AI Everything Abu Dhabi 2026: The Complete Guide to Dates

2026-10-06 · 10:00:00 · Abu Dhabi

ADNEC Centre

ADNEC Centre

Held at ADNEC Centre in Abu Dhabi, this two-day summit brings together enterprise leaders, government officials, and investors to address real-world artificial intelligence adoption.

AI Everything Abu Dhabi 2026 is a premier two-day AI summit and exhibition held at the ADNEC Centre. It convenes government leaders, enterprises, startups, and investors to explore real-world AI adoption across healthcare, cyber defense, infrastructure, and quantum computing. The event features specialized pavilions, a curated investor programme, and a live pitch competition.

Founder brief

Who should attend

Founders building in artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and healthtech benefit most from the focused tracks. Those seeking sovereign contracts, enterprise deployments, or institutional capital will find directly relevant partners across the floor.

What happens

Proceedings begin at 10:00 on 6 October with policy dialogues, followed by tracks covering new energy, infrastructure, and investment. Over both days, delegates can access an exhibition with more than 350 booths, certified trainings, technical workshops, and a live pitch competition offering an equity-free prize pool.

Who's in the room

Participants encompass government leadership, hundreds of speakers, and 200 vetted investors joining via an invitation-only programme. Confirmed voices include UN Envoy on Technology Amandeep Singh, Dr. Ahmad Rushdi from Stanford HAI, and Kathleen Kennedy representing the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence.

How to prepare

Target your business metrics to appeal to both enterprise procurement teams and active tech investors. If you secure matched meetings or enter the pitch contest, refine your demonstration around practical deployment capability, security compliance, and clear unit economics rather than purely theoretical research.

Organizer: inD FZE

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At a glance

Tickets
50-7500 AED
Format
Policy-focused summit alongside a two-day expo, sector-specific pavilions, certified trainings, workshops, 1:1 matched investor meetings, and a live pitch competition.
Theme
New Intelligence
Who can apply
The Investor Programme itself is free, but it’s invitation-only and requires vetting.
Prizes
equity-free prize pool
Attendance
350+ exhibiting enterprises and startups, hundreds of speakers · 200 investors attending
Refunds
Tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable
Sectors
Ai ml, Cybersecurity, Healthtech
Ticket options
  • Visitor Pass — 150 AED (Exhibition floor access only)
  • Student Visitor Pass — 50 AED (Exhibition floor access, student ID required)
  • Workshop Pass — 350 AED (Expo + all conferences + 6+ workshops (no Summit, no certified training))
  • Student Delegate Pass — 150 AED (Expo + conferences + workshops (no Summit, no certified training))
  • All Access Conference Pass — 2,000 AED (Summit + full expo + all conferences + workshops (excludes certified training))
  • Certified Training Pass — 4,000 AED (Summit + full expo + conferences + workshops + certified training)
  • Premium Pass — 7,500 AED (Everything above, plus lounge access (ConneXions & Investors Lounge) and networking events)

Agenda

  1. 6 October 2026 · Abu Dhabi AI Summit — New Intelligence — Policy dialogues, government leaders, sovereign AI and agentic-economy discussions
  2. 6 October 2026 · Intelligence Infrastructure & New Energy + AIVEST — Infrastructure and capital-focused tracks run alongside the Summit
  3. 6–7 October 2026 · Expo floor open — Exhibition, 350+ exhibitors, sector pavilions
  4. 7 October 2026 · AI Government Excellence Forum + AI 360 — Government deployment case studies and enterprise-wide adoption sessions
  5. 6–7 October 2026 · LifeTech Abu Dhabi, Certified Trainings, AI Workshops — Health-tech applications, hands-on skills sessions, agentic-AI build workshops

Speakers, judges and hosts

  • Amandeep Singh — UN Under-Secretary-General and Envoy on Technology, United Nations (Speaker)
  • Dr. Ahmad Rushdi — Stanford HAI (Speaker)
  • Kathleen Kennedy — MIT Center for Collective Intelligence (Speaker)

Sponsors and partners

  • Abu Dhabi's Department of Government Enablement
  • Solutions+
  • ATRC
  • First Abu Dhabi Bank
  • Hub71
  • AWS
  • Alibaba Cloud
  • Microsoft
  • Mistral AI
  • ASUS

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