Richard Attias, Acting CEO of Future Investment Initiative (FII), has revealed the speakers and program details for the ninth edition of the conference, which will be held in Riyadh from October 28-30, 2025 at the King Abdulaziz International Convention Center.

Richard Attias, Acting CEO of Future Investment Initiative

250 panel and discussion sessions with participation

At a press conference hosted by the Saudi Press Agency, Attias noted that the event will bring together more than 250 panel discussions and dialogues with leading leaders, investors, innovators and policymakers from around the world to discuss viable solutions and forge new partnerships between governments and the private sector.

Global leaders at FII9 Riyadh

<His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Energy, His Excellency the Governor of the Public Investment Fund, Yasser bin Othman Al-Rumayyan, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof. Muhammad Yunus (2006), founder of the Grameen Bank, and senior advisor to the Government of Bangladesh, will participate in the ninth edition of FII9 in Riyadh. Special Presidential Envoy and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev, Director General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike, British Treasury Secretary Rachel Reeves, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa.

<Global business and investment leaders such as Laura Cha, Director of the Bretton Woods Committee; Ruth Porat, President and CIO of Alphabet and Google; Eric Schmidt, Founder and CEO of the Schmidt Family Foundation and Schmidt Sciences; Jane Fraser, CEO of Citi; Ray Dalio, Founder of Bridgewater Associates; and Evan Spiegel, Founder of Snap will also participate in the conference. <Redefining prosperity and addressing income inequality, the shift beyond free trade and its geopolitical implications, public-private partnerships driving sustainable growth, the global race to quantum computing and artificial intelligence leadership, as well as progress and challenges in the energy transition, will be the focus of the ninth edition of the conference. Interested parties can view the full conference program and list of speakers by visiting the official website of the conference.