Overview
- The four-day forum opened at the ADNEC Centre on 3–6 November with more than 2,000 exhibitors and organizers expecting over 205,000 attendees.
- Authorities activated a traffic plan that restricts venue parking to permit holders, with shuttle buses every five minutes from park‑and‑ride hubs such as Zayed Sports City and the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, plus additional sites across the city.
- Senior leaders from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies and ADNOC are in attendance, with Microsoft president Brad Smith on the opening‑day program.
- In his keynote, ADNOC chief Sultan Al Jaber urged “pragmatic, not performative” policy and called for $4 trillion in annual investment in grids, data centres and energy systems to meet surging demand.
- Al Jaber said ADNOC has deployed 200+ AI use cases via AIQ, halving unplanned shutdowns and targeting 90% production‑forecast accuracy under its Energy to the Power of AI program.