When and where is the congress?

On 16 December 2026 in Ibn Battuta Hall 1 & 2 at the Crowne Plaza Riyadh RDC Hotel & Convention. The published agenda opens with IDC's welcome address at 5:30 pm.

Through the Register Now link on IDC's event page, which opens IDC's registration site.

Public-sector technology leaders in Saudi Arabia, including CIOs, CISOs, data leaders and policymakers, as well as the technology companies that work with them.

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IDC Public Sector Congress Saudi Arabia 2026

Name: IDC Public Sector Congress Saudi Arabia 2026
Start: 2026-12-16T17:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-12-16T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Crowne Plaza Riyadh RDC Hotel & Convention

IDC's congress for Saudi government CIOs, data and security leaders on scaling AI and digital services across the public sector.

16 December 2026 · Wed 5:30pm GMT+3
Crowne Plaza Riyadh RDC Hotel & Convention · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Registration open · on event.idc.com

About this event

The IDC Public Sector Congress Saudi Arabia is IDC's annual meeting point for the technology leaders behind the Kingdom's ministries, agencies and giga-projects. The 2026 edition, themed Intelligent Governance for a Transforming Nation, looks at how government moves generative and agentic AI, data platforms and sovereign cloud out of pilots and into services citizens use every day.

Key themes

IDC has set five themes for the 2026 programme.

A future-ready public workforce: skills, operating models and change at scale
Sustainable governance with digital twins and data-driven net-zero delivery
GenAI and agentic workflows in enterprise-grade public services
Smart cities and giga-projects in everyday services
Cybersecurity and AI safety in a sovereign digital era

Who attends

The congress brings together government CIOs, CISOs and data leaders with policymakers and technology vendors, combining IDC analyst research on the Saudi market with peer case studies and networking. IDC forecasts Saudi GenAI spending across all industries rising from USD 0.787 billion in 2025 to USD 4.519 billion in 2029.

Partners

Sponsoring partners announced for this edition include Cisco, Splunk, Ejada Systems, Zoho, Dataiku and Azeus Convene.

Saudi GenAI spending forecast for 2029 (IDC): $4.519bn

IDC Public Sector Congress Saudi Arabia 2026 is a Technology event taking place 16 Dec 2026 at Crowne Plaza Riyadh RDC Hotel & Convention, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.