Welcome to the 8th Edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum

Join the CEO of the ADGM Authorities extend a warm welcome to the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum. The 8th edition has cemented the forum as a pivotal gathering in the world of climate finance. As ADGM pursues its vision of becoming the leader in Green Finance, we take a moment to reflect on some of the initiatives and actions already underway to turn this vision into reality.

The Climate Finance Architect's Board, with GCFC

A high-level boardroom session convened by the Global Climate Finance Centre, designed as a public “board meeting” with CEOs, policymakers, and global advisors. This debate will explore practical pathways to position the UAE as a global climate finance hub and unlock capital for transition projects.

Champions of the Falcon Economy

This special segment will showcase the investment thesis and growth strategies of several listed industrial champions as they shape Abu Dhabi’s economic future.

Achieving a Double Bottom Line

Few areas of finance capture the balance between purpose and performance as strongly as impact investing. From advancing global health to unlocking breakthroughs in deeptech, impact capital is reshaping how industries deliver measurable social good and generate tangible benefits for communities alongside sustainable financial returns. This fireside discussion will explore investment trends, innovation frontiers, and how purposeful capital can build more inclusive, resilient, and future-ready societies.

Pledges to Projects: Scaling Energy Transition

This session unpacks how global climate pledges are driving capital toward electrification and renewable infrastructure globally. Join pioneering firms transform climate ambition scaling low-carbon fuel supply chains, advanced battery materials delivering high energy density, and clean energy operations that integrate sustainability across the value chain.

Abu Dhabi: The Capital of Green Capital

A dynamic look at Abu Dhabi’s rise as a global hub for climate finance and investment resilience. This session explores how forward-thinking policies, strategic investments, future-proofing and flagship projects are creating high-impact ecosystems shaping the future.

Sustainable Byte: Low Impact AI Infrastructure

As we enter the AI era and digital demand surges, so do its energy and resource needs. This panel explores how data centres, computing power, and AI ecosystems can be designed for minimal environmental impact, balancing sustainability and innovation in the digital age.

Decoding the Banker's Sustainability Mandate

It's been a challenging year for banks navigating sustainability efforts. While some have scaled back their ambitions, many global and regional banks continue integrating ESG criteria, adopting green financing frameworks, and setting ambitious net-zero targets. This session explores how banks are adapting to these pressures while advancing the global transition to a sustainable economy.

The Green Silk Road

Uncover how China’s sustainability leaders are charting the Green Silk Road; an emerging corridor of capital, innovation, and climate cooperation. Hear how green finance, renewable technologies, and strategic partnerships are transforming global markets and deepening collaboration between China and the Middle East

SpaceTech for a Planet in Balance

This panel explores how cutting-edge space technologies are shaping a sustainable future on Earth and beyond. Industry leaders discuss the role of satellites, orbital solutions, and engineering innovations in tackling climate challenges, resource management, and global collaboration. Attendees will gain insight into how space ventures are transforming both business and societal impact.1

2nd EU-GCC Finance & Investment for Green Transition Forum

GtFT - Google Finance & Technology Summit

NYU Stern 2025 Graduation Ceremony

Opening Remarks: Shaping the Future of Islamic Finance

The 2nd edition of Islamic Finance Summit will convene global leaders, regulators, and innovators to shape the future of Shariah-compliant finance. Advancing ethical growth, financial inclusion, and sustainable investment across emerging and established markets.

Standarization and Shariah Regulations: Building Trust & Projects at Scale

As Islamic finance grows globally, harmonizing regulatory and Shariah standards presents a major opportunity for innovation and cross-border collaboration. This panel highlights how central and development banks, standard-setting bodies, and Shariah boards can align frameworks to enhance investor confidence, unlock new markets, and accelerate the development of Islamic finance products.

Going Digital: Enabling Growth through Islamic Finance Innovation

Explore how digital transformation is redefining Islamic finance. This session dives into the latest trends in digital banking and assets, and how innovation is expanding access, deepening inclusion, and powering growth across the UAE and beyond.

