DISx MEAI
Manufacturing, Energy & Asset-Heavy Industries
Innovation Summit
Reimagining the Future of Manufacturing and Asset-Intensive Industries with AI-Led Innovation
5 february
Crowne Plaza Riyadh RDC Hotel & Convention · riyadh, ksa
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Welcome to DISx MEAI
Manufacturing, Energy & Asset-Heavy Industries
A one-day, practitioner-focused gathering for leaders across manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, utilities, and other asset-intensive industries in the MEA region. Inspired by the applied, use-case-driven approach of the Data Innovation Summit, this event brings together decision-makers from operations, technology, and strategy who are working to move AI beyond pilots and into real-world execution.
The summit explores how AI and data are becoming the backbone of next-generation industrial performance. The program is structured around three strategic areas: operational intelligence and asset optimization; sustainability, efficiency, and regulatory innovation; and intelligent workforce and decision augmentation. Together, these themes reflect a fundamental shift toward embedding AI into the operational core of industrial organizations.
Through concise keynotes and peer-led executive roundtables, participants will share practical experience, learn what is working today, and leave with actionable insights, meaningful connections, and a clearer path forward for scaling AI with impact.
Explore the DISx Programme
The program focuses on three strategic areas of change. Operational intelligence and asset optimization explores how organisations are using AI to improve efficiency, predict failure, and optimise performance across critical infrastructure. Sustainability, efficiency and regulatory innovation looks at how AI is enabling smarter resource use, emissions reduction, and compliance in increasingly regulated markets. Intelligent workforce and decision augmentation focuses on how AI is enhancing the capabilities of frontline workers and decision-makers — helping them respond faster, work smarter, and operate more safely.
These are not just technical topics. They represent a broader shift in how industrial organisations must think about transformation. For AI to deliver real business value, it must move out of isolated pilots and into the operational core. That means aligning business and technical teams, rethinking processes, and scaling what works.
This event is structured to support that shift. The day is divided into four focused content blocks, each beginning with two short keynote presentations designed to challenge assumptions and share realworld experience. These are followed by peer-led executive roundtables, where participants dive deeper into challenges and opportunities specific to their domain.
Meet our DISx Speakers
The DIS X Summits bring together some of the most forward-thinking leaders from operations, technology, and strategy to explore how AI and data can become the backbone of next-generation industrial performance.
On the DIS X MEAI we’re bringing together manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, and utilities under one roof because these sectors share common ground. They operate large-scale systems, manage critical assets, face increasing regulation, and sit at the centre of the global sustainability agenda. And all of them are now turning to AI not just to optimise, but to transform.
Together, we will explore how AI is transforming the way industrial systems operate, how services are delivered, and how people make decisions across complex environments.
The DISx Speakers & Panelists
Hisham Alsayed
Director of Information Technology
NAFT Services Company
Hichem Troudi
Head of Digital Advisory Services & Digital Transformation Leader
Dar Al Riyadh
Wissam Al Adany
Chief Information Officer
Ades Holding
Who should attend?
If you are working in manufacturing, energy, utilities, oil and gas, or other asset-heavy industries, and play a role in digital transformation, innovation, AI product ownership, or data-driven operations, the DISx MEAI Summit is designed for you.
The event brings together AI leaders, operations specialists, and domain experts to exchange ideas, share real-world case studies, and explore what it truly means to reimagine operational intelligence, sustainability, and workforce enablement through data and AI.
You should attend if you are involved in:
· AI and data strategy in industrial environments
· Operational excellence and process optimisation
· Asset performance, field services or predictive maintenance
· HSE, compliance, or regulatory innovation
· Engineering, infrastructure, or digital factory initiatives
· Industrial IT, OT, or systems integration
· Sustainability, energy transition, or circular operations
Whether you manage plant systems, lead transformation programs, design digital services, or oversee analytics and automation, this event connects you with peers who are making AI work in the most complex and mission-critical environments.
Why should you attend?
Join us at the DISx MEAI Summit to explore how applied AI and data innovation are transforming the core of asset-intensive industries. This one-day executive program is designed to accelerate real business impact by focusing on what delivers measurable, scalable results — not just what’s possible.
At DISx MEAI Summit, you will:
· Learn from real-world industrial case studies – Explore how organisations across manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, and utilities are using AI to optimise operations, reduce downtime, and drive sustainable performance.
· Discover what it takes to scale innovation – Unpack the success factors behind moving from isolated AI pilots to enterprise-wide platforms across complex, high-risk and heavily regulated environments.
· Bridge the gap between business and technical teams – Engage in conversations that bring operations leaders, AI experts, and business stakeholders together to drive aligned, crossfunctional innovation.
· Stay ahead of industrial AI governance and compliance – Understand how leading organisations are embedding trust, safety, and regulatory alignment into AI systems that operate in mission- critical environments.
· Connect with a regional and global network – Meet senior leaders from across MEA who are driving industrial transformation through data, AI, and advanced technologies shaping the future of asset-heavy enterprise.
DISx MEAI Summit is not about AI in theory. It’s about AI at work. This summit is built for business and technology leaders who are building real solutions, scaling innovation, and rethinking how industries operate.
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Data, Innovation, and Strategy Exchange
DISx stands for Data, Innovation, and Strategy Exchange – a regional event series designed to help organisations turn data and AI into real business transformation.
Unlike traditional tech conferences, DISx focuses on applied innovation where AI and data are not just explored as technologies, but leveraged as tools for reimagining how industries operate, deliver services, and engage customers.
Each DISx event is built to support business and technology leaders who are leading change across complex, data-rich environments. With a focus on real-world use cases, executive perspectives, and cross-functional collaboration, the series creates space for meaningful conversation, shared learning, and scalable strategy.
sector-focused, strategy led
sector-focused, strategy led
DISx brings together industries with shared transformation challenges such as finance, telecom, and digital services for ex. where AI is not just a tool, but a competitive imperative.
One Day, High Value
One Day, High Value
Each summit is a compact, high-impact experience. One day. Four thematic blocks. Eight powerful keynotes. Three industry roundtables. Zero filler.
Where AI Meets Business
Where AI Meets Business
We bring AI leaders, business domain experts, product owners, and transformation executives into the same room to solve the same problems, together.
Built for Scale
Built for Scale
Every session is designed to move beyond theory. We focus on what it takes to turn pilots into platforms and build sustainable, AI-powered capabilities at the heart of the enterprise.
The DISx Summits
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