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Returning to Abu Dhabi from November 3 to 6, ADIPEC 2025 – the world's largest energy event – aims to show how artificial intelligence turns ideas into real impact across the entire energy value chain and redraws the global map of opportunity. At the same time, it looks at how the world can produce more energy – by securing supply, mobilizing investment, implementing smart solutions and building resilient systems.
AI is a double-edged sword in the energy sector
In heavy industry and utilities, artificial intelligence reduces operating costs, improves productivity and energy efficiency, while turning data into real-time decisions that prevent failures and optimize performance. Investments in clean energy and advanced technologies achieved $2.2 trillion this year out of $3.3 trillion moving towards the energy system, emphasizing a decisive turn towards grids, renewables, storage, low-emission fuels, efficiency and electrification.
At the same time, AI's own rise is changing infrastructure planning, with data center power consumption expected to more than double by 2030. The dual challenge is to ensure energy reliability and availability while meeting AI's growing demand for computing resources.
Global energy convergence
Taking place in Abu Dhabi from 3 to 6 November 2025, ADIPEC will welcome over 205,000 visitors and over 2,250 exhibiting companies from across the global energy ecosystem to showcase the latest advances shaping the future of energy. The event is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, and is held under the slogan “Energy. Intelligence. Influence”. The event is organized by ADNOC.
With a conference program featuring more than 1,800 speakers across 380 sessions, as well as the largest exhibition ever, ADIPEC 2025 explores how scaling smart solutions such as artificial intelligence and enhancing sustainability can transform the energy sector to achieve inclusive global progress.
Designing the future
Two flagship programs anchor the engineering agenda at ADIPEC technical conferences: the Technical Conference hosted by SPE and the Downstream Technical Conference.
Participants of the Technical Conference can count on 1,100 technical experts in more than 200 sessions The focus is on field-tested solutions, operational excellence and AI-powered optimization. From cutting-edge innovations changing the face of the hydrogen and nuclear sectors to AI-powered digital technologies embedded across all operations, the conference showcases practical applications and operational successes across the upstream, downstream and downstream sectors.
Investments in clean energy and advanced technologies this year will amount to $2.2 trillion of the $3.3 trillion flowing into the energy system.
Technology pioneers are demonstrating solutions that transform operations, improve grid reliability, and enable seamless coordination between energy and digital infrastructure through intelligent integration technologies. In 2025 the number of applications reached a record 7,086, of which about 20% were dedicated to artificial intelligence and digital technologies.and contributions coming from 93 countries.
In parallel with in-depth engineering studies ADIPEC Strategic Conference brings together ministers, CEOs, investors and policymakers across 10 strategic programs to address geopolitics, investment, artificial intelligence and energy security through practical, long-term strategies. Over four days, a high-level delegation of more than 16,500 participants will join a future-oriented dialogue that links policy, capital and technology solutions.
Core program areas include global strategy, decarbonization, finance and investment, natural gas and LNG, digitalization and artificial intelligence, emerging economies and hydrogen, with additional topics covering policy and regulation, refining and chemicals, diversity and leadership, and maritime shipping and logistics. The result is a system-level view that complements the Technical Conference by translating board priorities into roadmaps that operators can execute.
Why AI matters now
- Predictive maintenance, real-time demand forecasting and autonomous control systems are accelerating decarbonization by squeezing more electrons and molecules per unit of carbon.
- Operating costs are reduced by 10% to 25%, productivity by 3% to 8%, and energy efficiency by 5% to 8% across energy sector assets as artificial intelligence and automation move from pilots to enterprise-wide deployment. Predictive maintenance and asset integrity are already improving, reducing unplanned downtime and increasing throughput.
- However, digital progress requires reliable energy: growing AI pressures are pushing networking, data center placement, interconnectivity and flexible demand to the top of boardroom agendas. Latest forecasts show that record high demand for electricity in key markets is driven at least in part by artificial intelligence, especially through model training and inference.
AI Zone in ADIPEC
The ADIPEC program aims to achieve this balance – how to use intelligence to decarbonize operations while ensuring that the network matches the computing resources.
Curated in partnership with ADNOC, Do you have areas is a fascinating demonstration of how intelligence—both human and artificial—is redefining energy systems, empowering people, and driving bold, cross-sectoral change.
It brings together tech giants such as Microsoft, Honeywell, ABB, Hexagon, Cognite, DeepOcean and SUPCON with artificial intelligence innovators such as Bechtel, Clean Connect AI and Gecko Robotics. Fast scaling startups data analysis firms, system integrators and academic labs will demonstrate artificial intelligence hardware, predictive analytics and intelligent energy management platforms.
The AI ​​Zone is an exciting showcase of how intelligence—both human and artificial—is redefining energy systems, empowering people, and driving bold, cross-sectoral change.
The goal is practical: to make a complete set of AI building blocks for energy possible—from sensors and data platforms to models and control systems—so operators can confidently integrate them, speed adoption and deployment, and connect decision makers with innovators and investors.
Beyond the AI ​​area, special content from the Digitalization and AI conferences covers secure automation, cost-cutting guides and real-time platforms that can help reduce downtime and emissions.
What to expect on earth
Turning dialogue into delivery
ADIPEC 2025 comes at just the right moment. With its scale, technical depth and keen focus on artificial intelligence, ADIPEC serves as a catalyst for the next chapter of energy progress.
Whether you're leading operations, building digital platforms, allocating capital or shaping policy, ADIPEC 2025 this is where conversation becomes coordination and ideas turn into action. Join the global community in Abu Dhabi to turn vision into reality and ambition into results.
