Wednesday, November 25, 2026
Future AI Summit Qatar 2026
One-day enterprise AI summit for Qatar's CIOs, CTOs, Chief AI Officers and security leaders on scaling trusted AI.
Date and Time
Wednesday, November 25 · 8 - 4pm GMT+3
Location
Hilton Doha
Diplomatic Street, West Bay
About This Event
Future AI Summit Qatar 2026 is a Technology event taking place 25 Nov 2026 at Hilton Doha, Doha, Qatar.
Future AI Summit Qatar (FAIS) is a one-day executive summit in Doha on AI security and AI innovation in the enterprise, themed "Building Autonomous, Intelligent & Trusted Enterprises for the AI Economy". It focuses on how organisations in Qatar move from AI pilots to governed, secure, enterprise-scale deployment, set against Qatar National Vision 2030, Digital Agenda 2030 and the country's emerging National AI Policy.
Who attends
The summit is aimed at technology, data and security decision-makers from government and the main sectors of Qatar's economy.
- Chief AI Officers, CIOs and CTOs
- Chief Digital, Data, Innovation and Analytics Officers
- CISOs and heads of IT security
- Heads of AI, data and analytics, automation and digital transformation
- AI/ML leaders and data scientists
- Government technology leaders
- AI technology providers and solution vendors
What's covered
The agenda mixes keynotes, leadership panels and a closing fireside chat on the practical side of enterprise AI.
- Agentic and generative AI
- Sovereign and Arabic-first AI
- AI governance, regulation and responsible AI
- AI cybersecurity and securing models, data and agents
- AI-native data centres and cloud infrastructure
- Applied AI in energy, finance, healthcare, aviation and logistics
- AI in government
Sectors represented
Delegates come from government and public sector, banking and financial services, energy and utilities, oil and gas, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, telecoms, aviation, logistics, real estate and smart cities, education, media and hospitality.
Awards and exhibition
The day closes with the Future AI Summit Qatar Awards, with categories such as AI Innovative Leader of the Year, Enterprise AI Transformation of the Year, AI Governance Leader of the Year and AI Start-up of the Year; nominations close on 20 October. Sponsors and exhibitors can run live demos and curated executive meetings alongside the sessions.
Agenda
Wednesday, November 25
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Nashira Ballroom
Registration, Networking Breakfast & Expo Visit
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM
Nashira Ballroom
Opening Ceremony & Welcome Address
9:10 AM – 9:30 AM
Nashira Ballroom
Opening Keynote: Qatar's AI Ambition: From Digital Transformation to an AI-Powered Economy
Aligning enterprise innovation with Qatar National Vision 2030, Digital Agenda 2030 and the emerging National AI Policy.
9:30 AM – 9:50 AM
Nashira Ballroom
Keynote: The AI-Powered Enterprise: Why 2026 Is the Year of AI at Scale
Moving from pilots and experimentation to measurable business transformation.
9:50 AM – 10:35 AM
Nashira Ballroom
Leadership Panel: The Enterprise AI Race
Enterprise-wide AI strategy, ROI and business impact, board-level AI priorities and scaling AI across functions.
10:35 AM – 10:50 AM
Nashira Ballroom
Keynote: AI Without Borders: Building Qatar's Arabic-First & Sovereign AI Future
Arabic AI, data sovereignty and trusted regional AI ecosystems.
10:50 AM – 11:05 AM
Nashira Ballroom
Keynote: The Agentic Enterprise
From copilots to AI agents and how autonomous AI will redesign business processes.
11:05 AM – 11:35 AM
Nashira Ballroom
Networking & Coffee Break
11:35 AM – 12:20 PM
Nashira Ballroom
Executive Panel: The Autonomous Factory: Can AI Secure What It Is Learning to Control?
Cyber-resilient OT environments as AI moves into real-time industrial decisions.
12:20 PM – 12:35 PM
Nashira Ballroom
Keynote: The Intelligence Layer: Reimagining Enterprise Data for AI
Data quality, accessibility, governance and context for AI.
12:35 PM – 12:50 PM
Nashira Ballroom
Keynote: The Next Generation Infrastructure
AI-native data centres, intelligent networks and secure cloud ecosystems.
12:50 PM – 1:05 PM
Nashira Ballroom
Keynote: AI in the Real Economy
Applied AI in energy, finance, healthcare, aviation, logistics and smart cities.
1:05 PM – 2:05 PM
Nashira Ballroom
Networking & Lunch Break
2:05 PM – 2:50 PM
Nashira Ballroom
Executive Panel: Trusting AI at Scale
Governance, regulation, ethics and responsible AI, including Qatar's emerging AI policy, risk classification and human oversight.
2:50 PM – 3:05 PM
Nashira Ballroom
Keynote: Securing the Intelligence Layer
Protecting models, data, agents and algorithms beyond traditional cybersecurity.
3:05 PM – 3:20 PM
Nashira Ballroom
Keynote: The Human Advantage
Leading the AI workforce and building digital trust.
3:20 PM – 3:35 PM
Nashira Ballroom
Closing Fireside Chat: The Autonomous Enterprise: What Will Business Look Like in 2030?
3:35 PM – 3:45 PM
Nashira Ballroom
Future AI Summit Qatar Awards Ceremony
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
Nashira Ballroom
Closing Remarks & Networking
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Wednesday, November 25, 2026
Future AI Summit Qatar 2026
One-day enterprise AI summit for Qatar's CIOs, CTOs, Chief AI Officers and security leaders on scaling trusted AI.
Hilton Doha
Diplomatic Street, West Bay
Wednesday, November 25 · 8 - 4pm GMT+3
Future AI Summit Qatar 2026