Sukuk: Scaling the Next Trillion

The global Sukuk market is growing rapidly, projected to rise from $1.08 trillion in 2024 to $1.30 trillion in 2025. Growth is driven by innovative structures, including sustainability-linked instruments, with Southeast Asia and the Middle East leading the issuance. This session explores regional dynamics and strategies propelling Sukuk toward the next trillion-dollar milestone.

Shari'ah Aligned Portfolios: Balancing Ethics & Risks

Islamic asset managers are navigating complex client demands from ethical investing, ESG overlays, and alternative asset classes. How are leading firms designing Shariah-compliant portfolios that compete globally while staying values-driven?

2nd EU-GCC Finance & Investment for Green Transition Forum; Technical Session

ADGM Partners Recognition Ceremony

Welcoming Remarks: Framing the Future of Finance

For the third consecutive year, the Atlantic Council will host Abu Dhabi Finance Week’s Women in Finance programming. The event will open with remarks from Khalid Azim, Director of the MENA Futures Lab, who will set the tone for this year’s conference by highlighting the pivotal role of innovation as an economic and financial equalizer.

The Opening Perspective: The Power of Balance

In a world recalibrating its values, balance is emerging as the true measure of progress. This opening keynote reflects on how inclusion, integrity and shared leadership can strengthen institutions and inspire sustainable growth across economies. When diversity is embraced with intent, the future of finance becomes wiser, fairer and more enduring.

Special Recognition Ceremony

MENA Futures Lab's Associate Director, Nour Dabboussi, will introduce ADFW Women in Finance's Inaugural Awardee, H.E.Raja El Mazrouei, CEO of Etihad Credit Insurance. This recognition will celebrate H.E.El Mazrouei's career achievements and contirbutions to the MENA region's finance world.

In Conversation with H.E. Raja Al Mazrouei

This conversation will highlight H.E. Al Mazrouei's remarkable career in finance, her unwavering dedication around advancing women's economic participation, and the ways her leadership of Etihad Credit Insurance has facilitated the growth of the UAE's non-oil exports.

Leveraging AI Tools in Investing and Innovation

Artificial intelligence isn’t replacing investors: it’s redefining them. This conversation explores how AI is sharpening foresight, unlocking new forms of creativity, and enabling smarter, more inclusive investment decisions in businesses across the MENA region.

The Policy-People Connection: Innovation through Entrepreneurship

This session will emphasize how strategic initiatives can drive human capital development by equipping entrepreneurs with the skills, networks, and resources to turn ideas into impactful ventures, underpinning the region's commitment to policies that incentivize sustainable growthcreating conditions.

Smart Cities and E-Mobility: Investing in Future-Ready Solutions

As cities evolve into digital ecosystems, investors are steering capital toward sustainable mobility, clean energy, and urban technology. This fireside chat explores the nexus between smart infrastructure, innovation, and investment driving the cities of tomorrow.

From Strategy to People: Embedding Human Capital in Organizational Growth

Strategies may set direction, but people drive progress. This session explores the role of corporate governance management in transforming talent into an engine for innovation, fostering cultures of trust, adaptability, and purpose that enable financial institutions to stay competitive in a rapidly evolving global economy.

Sustainable Capital and Innovation in Green Finance

Sustainability is now smart economics, and the MENA region is proving it. This panel highlights how investors and institutions are coupling climate change awareness with responsible investment through green finance, blended capital, and innovative financial tools that power the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Investing in Knowledge: How Financial Literacy Can Drive More Equitable Societies

When women and girls gain access to financial education and investment opportunities, entire economies benefit. This session examines how financial inclusion amplifies women’s ability to support their families, invest in businesses, and participate fully in economic life, generating multiplier effects that advance both social and national development.

Leaders in Motion: Women Driving Financial Innovation

Women at the forefront of banking, digital assets, investment, and property are not standing still, they’re setting the pace and shifting the centre of influence. This session spotlights the female leaders actively reshaping financial innovation across global markets.

Scaling Smart: Redefining Venture Growth

Abu Dhabi High-Level Roundtable on Climate Investment