AI Everything Abu Dhabi 2026 to Spotlight Large-Scale AI Deployment

AI Everything Abu Dhabi 2026 will take place at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi on October 6th and 7th, bringing together government officials, investors, researchers and technology companies including Microsoft, VDURA and IFS.

Organised by inD and hosted by the Department of Government Enablement, the event is expected to feature more than 400 AI infrastructure builders, model developers, unicorns and startups, alongside over 180 speakers and more than 200 investors managing a combined $91 billion.

Government-scale AI deployment will form a central part of the programme. The Department of Government Enablement expanded Microsoft 365 Copilot to an additional 26,000 civil servants across 27 entities in July, bringing the total number of government employees using the platform to 35,000. Microsoft is expected to demonstrate Copilot, Azure AI and cybersecurity technologies at the event as the department works towards its target of establishing an AI-native government by 2027.

AI infrastructure and industrial applications will also feature, with VDURA set to introduce its Data Platform V12 in the Middle East and IFS showcasing agentic AI systems for operational work. One IFS example, developed for Kodiak Gas Services, uses an AI agent to handle conversational ordering of replacement parts and is projected to generate $3 million in annual returns and free more than 90,000 working hours each year if used once daily by half of the company’s more than 800 field technicians.

The accompanying New Intelligence Summit will examine AI applications across government, education and energy, with speakers from the Department of Government Enablement, Khalifa University, ADNOC, AWS and Oracle.

Discussions will include ADNOC’s ENERGYai platform, which combines AI agents, large language models and company data for applications including seismic interpretation, reservoir modelling and real-time process monitoring.