explore the technical challenges of large- ...
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Circular Carbon Economy ForumLocal energy efficiency initiatives aim to reduce energy intensity across key sectors, including industry, transport, and buildings. This panel will explore how these initiatives are driving efficienc ...
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Circular Carbon Economy Forum
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Circular Carbon Economy ForumThis session will explore cutting-edge technologies that are advancing the effectiveness and viability of CCUS. Each technology will be discussed by an expert in the field, providing insights into the ...
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Circular Carbon Economy ForumAs the MENA region accelerates its transition to new technologies, Direct Air Capture (DAC) is emerging as a potential tool for large-scale carbon removal. This panel will explore the feasibility of D ...
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Circular Carbon Economy ForumThe chemical sector is a key sector in MENA’s economic growth, one of the most energy-intensive industries globally and a significant contributor to carbon emissions. In MENA, and particularly in Saud ...
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Circular Carbon Economy ForumWhile electrification is growing, internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and conventional shipping are currently set to persist for decades. This panel explores how carbon capture for vehicles can ...
Advanced Tech Forum
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Advanced Tech Forum
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Advanced Tech ForumHow can MENA foster an innovation-first mindset to lead the world in clean energy, AI-driven sustainability, and next-gen materials, fast-tracking innovations from the lab bench to field-scale pilot f ...
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Advanced Tech ForumAI is a game-changer for energy efficiency, predictive maintenance, carbon management, autonomous energy grids and much more. This panel explores how AI-driven platforms are optimizing everything from ...
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Advanced Tech ForumQuantum computing is unlocking ultra-efficient materials discovery, complex energy modeling, and breakthrough climate simulations. And using much less energy than AI. This panel dives into how quantum ...
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Advanced Tech ForumWhich deeptech startups will define the future of clean industries? This panel spotlights the most promising climate-focused ventures in energy, mobility, and AI-powered sustainability.
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Advanced Tech Forum
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Advanced Tech ForumSatellite-driven climate monitoring, and related space tech is revolutionizing how we monitor change and optimize resources. This session will explore what the best opportunities are for MENA and how ...
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Advanced Tech ForumSilicon Valley and Shenzhen became global innovation hubs through concentrated ecosystems of talent, investment, and R&D. Can MENA create the same model for clean technology clusters, driving local in ...
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Advanced Tech ForumThis panel will explore cutting-edge low-carbon materials revolutionizing the construction industry, with a focus on their application and impact in the region and globally. Discussions will highlight ...
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Advanced Tech ForumThe semiconductor industry is critical to the energy transition, enabling solar power, grid optimization, energy storage, and electric vehicles. Yet, the MENA region remains largely dependent on impor ...
Environment Forum
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Environment Forum
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Environment ForumHealthy, productive land ecosystems are key to ensuring our future resilience and securing the livelihoods and wellbeing of communities worldwide. As climate change intensifies, exacerbating desertifi ...
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Environment ForumRapid population growth, climate change and increasing sectoral demands are placing an unprecedented strain on water resources. Addressing water stress across the MENA region demands more than conserv ...Confirmed Speakers
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Environment ForumDesertification is one of the most pressing threats to our global food security, with millions of hectares of arable land lost annually to land degradation. This session will explore how climate-smart ...
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Environment Forum
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Environment ForumNature is essential to achieving global net zero goals and building resilient societies, economies, and ecosystems. Yet, it is being degraded at an alarming rate—driven in part by financial systems th ...Confirmed Speakers
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Environment ForumSaudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is leading a transformative shift in the global tourism industry, emphasizing sustainability, eco-friendly destinations and cultural preservation. Learn how KSA and regional ...
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Environment ForumOceans are vital to global food systems, clean energy, biodiversity, and climate resilience—underpinning economies and communities worldwide. Yet, escalating threats like pollution, overfishing, and r ...
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Environment ForumWith plastics playing a critical role in industrial and consumer applications, the MENA region faces a pressing challenge in managing plastic waste and carbon emissions while maintaining economic grow ...
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