Energy & Sustainability

World Green Economy Summit 2026

The 12th edition of the World Green Economy Summit (WGES) will be held on 21st and 22nd October 2026 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, gathering international leaders to showcase scalable solutions in the green economy through four primary pillars: Energy Technology and Infrastructure, Business Strategy and Transition, Water and Food Security, and Finance. Or…

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22Speakers
0Sponsors
20On the bill · sessions
21Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at World, in alphabetical order.
Aditya Saraswat
Partner and Head of MENA and Caspian Research · Rystad Energy
Aisha Mohamed Al Abdooli
Director of Green Development & Environment Affairs Department · UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
Alexander Lempka
CEO and Founder · Connect Earth
Amel Chadli
President of Gulf Cluster countries · Schneider Electric
Anne Le Guennec
CEO · Veolia Water Technologies
Arshad Mansoor
President and Chief Executive Officer
Avanthika Satheesh
Director of Consulting · Customized Energy Solutions (CES) MENA
Avinash Kumar
President and co-founder of the ESG & Decarbonisation practice · Earthood
Bashar Al Natoor
Global Head of Islamic Finance · Fitch Rating
Darren Kimura
President and CEO · AISquared
Dr Hans Dieter Hermes
Executive Vice President of Clean Energies · Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) GmbH
Fadi Al-Shihabi
Partner, Sustainability Solutions Leader · KPMG Middle East
Joan M. Larrea
CEO · Convergence Blended Finance
Kai-Uwe Buerger
Co-founder and CEO · A1 Water & Energy Group
Marina Antonopoulou
Chief Executive Officer of Climate Change and Nature Conservation · Emirates Nature-WWF
Mazin Khan
Chief Financial Officer · Masdar
Najib Saab
Secretary General · Arab Forum for Environment & Development (AFED)
Naveen Raza
Head of Net Zero Transition | MENAT Sustainability · HSBC
Nick Falkowski
CEO and co-founder · Meaningful Planet
Priya Sarma
Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability · Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing, GCC, Turkey, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Saeed Al Abbar
Chief Executive Officer · AESG
Yousuf Saeed Lootah
founder and Chief Executive Officer · Lootah Biofuels
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Agenda

Selected from 20 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:00-09:45 22 Oct, 2026

    The $7 Trillion Opportunity: Which Sectors Are Winning and Why

  • 09:00-10:00 21 Oct, 2026

    Driving Success: The Middle East’s Energy Storage Solutions

  • 09:45-10:45 22 Oct, 2026

    Electricity for All: How Clean Energy Is Becoming More Accessible

  • 10:00-11:00 21 Oct, 2026

    Opening Ceremony

  • 10:45-11:00 22 Oct, 2026

    BREAK

  • 11:00-11:30 21 Oct, 2026

    Exporting Utility Excellence: Extending Dubai’s Leading Infrastructure Models to Global Markets

  • 11:00-11:30 22 Oct, 2026

    Proving ROI: The Success of Climate Investments/Projects

  • 11:30-12:00 21 Oct, 2026

    Decarbonising at Scale: Clean Energy Solutions for Net-Zero

  • 11:30-12:30 22 Oct, 2026

    Green Bonds and the GCC: How the Region Is Leveraging Green Finance

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 21 companies, parsed from the program.

21 companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
21Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

91% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1150%
  • Founder / Owner314%
  • VP-level15%
  • Director / Head of523%
  • Other roles29%

Of 22 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01A1 Water & Energy Group1V
  2. 02AESG1V
  3. 03AI Squared1V
  4. 04Arab Forum for Environment & Development (AFED)1V
  5. 05Connect Earth1V
  6. 06Convergence Blended Finance1V
  7. 07Customized Energy Solutions (CES) MENA1V
  8. 08Earthood1V
  9. 09Emirates Nature-WWF1V
  10. 10Fitch Rating1V
  11. 11HSBC1V
  12. 12KPMG Middle East1V
  13. 13Lootah Biofuels1V
  14. 14Masdar1V
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.