ADIPEC 2026 to focus on energy security, AI and infrastructure

An image from ADIPEC 2025. This year’s event will focus on rising energy demand, infrastructure investment, energy security and artificial intelligence when the global energy conference and exhibition returns to Abu Dhabi Nov. 2-5.

ADIPEC 2026 will focus on rising energy demand, infrastructure investment, energy security and artificial intelligence when the global energy conference and exhibition returns to Abu Dhabi Nov. 2-5.

Organizers said more than 2,250 companies, including 54 national and international energy companies, have already confirmed participation. The event is expected to draw 239,000 attendees and more than 1,800 speakers.

The Strategic Conference has been redesigned for 2026 and will include 11 programs and more than 380 sessions. New program areas include Energy Security & Resilience; Upstream; Clean Power, Molecules & Carbon Management; Grids, Infrastructure & Industrial Execution; and Workforce & Skills. AI, Digital & Technology Innovation will also be among the conference programs.

Confirmed speakers include Siemens Energy President and CEO Christian Bruch, Baker Hughes Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Simonelli, SLB CEO Olivier Le Peuch, Shell CEO Wael Sawan, bp CEO Meg O’Neill and Oxy President and CEO Richard Jackson.

“Recent volatility has reaffirmed a simple truth: energy security is economic stability,” ADIPEC Chairman Abdulmunim Al Kindy said. “As demand rises and AI transforms both the energy sector and the economies it powers, the world must invest ahead of demand, diversify supply and strengthen the infrastructure, technology and capabilities that keep energy moving.”

The Strategic Conference will be accompanied by the Technical Conference, including SPE Technical and Downstream Technical programs.

Hosted by ADNOC, ADIPEC will be held at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi. Organizers said the exhibition will span 16 halls and include 30 country pavilions and four specialized technology zones.