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14th & 15th October | Misk City, Riyadh

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Welcome to the Innovation Zero MENA 2025 Agenda!

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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    Vision 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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    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 ...
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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 ...
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    KSA’s investment via the Public Investment Fund (PIF) focuses on domestic deployment and 'co-creation' helping develop the physical and cultural infrastructure to create industries that create further ...
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    As part of KSA’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 and MGI ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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    This session will explore the value of engaging younger demographics in supporting new energy and nature restoration programs. As the generation that have a more tangible stake in the future, this ses ...
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Energy & Industry Forum
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    This 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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    As 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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    Electrification 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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    The 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 ...
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Finance & Investment Forum
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    Saudi 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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    Financing large-scale renewable energy, CCUS, and hydrogen projects requires innovative financial structures, risk mitigation strategies, and strong public-private collaboration. This panel will explo ...
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    Institutional 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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    The 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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    Green 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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    With plans to create a low emissions energy hub with renewables, hydrogen and CCUS, and the development of new forests, the region can become a global leader in creating high-integrity carbon credits. ...
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    The region has worked on a number of programs to attract investment for building renewables. With strong policy support, local initiatives offer structured bidding rounds for renewable energy projects ...
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Cities & Infrastructure Forum
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    As MENA invests in next-generation cities like Neom, Masdar and Qiddiya, generating low-carbon energy solutions and ecological design principles is revolutionizing urban development. This panel will e ...
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    With 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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    Local building projects are redefining sustainable housing through large-scale, master-planned communities. This session will look at how these projects are integrating green building practices, smart ...
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    MENA’s transition to a low-emissions industrial economy requires infrastructure that supports reductions across key sectors like steel, cement, petrochemicals, and manufacturing. This panel will explo ...
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    The 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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    As 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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    As the region undertakes transformative city development projects, integrating biodiversity and natural ecosystems is becoming a key priority. This session will explore how urban planning initiatives ...
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    Aviation 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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    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 ...
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    The region’s high solar irradiance levels enable more efficient and cost-effective production of hydrogen compared to other regions, positioning Saudi Arabia as a potential global leader in hydrogen p ...
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    CCUS plays a critical role in decarbonization, supporting industries like cement, steel, hydrogen, and power generation. While storage ensures permanent CO₂ removal, utilization creates economic incen ...
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    This panel will explore the pivotal role women play in advancing the low-emissions economy, focusing on their current contributions and strategies to enhance their involvement in the future. Discussio ...
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    To deliver on the local goals projects and development of contributing technologies will require the mobilization of huge amounts of resources. This session will explore the importance of structural f ...
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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 ...
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    In Europe the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is set to impact approximately 50,000 companies by 2028, significantly expanding the scope of sustainability reporting within the Euro ...
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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. ...
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Circular Carbon Economy Forum
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    Saudi Aramco’s Jubail CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage) initiative captures CO₂ emissions from natural gas processing and refining operations in Jubail. A key part of Saudi Arabia’s stra ...
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    Local 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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    With 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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    As the MENA region accelerates its transition to clean technologies, Direct Air Capture (DAC) is emerging as a potential tool for large-scale carbon removal. This panel will explore the feasibility of ...
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    The 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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    This 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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    While 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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    How can MENA foster an innovation-first mindset to lead the world in clean energy, AI-driven sustainability, and next-gen materials? This session explores how policy, research, and commercialization e ...
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    Quantum 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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    Which 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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    Satellite-driven climate monitoring, and related space tech is revolutionizing how we generate, store, and optimize clean energy. This session will explore what the best opportunities are for KSA and ...
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    This panel will explore cutting-edge low-carbon materials revolutionizing the construction industry, with a focus on their application and impact in Saudi Arabia (KSA), the Middle East and North Afric ...
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    The 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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    Healthy, 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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    Rapid 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 ...
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    Desertification 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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    Nature 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 ...
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    Saudi 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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    Oceans 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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