ADIPEC 2026

ADIPEC is the annual energy exhibition and conference held at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi under the patronage of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The 2026 edition, themed around turning energy opportunity into action, brings ministers, national and international oil companies, utilities, investors and technology suppliers together for four days of deal-making, exhibits and strategic and technical conference sessions.

Exhibition

The show floor is set to host more than 2,250 exhibiting companies across the full energy value chain, with country pavilions and four specialised industry areas.

• AI Zone
• Digitalisation Zone
• Maritime & Logistics Zone
• Low Carbon & Chemicals Zone

Conference programmes

Across 13 conference programmes and more than 380 sessions, the strategic conference covers energy security, policy, finance, AI, upstream, gas and LNG, downstream, clean power and carbon management, grids, and workforce skills. The technical side includes the SPE Technical Programme, the Downstream Technical Programme and the ADIPEC Technical Excellence Awards, plus leadership and AI leadership roundtables.

Who's speaking

Confirmed participants include energy ministers from the UAE, Germany, Egypt, Türkiye, Bahrain and Jordan, and chief executives of bp, Shell, Eni, Siemens, Oxy, Schneider Electric, INPEX, Vitol, Halliburton, SLB and Baker Hughes.

Also at ADIPEC

The Global Energy Club for senior leaders, a gala dinner, a golf day and Young ADIPEC, the youth programme with field trips, talks and an edutainment hub for students.