Why Attend ADFW

ADFW 2025:
Engineering the Capital Network

Over four transformative days, Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) 2025 achieved yet another milestone gathering, and the largest ever, bringing together 35,000+ participant and global finance’s most influential voices across five established Flagship Forums and over 65 curated events designed to foster collaboration, unlock opportunity, and accelerate economic growth.

The 4th edition of ADFW centred around the theme: Engineering the Capital Network – exploring the purposeful design of new financial systems built to harness innovation, artificial intelligence, and a rebalancing of global capital flows. The theme reflects the growing influence of the UAE, and the GCC, as a gravitational centre for capital and forward-looking investment strategy.

Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) is the MENA region’s premier business and investment summit, bringing together global leaders, market experts, policymakers, and investors from over 100 countries to drive impactful dialogue and collaboration.

ADFW 2025 Highlights

62+

Trillion USD in Assets Present

35000+

Participants

800+

Speakers

65+

Events

390+

Sessions

175+

Nationalities Present

The ADFW Story:
From Abu Dhabi to the Global Stage

Each year, ADFW pushes the boundaries of transformation in the business, investment, and financial landscapes. What began as a spark - a vision - rooted in Abu Dhabi to promote impactful collaboration and create a continuum of innovation across the UAE and the broader MENA region, has since sent ripples of change resonating far beyond.

Across past editions, ADFW has served as a launchpad of groundbreaking ideas and initiatives: from unveiling the Falcon Economy, to witnessing the signing of 100 Memorandums of Understanding between international and regional players.

Today, ADFW has firmly cemented its position on the global financial stage as a platform where business innovation, entrepreneurship, and financial collaboration converge, underscored by Abu Dhabi’s prosperous, diversified, and forward-looking economy.

From reshaping the future of finance and investing in the transition era, to exploring the power of capital, and now engineering the foundations that are repositioning the UAE, and the GCC, at the heart of global finance — the ADFW story continues.

Who Attends ADFW?

The simple answer is: everyone.

ADFW 2025 drew more than 35,000 participants from across the financial, business, and investment sectors. From executives of global financial firms, to CEOs of investment heavyweights, founders of unicorn startups, international business leaders, entrepreneurs, regulators, and more – ADFW is the platform that brings everyone to the same agenda.

The 4th edition of ADFW marked the largest-ever edition of ADFW, with more participants, deeper networking opportunities, and unparalleled access to the ideas and connections driving growth across the region and beyond.

Whether you're looking to forge new partnerships, explore emerging trends, or shape the future of finance, ADFW is the place to be.

3rd Edition Market Report

Discover key insights and takeaways from ADFW 2024 in our comprehensive market report. Featuring highlights from 64 events and contributions by over 600 global leaders, this report captures the essence of ADFW's flagship forums on economic growth, asset management, fintech, sustainable finance, and more. Learn from the world’s brightest minds and gain valuable perspectives to inform your strategies for 2025.

ADFW Editions

Explore the highlights of ADFW 2024 and 2023, where global finance converged for unparalleled insights and networking opportunities. Revisit the moments that are shaping the future of finance.

ADFW 2024

WELCOME TO THE CAPITAL OF CAPITAL

The third edition of ADFW explored the facets and power of financial, human, and technological capital as a competitive propellor for economic growth.

EXPLORE EDITION