With global attention fixed on the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) nations, the upcoming edition of Gitex Global, a major technology and AI event, will see leading industry giants like OpenAI and Microsoft as well as Abu Dhabi's G42 lead landmark dialogues on co-creating AI-native societies.
Gitex Global 2025 kicks off in Dubai at a pivotal moment when countries worldwide shift from fragmented AI adoption towards nation-scale intelligence strategies - where computing power, data, institutional readiness, and governance combine to drive economic and societal transformation, said the organisers.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, marks his highly anticipated debut at Gitex Global, joining Peng Xiao, Group CEO of G42, in a landmark virtual discussion on the theme of moving “From Early Adoption to AI-Native Societies: Envisioning the Next Era of Intelligence.”
Bringing together the two most-watched global vanguards influencing the trajectory of AI, the session is set to deliver groundbreaking insights on going beyond experimentation into full AI integration, laying the foundation of AI-native societies.
The Gitex & G42 AI-Native Societies Programme expands the conversation into strategic alliances and architectures.
Senior executives from Core42 and the US-UAE Business Council dive into the UAE-US 5GW AI Campus, the largest AI infrastructure project outside the US.
Delving further into intelligence infrastructures and the visionary Global Intelligence Grid are senior leaders from G42, OpenAI, Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Khazna Data Centres, and Cerebras.
The focus then shifts to real-world deployments with the leadership team from TAMM – Department of Government Enablement (Government of Abu Dhabi), Presight, Core42, OpenAI, Inception, AIQ, and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, revealing how governments, industries and education systems are operationalising AI at scale.
Power agenda on AI geopolitics and economic impact
Gitex Global 2025’s conference programme converges its largest, most formidable lineup of ministers, policymakers, tech CEOs, founders, and investors from more than 180 countries, spanning multiple summits on AI geopolitics & sovereignty, quantum frontiers, cross-sector use cases, investment priorities, and cyber resilience in the age of AI.
Backed by a show floor of over 6,800 tech enterprises, 2,000 startups and over 40 unicorns, alongside 1,200 investors with $1.1 trillion in assets under management, the conversations on stage carry far-reaching implications on future strategies, business pivots, collaborations, and economic forces redefining the tech industry.
Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, will be leading the opening discussions on Europe’s push to turn deep-tech prowess into strategic economic power, while the UAE’s Minister of Economy and Tourism Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri will discuss the recalibrating economic strategies around AI.
Continuing these dialogues are Omar Sultan Al Olama, UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, alongside Evan Solomon, Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation, the country’s first AI minister, on the ‘intelligence super-cycle’.
These senior leaders will explore how nations leverage AI to cushion against economic volatility and assert digital leadership.
Steering capital flows for national leaderships
With investment bank UBS estimating a staggering $375 billion funding for AI projects1 in 2025, questions are being raised on the geopolitical weight of these investments.
In a key session, China’s outspoken global affairs expert, Victor Gao, Chairman of The China Energy Security Institute, spars with Dr. Jörg Goschin, CEO of Germany’s KfW Capital, Europe's largest state-backed VC deploying €2.5 billion, on the new geoeconomics of investment – how capital is increasingly wielded as an instrument of technological power.
On the national investment front, Naima Al Falasi, SVP AI Strategy & Transformation at Mubadala - Abu Dhabi’s sovereign fund managing a $302 billion portfolio, shares strategic insights on embedding AI and Machine Learning in key sectors, amplifying national competitiveness.-TradeArabia News Service
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