AI leadership will define the next decade of Saudi business. This is where you need to be.
A full-day masterclass for the senior leaders shaping how Saudi Arabia deploys AI at scale. Hosted by the University of Wollongong Australia.
Riyadh · 29 September 2026 · Full-day, in person
Why this conversation · Why now
Saudi Arabia has decided to lead on AI. The harder question is how to govern it.
Vision 2030, SDAIA's national AI strategy, and the investment flowing into the Kingdom's giga-projects have positioned Saudi Arabia as one of the most consequential AI adopters in the world.
But adoption is the easy part. The harder question - the one now reaching every boardroom, ministry, and executive committee - is how to govern AI responsibly at scale. How to deploy it with clarity on ethics, accountability, and compliance. How to build the frameworks that let innovation move fast without moving unsafely.
This is the conversation UOW is bringing to Riyadh. A single day, built around the capability gap that matters most right now. Faculty who research and teach this subject at postgraduate level. Saudi leaders who are living it. Leaders and senior decision-makers in one room, learning from each other as much as from the program.
Who's shaping the conversation
A deliberately tight faculty: UOW academics leading the thinking, and Saudi industry voices grounding it in local reality.
Dr Milan Dordevic · University of Wollongong in Dubai · Research lead on modern AI, transformer models, and agentic systems
Dr Patrick Mukala · University of Wollongong in Dubai · Specialist in big data, AI governance, and compliance architecture
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And the room around them
This masterclass is built for the senior leaders already shaping how AI moves through Saudi Arabia. Drawn from government, financial services, technology, and strategic consulting. C-suite. CIOs and CTOs. Heads of digital and strategy. Policy leaders. A deliberately small room. The calibre of the conversation depends on it.
The shape of the day
A deliberately tight faculty: UOW academics leading the thinking, and Saudi industry voices grounding it in local reality.
| 09:00 | 09:30 | 12:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 |
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| Open - Setting the room | Masterclass - Two and a half hours with UOW faculty and Saudi industry voices | Lunch | Panel - The room joins the conversation | Reflect - The day, synthesised | Connect - The hour where the day continues |
A leading Riyadh hotel venue. Full-day, in person, business formal. Confirmed participants receive full details after registration.
What you leave with
| A goverance framework you can apply | Clarity on what matters in Saudi Arabia | Relationships that open doors |
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| Practical models for responsible AI deployment, drawn from UOW's postgraduate AI programme and tested against real enterprise cases | A sharpened view of how Vision 2030, SDAIA priorities, and regulatory direction will shape AI decisions in your organisation over the next five years. | A room of senior peers from government, financial services, and technology. The conversations continue well after the day ends. |