UAE to Host World’s Largest AI Gathering as Global AI Race Accelerates

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The global AI landscape is undergoing a seismic shift following major consortium-led AI projects, including the $500 billion Stargate initiative—the largest AI infrastructure project in history, with the UAE playing a key role—alongside DeepSeek’s rapid rise. These groundbreaking developments have redrawn the technological power map, challenging long-standing strategies and assumptions.

AI Everything Global 2025, taking place from February 4-6 in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, is set to explore the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on industries and economies worldwide. Organized by Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) in affiliation with GITEX GLOBAL, the world’s largest tech show, the event will bring together AI’s most influential stakeholders to challenge the status quo and drive innovation across government, business, and society. As the largest public-private AI gathering, AI Everything Global will showcase cross-industry AI advancements from 70+ countries, featuring 200 speakers, 150+ investors managing $70 billion in assets, and 500+ AI and tech executives shaping the future of artificial intelligence.

The “Big Winds of Change. It’s AI in Everything Summit,” hosted at the St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi, will bring influential leaders together for interactive discussions on AI policy shifts, open-source R1 speculation, the future of energy-intensive data centers, and groundbreaking AI research. Faisal Al Bannai, Advisor to the UAE President for Strategic Research and Advanced Technology Affairs and Secretary General of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), emphasized that AI is not just transforming industries but redefining the possibilities of the intelligence age.

Trixie LohMirmand, Executive Vice President of DWTC and CEO of KAOUN International, noted that AI has become a global sovereign investment priority, leveling the playing field between tech giants, emerging startups, and ambitious economies.

AI Everything Global 2025 will feature top industry leaders, including Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for AI, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications; Faisal Al Bannai; Jonathan Bronfman, creator of AI-powered technology used in Netflix blockbusters ‘Squid Game’ and ‘Stranger Things’; Vasi Philomin, VP of Generative AI at AWS; Sirisha Kadamalakalva, Managing Director and Global Head of AI/ML at Citi; Kate Darling, Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab; and Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

At Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City, attendees will experience AI’s transformative role in healthcare, education, energy, Industry 4.0, and creative economies, with over 500 global tech enterprises and award-winning startups—70% of which are making their Middle East debut. Leading tech companies including ASUS, Alibaba Cloud, AWS, Dell, e&, Fortinet, G42, HP, IBM, Intel, Lenovo, Nokia, Oracle, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat, Technology Innovation Institute (TII), and Zoom will showcase how they are shaping the next era of AI-driven innovation. With AI Everything Global 2025 at the forefront of the AI revolution, the event is set to be the definitive platform driving the future of artificial intelligence.