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November 18-19, 2025
Festival Arena, Dubai

Where the AI World Gathers

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Thousands of attendees and leading AI voices
All together in Dubai
  • 10,000
    attendees
  • 150+
    speakers
  • 100+
    exhibitors
  • 3
    stages
64% Founders & C-level
102 countries
Developer, CTO, CIO, Tech Lead
CEO, CAIO, CPO, VP, Managing Director / Partner
CMO, CBDO, Business Strategist
Founder
Investor
Data Scientist, ML Engineer
Government Official
Researcher, Professor, Scientist
Media
Content Creator, Artist, Designer
SPEAKERS
150+ carefully selected voices, announced weekly
Dan Figueiredo
Microsoft
Director, Global Technology Strategy
Bimal Mehta
Vanguard
Head of AI/ML Engineering
Ron Levin
Alumni Ventures
Managing Partner
Maciej Mazur
Dell Technologies
CTO Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Azamat Zhamangulov
Kyrgyz Republic
Minister of Digital Development
Faisal Iqbal
Amazon Web Services
Head of Innovation Programs
Will Hayes
Oxford Insights
Commercial Director
Peter Zemsky
INSEAD
Professor of Strategy and Innovation
Hamad Odhabi
Abu Dhabi University
Vice Chancellor
Ayaz Baetov
Kyrgyz Republic
Minister of Justice, Professor of Law
Tudor Coman
Adobe
Machine Learning Engineer
Naomi DSouza
xNDigitize
CEO & Founder
Featured in UAE's Top 30 Blogs with 3.5M views
Pavel Sokolov
AI/ ML API
Founder
Ishank Gupta
KGeN
Co-Founder
Amr Hussein
Ex-beIN Sports
Digital Media Expert
Denis Rossiev
AR/AI artist,
Official AR partner of Meta,
Snapchat EU Ambassador,
TikTok Ambassador
Addy Crezee
/function1, FORKED, CREZEE
Founder & CEO
Daniel Heywood
Circles
Project Director
e&
ex. Technical Director, Digital JV
Mohammad Arshad
Decoding Data Science
Founder & CEO
Mohammad Raza
OCO Global
Managing Director
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key topics
Security
Creativity & Arts
Decentralized AI
Future of AI & latest developments
Human & AI collaboration
Industry AI Applications
Robotics
AI Agents
AI & Employment
Unique blend of Leading Global and Middle Eastern brands attending
your gateway to opportunities in AI
Find buyers & investors
Founder’s Lounge
Build AI projects or Find developers
Largest AI Hackathon in the Middle East – AI Genesis
Make deals & Build partnerships
Networking App and Lounge
Find young talents or Showcase your idea
AI Futures Lab for youth and students
Showcase your AI solution
Exhibition Hall
Learn from Leading AI voices
Across 3 stages
Pitch your AI Startup
AI Startup Competition
Network privately with Selected attendees only
VIP Lounge and Events
WITNESS THE LARGEST AI HACKATHON IN THE MIDDLE EAST
  • 4,000+
    developers
  • 300+
    teams
  • 2
    days in Dubai
  • 5
    days online
You don’t just attend
you benefit
Dan Figueiredo
Director, Global Technology Strategy at Microsoft
Now that I have returned from #Dubai and the incredible #AI event hosted by /function1 I would like to extend my thanks to the amazing team for the opportunity to participate in such an enlightened event. Great insights and ability to network!
Aya Khamis Mahmoud
Product Manager at AAICO
Function1 was a rare exception among AI events — genuinely refreshing. The audience selection was completely on point (which, trust me, is rare). Really looking forward to the next one.
Faisal Iqbal
Head of Innovation Programs at Amazon Web Services
It was great to connect with Hrshi Kapoor, PhD Maciej Mazur Dr. Nabil Kenan (Ph.D.) to share our perspective on How Gen AI and Agentic AI will transform the public sector at the /function1 event to a packed house of innovators in #Dubai. It was a pleasure to exchange ideas with so many talented experts on Generative AI at the event!
Santiago Erroz Ferrer
Technical Lead at Lufthansa Group
I am so happy that I participated at /function as an AI expert. The agenda was on point with stage-of-the-art discussions about AI. Would love to come back again!
Tudor Coman
Machine Learning Engineer at Adobe
Very good event. The staff, the people, the connections - I feel like it was better than a lot of events happening in Europe. I really liked the media coverage, as well as the social media efforts of yours. It’s the first conference where I see this level of involvement.
Amr Hussein
Digital Media Expert at Ex-beIN Sports
An exceptionally well-curated conference that combines sharp insight into AI’s future with a production standard on par with global headline events. The main stage, speakers, and overall atmosphere made it a can’t-miss experience—I’m already looking forward to returning.
Festival arena: find yourself at one of Dubai’s largest conference venues
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WHY THE UAE?
The UAE is setting the pace for global AI. Backed by the world’s first AI Ministry, a $ 91B national strategy, and a landmark U.S. partnership to launch the largest AI data center outside America, the country is turning vision into action. With world-class talent, cutting-edge infrastructure, and unmatched ambition, the UAE is the place to build the future of AI.
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/function1 is produced by CREZEE, a production house and consulting agency led by a team of dedicated event professionals. Since 2014, the team has collaboratively organized tech events and built thriving communities.

Previously, CREZEE’s events have welcomed numerous thought leaders, including Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin, SingularityNET’s Ben Goertzel, the Winklevoss twins of Gemini, CZ from Binance, and Yat Siu of Animoca Brands. Iconic figures such as Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales, investment titan Tim Draper, and research leader Thomas Lee have also graced its stages. These events have firmly established themselves as must-attend gatherings.