Opening Ceremony lays the foundation for cross-sector collaboration and breakthrough solutions.
10-14 JANUARY 2027 Abu Dhabi, UAE
The Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony celebrates 11 winners driving real-world impact across the categories of Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action and Global High Schools.
The ADSW Summit sparks dynamic, inclusive discussions that drive the global sustainability agenda forward.
This Global South–focused gathering will convene policymakers, developers, financiers, and off-takers from the Global South and the UAE.
Convening investors, developers, and operators to build bankable project pipelines and scale blended finance for sustainable water management.
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A global leader in sustainability, Masdar has hosted ADSW since 2008
Sustainability at its core is the ability to deliver progress under any condition.
In an age of disruption, the defining challenge is clear: how do we sustain growth, strengthen societies and protect the foundations on which progress depends?
The UAE is the natural home for this conversation, a nation of proven resilience, combining the credibility of an energy leader, the ambition of a technology pioneer, and the convening power of a global hub.
Under the theme Securing Systems. Sustaining Growth., ADSW 2027 will bring together global leaders, capital, and technology to strengthen the systems economies rely on and unlock long-term growth in an increasingly interconnected and disrupted world. Register to attend
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Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony
12 Jan
ADNEC, ICC Hall
OPEN TO PUBLIC, REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Youth 4 Sustainability Hub and Forum
12 - 14 Jan
ADNEC, Hall 9
OPEN TO PUBLIC, REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
12 Jan
12 - 14 Jan
Why attend ADSW 2027?
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ADSW opens the global calendar. What defines the year is heard from here first, across every system economies depend on.
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Connect with the policymakers, investors and business leaders making decisions across sectors and markets.
Where dialogue becomes delivery
Partnerships form, capital commits, and solutions are realized to drive transformation.
ADSW Strategic Pillars
Powering Global Growth
Affordable, reliable power is required to meet rising global demand, electrify industry, and strengthen energy security and industrial competitiveness.
This requires smarter grids, storage, and round-the-clock clean power integrated at scale.
Technology as Economic Infrastructure
AI, advanced manufacturing, automation and new materials are reshaping entire sectors.
How these technologies are powered, adopted, and managed will be among the defining issues of our time.
Resource Security and Economic Resilience
Long-term prosperity depends on systems that strengthen natural resources while creating economic value.
Integrated water, food, energy and environmental systems, circular production models, and resource-efficient industries will define resilient, competitive growth.
Mobilizing Capital at Scale
The next phase of growth will require large, long-term investment in physical infrastructure.
Success will depend on developing credible projects, attracting global capital, and delivering quickly and at scale.
Building Resilient Societies
Human progress must be viewed through the lens of resilience, sustainability, and long-term quality of life.
How can we build systems that support healthier, happier societies that provide high-quality education, mobility, culture, public services, and well-being?
ADSW in numbers
18+
Years of Impact
120+
Heads of State since 2008
400+
Ministers and business leaders convened at ADSW 2026
60K+
Attendees in 2026
170+
Countries represented each year
$80bn+
Commercial announcements since 2008.
800+
Speakers each year
700+
Media registered each year