Program Overview

Day 1 | May 4, 2026

Industrial Sovereignty in a Strategically Connected World

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Day 1 reinforces the UAE’s focus on strengthening industrial resilience through a stable, innovation-led ecosystem, guided by a clear strategic vision that supports long-term opportunity creation amid global disruption. The day highlights how a can-do culture rooted in people, collaboration, and global partnerships enables industries and businesses to adapt, safeguard supply chains, and drive resilient, future-ready growth.

  • The UAE’s value proposition as a stable, long-term destination for confident investment

  • Industrial policy, infrastructure, and resilience in a shifting geopolitical landscape

  • Culture, people, youth, and national identity as drivers of sustainable growth

  • Strategic partnerships and global industrial alliances as key enablers of open trade

  • Balancing supply chain resilience with openness to trade and collaboration

  • Advanced technologies as enablers of future-ready industry

  • Translating ambition into impact through real investor and industry success stories

Day 2 | May 5, 2026

The In Country Value (ICV) Opportunity: Creating Long Term Value

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Day 2 focuses on the UAE’s National In-Country Value programme and its role in translating opportunities into measurable business outcomes. Through targeted panels, practical workshops, success stories, and direct engagement with offtakers, participants gain insight into how ICV strengthens supply chains, expands market access, and enhances competitiveness.

The programme highlights localization in action, SME growth, talent development, advanced manufacturing, and cross-sector collaboration, demonstrating how public-private partnerships are key ecosystem enablers. The day will also feature the Make it in the Emirates Awards, recognizing industrial excellence across manufacturing and advanced technology.

  • National In-Country Value as a driver of competitiveness and supply chain resilience

  • Localization strategies across manufacturing and services

  • SME growth, capability building, and market access

  • Improving ICV scores through procurement, talent, and operational optimization

  • Industrial zones, clusters, and plug-and-play infrastructure

  • Talent development and building a globally competitive Emirati workforce

  • CEPA success stories and future pathways for trade and industrial collaboration

  • Recognizing industrial excellence through the Make it in the Emirates Awards

Day 3 | May 6, 2026

Driving the Future of UAE Manufacturing

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Day 3 showcases how AI, robotics, smart mobility, and autonomous systems are accelerating industrial performance across the UAE. Through focused panels, hands-on workshops, and live innovation showcases, participants explore real-world applications, cross-sector collaboration, and talent upskilling, demonstrating how advanced technology is driving speed, resilience, and global competitiveness in next-generation industrial production.

  • AI, robotics, and autonomous systems in industrial operations

  • Scaling advanced manufacturing technologies beyond pilot projects

  • Smart factories and the hidden infrastructure enabling intelligent production

  • Industry 4.0 to human-centric Industry 5.0 transformation

  • Public-private collaboration and responsible data sharing

  • Technology investment opportunities across national priority sectors

  • Workforce transformation and future skills for intelligent industry

Day 4 | May 7, 2026

Impact: Youth, Innovation and Global Partnerships for the Next-Gen Industry

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Day 4 explores how strategic partnerships, financing solutions, and youth-focused initiatives are unlocking the UAE’s industrial potential. Participants discover how SMEs gain access to capital, innovation is scaled, research is turned into economic value, and the next generation of talent is empowered to drive a resilient, globally competitive industrial ecosystem.

  • Regional and global industrial partnerships for sustainable economic development

  • Financing models aligned with the UAE’s industrial growth roadmap

  • SME access to finance, risk-sharing, and credit support mechanisms

  • Turning applied research into economic and industrial value

  • Youth entrepreneurship, innovation, and future industrial leadership

  • The changing nature of jobs in automation and robotics

  • Creativity, design, and technology in modern manufacturing

  • Emerging AI roles beyond traditional technology careers

  • ·Building products in the UAE for global markets