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Organisers encourage early registration for World Green Economy Summit 2026 · DEWA Podcasts

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  The green economy has moved past the question
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  of weather. The question now is how fast it can
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  scale. And in October 2026, the world's decision
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  -makers will gather in Dubai to find out. It
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  will be held under the patronage of His Highness
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  Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President
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  and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai,
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  the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority. And the World Green Economy
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  Organization will organize the 12th edition of
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  the World Green Economy Summit on 21 and 22,
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  October 2026, at the Dubai World Trade Center.
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  Organizers are encouraging early registration.
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  The high -level panels convene global decision
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  -makers, project financiers, business leaders,
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  investors, resilience and infrastructure experts,
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  developers, and representatives of government,
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  the private sector, and academia. This edition
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  runs under the theme, From Success to Scale.
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  showcasing the green economy, moving beyond the
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  need for climate action to how the transition
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  is already taking place. Leading the lineup,
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  His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al -Taya, Vice
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  Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy,
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  Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
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  of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, and
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  Chairman of the World Green Economy Organization.
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  He is joined by His Excellency Suhail Mohammed
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  Al -Mazrui, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure,
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  Dr. Arshad Mansour. President and Chief Executive
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  Officer of the Electric Power Research Institute,
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  Anne Le Guinic, Chief Executive Officer of Veolia
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  Water Technologies, Amel Chadli, President of
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  the Gulf Countries Cluster at Schneider Electric,
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  and Mazen Khan, Chief Financial Officer of Mazdar.
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  Also confirmed, Joan Larea, Chief Executive Officer
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  of Convergence Blended Finance, Priya Sarma,
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  Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability
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  at Unilever's Beauty and Wellbeing Division across
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  the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Turkey,
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  Pakistan and Bangladesh, and Najib Saab, Secretary
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  General of the Arab Forum for Environment and
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  Development. The agenda rests on four pillars,
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  energy technology and infrastructure, business
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  strategy and transition, water and food security,
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  and finance, plus three cross -cutting themes,
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  artificial intelligence, governance, and economic
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  system enablers. Sessions include Middle East
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  energy storage solutions, extending Dubai's leading
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  infrastructure models to global markets, and
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  the business case for sustainability. Alongside
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  the $7 trillion opportunity, mapping which sectors
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  are winning and why, and unlocking the power
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  of innovative solutions, combining public and
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  private capital to de -risk investment in a region
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  with large sovereign funds and active development
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  banks.