Join a handpicked circle of leaders for the landmark 5th edition of IGF Middle East: NXT Frontiers, an exclusive two-day experience in Dubai, 25-26 November 2025.
Limited to only 90 participants to ensure meaningful and substantial exchange. This is more than an event: it’s an exclusive private forum where ideas, partnerships, and visions for the future converge.
Your Experience Pass Unlocks Exclusive Access To
Day One
25 NovemberDisruptors in the Desert
Private desert retreat under the stars.
Intimate fireside dialogue between H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications – UAE | Vice-Chair of the World Governments Summit Organization and Nikhil Kamath, Investor & Entrepreneur that you will not just witness but also be a part of.
Opportunities to meet, exchange, and connect with fellow leaders in a setting that encourages candour and networking.
Day Two
26 NovemberConversation at IGF Middle East 2025 Pivots around Nine Transformative Frontiers Redefining Innovation, Collaboration and Global Growth
IGF Dialogues
Closed-door and high-impact roundtables that move ideas from intent to action – shaping the policies, partnerships, and innovations defining tomorrow.
Frontier 1 | Capital
Clarity in Chaos – Navigating Investment Opportunities Amid Noisy Markets
(Hosted by Niveza Investments)
Frontier 2 | Inclusion
The Leadership Dividend: Gender Equity in the Digital Age – Catalyst or Challenge?
(A roundtable co-curated with Connexus)
Frontier 3 | Health
Advancing Clinical Genomics - Partnerships for Precision Healthcare in the UAE
(Hosted by Oxford Nanopore Technologies)
Frontier 4 | Deep Technology
Financing the Future: Scaling Deeptech Innovation
IGF Studio | Frontiers Under the Spotlight
IGF’s signature broadcast studio – moderated by leading international newsroom presenters and filmed before a live audience – puts the world’s most compelling issues in tech, leadership, and geopolitics under the spotlight, featuring sharp and future-ready perspectives from global changemakers.
Frontier 5 | Intelligence
DPI Meets AI: Can Nations Build Their Own Sovereign AI Stack?
Global leaders convene to unlock strategies for frontier innovation and building sovereign digital systems, as they define shared norms for safe, ethical intelligence.
Frontier 6 | Consumer Capital
Wallet Wars and Super Apps: Who Will Own the Financial Consumer?
As banking, payments, and lifestyle converge, the race to own the global financial interface is on. Super apps are redefining how consumers engage with money, but who will own the journey, define trust, and shape the next-gen financial ecosystem?
Frontier 7 | Resilience
From Dock to Destination: The DNA of Future Supply Chain Corridors
Technology, investment, and innovation are redrawing global trade routes. This session explores how smarter, faster, and more resilient supply chains are powering the next era of global commerce.
Frontier 8 | Experience
Click, Cart, Connect: Building the Future Retail Model
Retail is no longer online or offline; it’s everywhere. Discover how brands use AI, data, and logistics to deliver seamless, personalised experiences and build the blueprint for unified global commerce.
Frontier 9 | Ambition
Inventing the Future: AI, Ambition, and the Billion-Dollar Mindset
AI, automation and no-code tools are redefining scale. Can just one person build the next billion-dollar enterprise? IGF members share insights, lessons and bold predictions.
Closing Plenaries: Frontiers for Tomorrow
- The Next-Gen Innings: Play Bold or Play Safe?
- The Future of Human Capital
- The Business of Healthspan: Investing in the Future of Performance, Resilience, and Longevity
Day Two
26 NovemberConversation at IGF Middle East 2025 Pivots around Nine Transformative Frontiers Redefining Innovation, Collaboration and Global Growth
IGF Dialogues
Closed-door and high-impact roundtables that move ideas from intent to action – shaping the policies, partnerships, and innovations defining tomorrow.
Frontier 1 | Capital
Clarity in Chaos – Navigating Investment Opportunities Amid Noisy Markets
(Hosted by Niveza Investments)
Frontier 2 | Inclusion
The Leadership Dividend: Gender Equity in the Digital Age – Catalyst or Challenge?
(A roundtable co-curated with Connexus)
Frontier 3 | Health
Advancing Clinical Genomics - Partnerships for Precision Healthcare in the UAE
(Hosted by Oxford Nanopore Technologies)
Frontier 4 | Deep Technology
Financing the Future: Scaling Deeptech Innovation
IGF Studio | Frontiers Under the Spotlight
IGF’s signature broadcast studio – moderated by leading international newsroom presenters and filmed before a live audience – puts the world’s most compelling issues in tech, leadership, and geopolitics under the spotlight, featuring sharp and future-ready perspectives from global changemakers.
Frontier 5 | Intelligence
DPI Meets AI: Can Nations Build Their Own Sovereign AI Stack?
Global leaders convene to unlock strategies for frontier innovation and building sovereign digital systems, as they define shared norms for safe, ethical intelligence.
Frontier 6 | Consumer Capital
Wallet Wars and Super Apps: Who Will Own the Financial Consumer?
As banking, payments, and lifestyle converge, the race to own the global financial interface is on. Super apps are redefining how consumers engage with money, but who will own the journey, define trust, and shape the next-gen financial ecosystem?
Frontier 7 | Resilience
From Dock to Destination: The DNA of Future Supply Chain Corridors
Technology, investment, and innovation are redrawing global trade routes. This session explores how smarter, faster, and more resilient supply chains are powering the next era of global commerce.
Frontier 8 | Experience
Click, Cart, Connect: Building the Future Retail Model
Retail is no longer online or offline; it’s everywhere. Discover how brands use AI, data, and logistics to deliver seamless, personalised experiences and build the blueprint for unified global commerce.
Frontier 9 | Ambition
Inventing the Future: AI, Ambition, and the Billion-Dollar Mindset
AI, automation and no-code tools are redefining scale. Can just one person build the next billion-dollar enterprise? IGF members share insights, lessons and bold predictions.
Closing Plenaries: Frontiers for Tomorrow
- The Next-Gen Innings: Play Bold or Play Safe?
- The Future of Human Capital
- The Business of Healthspan: Investing in the Future of Performance, Resilience, and Longevity
Your Experience Pass Also Includes
- Entry to premier plenary sessions and fireside conversations.
- Entry to impactful closing keynotes.
- Opportunities for curated networking within Dubai Future Foundation’s innovation spaces.
- Access to post event outcomes report.