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14th & 15th October | Misk City, Riyadh

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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

Main Stage

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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Main Stage
  1. Opening Remarks & Announcements
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  2. Saudi Vision 2030 - The Foundations for a Just Transition Revolution
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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.
  3. Keynote
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  4. Keynote
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  5. 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 ...
  6. Leveraging the Region's Unique Strengths for an Inclusive Transition
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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 ...
  7. Financing a Sustainable Future
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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 ...
  8. Lunch Break
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  9. Green Initiatives in MENA
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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 ...
  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 ...
  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 ...
  12. Afternoon Break
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  13. 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 ...
  14. Engaging Youth in Building MENA's Future
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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 ...
  15. Closing Remarks
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Main Stage
  1. Opening Remarks
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  2. 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 ...
  3. What is Tipping the Economics in Hydrogen's Favor?
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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 ...
  4. Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS): An Opportunity to Lead the Scaling of CCUS
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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 ...
  5. Empowering Women in the Transition to a Low-Emission Economy
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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 ...
  6. Lunch Break
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  7. Resourcing a Circular Carbon Economy Approach
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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 ...
  8. 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 ...
  9. Corporate Net Zero Innovation: How Can Every Business Contribute to Lowering Emissions
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    Globally, 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 ...
  10. Afternoon Break
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  11. 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. ...
  12. Closing Remarks
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