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Dubai AI Festival 2026

Dubai AI Festival 2026 is a premier event converging global FutureTech leaders, unicorns, government agencies, and top venture capitalists to discuss and shape the future of artificial intelligence. The festival offers a unique opportunity for business growth, premium networking, and presentation of transformative AI solutions. Event themes include the futur…

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7Speakers
34Sponsors
82Exhibitors
27Sessions
98Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Dubai, in alphabetical order.

Adel Ahmad Al Redha
Deputy President & Chief Operating Officer
H.E. Essa Kazim
Governor
H.E. Younus Al Nasser
Chief Executive, Dubai Data & Statistics Establishment · Dubai Data & Statistics Establishment
Jason Warner
Co-Founder & CEO
Mario Nobile
Director General
Robert Nishihara
Co-Founder
Sagnik Nandy
Chief Technology Officer

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Advanced IntegrationSilver Sponsor
AiriaSilver Sponsor
AiSensyBronze Sponsor
AlfaFounding Partner
Alfardan ExchangeFounding Partner
Alibaba CloudSilver Sponsor
Apgar GroupPremium Bronze Sponsor
AtkinsRealisSilver Sponsor
Business Coaching CenterBronze Sponsor
BytePlusPremium Bronze Sponsor
Digital BricksPremium Bronze Sponsor
DigitalbricksPremium Bronze Sponsor
EDGNEXData Centre Partner
Ernst & YoungGold Sponsor
ExelixiBronze Sponsor
EYGold Sponsor
Gravity OnePremium Bronze Sponsor
HelioBronze Sponsor
IntegratechPremium Bronze Sponsor
KB Financial GroupDiamond Sponsor
Mantika AI ConsultancyGold Sponsor
MicrosoftGold Sponsor
MistralGold Sponsor
NIPAPavilion Partner
PresightIndustry Leader
Proptech AIBronze Sponsor
ProptechAIBronze Sponsor
PRYPCOPropTech Partner
Senen GroupPowered by
SIEFDiamond Sponsor
SnowflakeBronze Sponsor
VercelBronze Sponsor
WellbanahDiamond Sponsor
XenonStackPremium Bronze Sponsor

Agenda

Selected from 27 sessions.

  • 10:00 am 10:20 am

    Capital, courage & conviction: leadership lessons from AI visionaries

  • 10:40 am 11:00 am

    Responsible GenAI: guardrails for model use, safety & content integrity

  • 10:40 am 11:20 am

    From human-driven to AI-first: leading the transition to autonomous and proactive business models

  • 11:00 am 11:20 am

    Deep tech to deep impact: commercialising high-risk AI innovations

  • 11:20 am 12:00 pm

    How AI Is re-engineering banking operations and risk

  • 11:20 am 12:00 pm

    Turning AI breakthroughs into scalable markets

  • 12:00 pm 12:20 pm

    Agentic AI: from assistants to autonomous operators

  • 12:00 pm 12:40 pm

    Al Fardan Exchange

  • 12:00 pm 12:40 pm

    How to regulate AI at a time of innovation

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 98 companies show up, and 17 bet on three roles at once?

98 companies. seventeen are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
17All threespeak · spons · exh
15Sponsoringsponsor only
65Exhibitingexhibitor only
1Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Advanced Integration·Airia·Al Fardan Exchange·Business Coaching Center·BytePlus·EDGNEX·Ernst & Young·Exelixi·Gravity One·Microsoft·NIPA·Proptech AI·PRYPCO·SIEF·Snowflake·Vercel·XenonStack

Speakers by seniority

86% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite457%
  • Founder / Owner114%
  • Director / Head of114%
  • Other roles114%

Of 7 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Advanced IntegrationSponsor · Silver SponsorExhibitor-
2AiriaSponsor · Silver SponsorExhibitor-
3Al Fardan ExchangeSponsor · Founding PartnerExhibitor-
4Business Coaching CenterSponsor · Bronze SponsorExhibitor-
5BytePlusSponsor · Premium Bronze SponsorExhibitor-
6EDGNEXSponsor · Data Centre PartnerExhibitor-
7Ernst & YoungSponsor · Gold SponsorExhibitor-
8ExelixiSponsor · Bronze SponsorExhibitor-
9Gravity OneSponsor · Premium Bronze SponsorExhibitor-
10MicrosoftSponsor · Gold SponsorExhibitor-
11NIPASponsor · Pavilion PartnerExhibitor-
12Proptech AISponsor · Bronze SponsorExhibitor-
13PRYPCOSponsor · PropTech PartnerExhibitor-
14SIEFSponsor · Diamond SponsorExhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
bronze sponsor8
24% of 34
data centre partner1
3% of 34
diamond sponsor3
9% of 34
founding partner2
6% of 34
gold sponsor5
15% of 34
industry leader1
3% of 34
pavilion partner1
3% of 34
powered by1
3% of 34
premium bronze sponsor7
21% of 34
proptech partner1
3% of 34
silver sponsor4
12% of 34
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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