TRENDS Analysis & Advisory has introduced the group of its second annual Dialogue on Synthetic Intelligence, to be held in strategic partnership with the UAE Cybersecurity Council and 20 companions beneath the title Tech Diplomacy within the MENA Area.
The occasion will happen on Thursday, November 13, 2025, on the TRENDS Grand Convention Corridor in Abu Dhabi, with the participation of researchers and specialists from the U.S. Heart for Strategic and Worldwide Research (CSIS), in addition to audio system from Google, OpenAI, G42, GC REAIM, Khalifa College, Mohamed bin Zayed College of Synthetic Intelligence, New York College Abu Dhabi, and different scientific and tutorial establishments.
This was introduced throughout a press convention held by TRENDS Analysis & Advisory at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, the place it was revealed that the dialogue will happen on Thursday, November 13, 2025, on the fundamental TRENDS Convention Corridor in Abu Dhabi. The audio system and companions have been additionally introduced, and Dr. Al-Ali expressed his gratitude for his or her priceless contributions.
Understanding the Realities of the Current Stage
Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Ali, CEO of TRENDS Analysis & Advisory, acknowledged that the dialogue, by which the UAE Cybersecurity Council participates as a strategic associate, will characteristic main international know-how firms from each the private and non-private sectors, 5 universities from the UAE, and specialists and researchers from the Heart for Strategic and Worldwide Research (CSIS) for the primary time within the Center East.
The occasion will focus on key points associated to the most recent developments in synthetic intelligence and tech diplomacy by means of three fundamental classes that deliver collectively an elite group of specialists, decision-makers, and lecturers from all over the world.
Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Ali emphasised the importance of the TRENDS Dialogue on Synthetic Intelligence, noting that the participation of researchers from the Heart for Strategic and Worldwide Research (CSIS), which is likely one of the world’s main American suppose tanks and is ranked first globally in protection and nationwide safety, provides important worth and momentum to the dialogue. He additional confused that this yr’s convention marks a brand new qualitative milestone in TRENDS’ journey, happening at an important time to deal with a extremely important matter: Tech Diplomacy.
He defined that this matter displays superior consciousness of the realities of the current stage, by which synthetic intelligence and rising applied sciences have change into pivotal forces shaping politics, economics, safety, and worldwide relations. He added that understanding these transformations is a strategic necessity for decision-makers and thinkers alike. Dr. Al-Ali additionally says that this occasion displays TRENDS’ imaginative and prescient of supporting international dialogue on know-how and coverage, and reinforcing the UAE’s place as a number one hub sooner or later data trade.
Three Excessive-Degree Periods
Awadh Al Breiki, Senior Researcher and Head of the TRENDS International Sector, defined that the dialogue opens with the primary session, titled Powering Progress: The New Period of US-Gulf Partnerships, which explores alternatives for strategic cooperation between the 2 sides in innovation and superior know-how, and highlights the function of synthetic intelligence in driving future partnerships.
The second session, Navigating the Geopolitics of AI, will spotlight the implications of technological development on the worldwide stability of energy and the influence of synthetic intelligence on worldwide relations and policymaking.
The third session, Comfortable Energy By way of AI and Digital Infrastructure, will concentrate on how modern applied sciences may be employed to reinforce a nation’s constructive picture, foster civilizational communication, and promote sustainable growth.
TRENDS’ 2nd Dialogue on Synthetic Intelligence will conclude with a closing deal with summarizing the important thing concepts and suggestions developed all through the classes, aimed toward supporting analysis and sensible collaboration within the area of synthetic intelligence at each regional and worldwide ranges.
Companions
The 2nd annual Dialogue on Synthetic Intelligence enjoys a distinguished strategic partnership with a gaggle of main establishments from the non-public, public, and worldwide sectors throughout cybersecurity, synthetic intelligence, know-how, media, and tutorial analysis. This collaboration displays the convention’s standing as a premier international platform for data trade and foresight on the way forward for tech diplomacy within the Center East and North Africa.
The Cybersecurity Council, the convention’s strategic associate, and G42, the strategic associate for synthetic intelligence, are collaborating in assist of TRENDS’ efforts to strengthen analysis and sensible collaboration on this important area.
The dialogue additionally incorporates a group of know-how companions from main non-public and public sectors, together with CrowdStrike, Accenture, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, and Microsoft.
As well as, a number of tutorial companions from a number of the UAE’s most outstanding academic establishments are collaborating, specifically the United Arab Emirates College, Rabdan Academy, Mohamed bin Zayed College of Synthetic Intelligence, Mohamed bin Zayed College for Humanities, and Khalifa College. Their participation reinforces the mixing between scientific analysis and sensible software within the area of superior know-how.

