Hosted by ADGM, the worldwide monetary centre of Abu Dhabi, the Capital of the UAE and held beneath the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Govt Council, ADFW 2025 will run from 8–11 December within the UAE capital. ADQ returns as Headline Associate for the occasion.
This yr’s programme contains greater than 60 occasions, over 300 thematic classes and roughly 750 audio system. Senior executives from Allianz, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Netflix, the World Financial institution, PGIM, BlackRock, Blackstone, HSBC and Normal Chartered are among the many confirmed contributors. The week can even see a number of high-profile bulletins, together with the launch of the inaugural NYU Stern International Monetary Competitiveness Index.
H.E. Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi, Chairman of ADGM, highlighted the importance of this yr’s gathering. “ADFW 2025 will mark the following chapter in Abu Dhabi’s evolution as a worldwide monetary hub, bringing collectively coverage powers, funding titans, and tech pioneers from internationally – all converging within the coronary heart of the ‘Capital of Capital’. This version will transcend geographical boundaries, connecting the worldwide capital community by means of innovation, regulatory collaboration and cross-sector partnerships. Because the world focuses on the way forward for finance, Abu Dhabi, by means of platforms like ADFW, is really engineering it.”
H.E. Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi, UAE Minister of Funding and Managing Director & Group Chief Govt Officer at ADQ, added: “As a strategic companion of Abu Dhabi Finance Week, ADQ is driving a platform that reinforces Abu Dhabi’s place as a worldwide hub for funding and capital flows. This yr’s theme underscores the important position of capital in accelerating infrastructure that powers economies, connects markets, and allows sustainable progress. Via strategic collaboration throughout sectors and geographies, ADQ continues to deploy long-term funding to construct resilient infrastructure that strengthens financial competitiveness and advances societal progress in keeping with its mandate.”
This yr’s theme – Engineering the Capital Community – will deal with the way forward for international finance, together with AI-driven innovation, shifting capital flows, regulatory evolution, institutional partnerships, and the development of inclusive and sustainable monetary techniques.
Authorities and international leaders to take the stage
A number of UAE ministers will communicate on the occasion, together with H.E. Suhail Al Mazrouei, UAE Minister of Vitality and Infrastructure; H.E. Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi, Minister of Justice; H.E. Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister for Overseas Commerce; and H.E. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Sports activities. Senior Abu Dhabi financial officers, together with H.E. Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman of DMT & Etihad, and H.E. Mohamed Hamad Al Mehairi, CEO of the Emirates Funding Authority, can even take part.
Confirmed international audio system embody Marc Randolph, Co-founder & Former CEO of Netflix; Oliver Bate, CEO of Allianz; Sergio Ermotti, CEO of UBS; Steve Schwarzman, Chairman & CEO of Blackstone; Invoice Winters, CEO of Normal Chartered; Stephen Dainton, President, Barclays; Stefan Bollinger, CEO of Julius Baer; Clare Woodman, CEO – Worldwide at Morgan Stanley; and Andres Berger, CEO of Swiss Re. Additionally anticipated are Roberto Azevedo, former Director Basic of the WTO; Makhtar Diop, Managing Director of the Worldwide Finance Company; Shaikha Al Nowais, Secretary Basic Elect of UN Tourism; and Jihad Azour, Director of the Center East on the IMF.
From the asset administration and sovereign funding sphere, audio system embody Dilhan Palay Sandrasegara, CEO of Temasek; Ray Dalio, Founding father of Bridgewater Associates; Alan Howard, Co-Founding father of Brevan Howard; Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton; David Rubenstein, Chairman of Carlyle; Dmitry Balyasny, Founding father of Balyasny; Robyn Grew, CEO of MAN Group; Philipp Hilderbrand, Vice-Chairman of BlackRock; Michael Rees, Co-Founder & Co-President of Blue Owl; Sandro Pierri, CEO of BNP Paribas AM; and Sadek Wahba, Chairman of iSquared.
Leaders from banking and fintech can even be current, together with Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase; Charles Hoskinson, Co-founder of Cardano & IOHK; Joseph Lubin, Co-founder of Ethereum; Anatoly Yakovenko, Co-founder of Solana; Jeremy Allaire, Chairman & CEO of Circle; Star Xu, Founding father of OKX; and Richard Teng, CEO of Binance.
Highlighting finance, expertise and sustainability
ADFW 2025 will open on 8 December with a ceremony attended by senior Abu Dhabi management and international traders. Alongside established flagship occasions such because the Abu Dhabi Financial Discussion board, Asset Abu Dhabi, RESOLVE, Fintech Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Discussion board, the agenda introduces a number of new gatherings.
Day One will characteristic the newly launched International Markets Summit, addressing macroeconomic components shaping capital networks, and the CNBC New Vitality Finance Discussion board, specializing in the worldwide shift to next-generation vitality techniques.
Day Two will host Asset Abu Dhabi, the International Monetary Regulators Summit, the AIMA Non-public Credit score Summit, the Infrastructure Summit and the Worldwide Household Workplace Congress. The day can even embody closed-door discussions, together with an IMF roundtable on macroeconomic volatility, regulatory shifts and geopolitical threat.
Day Three will showcase RESOLVE and Fintech Abu Dhabi, along with AI Abu Dhabi, which is able to discover the convergence of synthetic intelligence and monetary companies. Blockchain Abu Dhabi will look at blockchain, crypto, decentralised finance and disruptions to conventional monetary techniques, whereas the Web3 Leaders Roundtable will convene policymakers and innovators.
The ultimate day will highlight sustainability and ESG on the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Discussion board. The Second EU-GCC Finance & Funding for Inexperienced Transition Discussion board will convey collectively policymakers and monetary establishments to coordinate sustainable finance methods. The Ladies in Finance occasion will spotlight main feminine executives from the worldwide monetary sector, and New York College Stern Faculty of Enterprise Abu Dhabi will host its inaugural commencement ceremony.
ADFW 2025 is about to reaffirm Abu Dhabi’s position as a worldwide nexus for funding, innovation and capital connectivity – a platform the place the way forward for finance is actively being formed.
