The seventh ARB Woman Summit convenes 1,800 chief executives, ministers, founders and capital allocators across two days in Dubai — closed-door roundtables, an off-the-record sovereign-fund briefing, and the year's most consequential conversations on gender-lens investing, family-business succession, and the regulatory architecture of the next decade.
Fourteen sovereign wealth funds and family offices — including representatives from the GCC's largest allocators — host invite-only sessions on gender-lens mandates, GP-LP introductions, and direct co-investment into female-founded businesses. No press. No recording. No public list of attendees.
Capital · Off the recordThe Summit opens the doors to the ARB Woman Mentorship Network — 612 women placed into board and VP roles since 2019. Attendees are matched with senior advisors across the two days, with introductions brokered by the editorial team before you fly home.
Mentorship · CuratedMany speakers are drawn directly from the 100 Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen ranking — now in its seventh edition. Attending places you inside the editorial pipeline that decides who appears on the 2026 list.
Visibility · EditorialClosed-door sessions with senior policymakers on workforce-participation targets, procurement reform, and the regulatory architecture shaping women's economic participation across the region.
Policy · Off the recordA featured four from a 60-person programme — ministers, chief executives, fund partners, and founders drawn from 18 MENA markets.
Plus 56 more confirmed speakers across ministers, sovereign-fund principals, listed-company CEOs, and founders from the GCC, Levant, and North Africa. See the full programme on application →
Sequenced so that visibility opens the door, capital moves the conversation, and connection outlasts the conference.
The patron's address, the announcement of the seventh 100 Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen ranking, and the editorial briefing on the year's defining stories — workforce participation, succession, regulatory reform.
Closed-door sessions hosted by 14 sovereign wealth funds and family offices. Curated introductions between GPs, LPs, and female-founded companies raising between USD 5M and 250M.
Three unfiltered conversations with founders who have scaled through the MENA region — covering capital strategy, hiring through family-business complexity, and the practical realities of going from founder to CEO.
A seated dinner with the mentorship network — board-ready women matched with senior advisors, announcements of the 2025 cohort, and the year's most consequential introductions made over the final course.
Independent audience audit, 2024 edition · Methodology available on request.
The Summit exists because the women shaping the MENA economy deserve a room that is built for them — not borrowed from a conference circuit that was designed for someone else. Every year we widen the door a little further, and every year the conversation gets harder, more useful, and more consequential.
Applications are reviewed weekly. Senior executives and founders are prioritised; the 2024 cohort sold out four weeks early.
Apply to Attend Limited to 2,000 seats · No walk-ins · No public tickets