Saudi Global Energy & Water Infrastructure Investment Summit 2027

Where Deals Get Made

Summit | Workshops | Awards

Featuring a line-up of World Class Decision Makers from | US | Europe | Middle East

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12th - 14th April 2027 | 9AM - 5PM (GMT+3)

Riyadh, KSA

Riyadh, KSA
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Richard Chambers

Senior Advisor, Risk and Audit, Optro

Edgar Perez

Edgar Perez

Top Global AI Keynote Speaker

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Jamie Hull

Motivational Speaker

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Terry Grafenstine

Chief Audit Executive at PenFed Credit Union

Micheal Fuccili

Michael J. Fucilli

Seasoned Internal Audit Professional and Expert

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Hossam El-Shaffei

Global Thought Leader in Internal Audit, Fraud Prevention, Compliance, Risk Management & Controls

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Sultan Al Anazi

Chief Audit Executive, Saudi Tourism Authority

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Dr. Ursula Schmidt

Board Member - IIA Luxembourg

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Maher AlAiyadhi

Chief Internal Audit Officer, Expo 2030 Riyadh

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Bader Alsheha

Chief Audit Executive, New Murabba Development Company

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Joseph Carson

Chief Security Evangelist & Advisory CISO, Segura

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Dr. Maysa Basoudan

Board Member, Saudi Anti-Fraud Association (SAFA) | Audit Committee Member, Saudi Awwal Bank | Assistant Professor of Forensic Accounting, Taibah University

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Mario Madeddu

Authorized Manager | Head of Risk & Compliance, Amazon

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Dr. Jad Fayad

Governance Advisor, Confidential Government Entity

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Javed A. Akbar

Chief Governance, Risk (GRC), Insurance and Data Officer, Confidential

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Samer Jannoun

Head of Regional Ethics & Compliance Special Oversight, Meta

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Raheel Ahmed Chughtai

Advisor Corporate Governance and Compliance, Top ICT Listed Company

Faisal Al Modlij

Faisal Al-Modlij

Board Corporate Governance Member, Sipchem

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Abdalnaser Alqahtani

Chief Governance, Risk and Compliance Officer, New Murabba

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Master Trainer | Audit

Dr. Dominik Foerschler

Claim to Fame:

  • One of the world's most sought-after AI audit trainers, having delivered 350+ training sessions and keynote speeches globally on the Effective Use of AI in Internal Audit
  • Managing Director of the Audit Research Center | ARC-Institute and Chairman of its Digital Transformation Board, pioneering gamified and AI-enabled audit training methodologies — including his own AI Digital Transformation Audit Stress Test framework
  • Awarded by Richard Chambers as an Internal Audit Beacon Award Winner and named a Top 10 Global Thought Leader for Internal Audit
  • Over 30 years of international audit and risk leadership at Deutsche Bank, CIBC and BMW, with assignments across Toronto, Chicago, New York, Madrid and London

Current Roles:

  • Managing Director | Senior Equity Partner, Audit Research Center | ARC-Institute
  • Chairman, Digital Transformation Board

Expertise:

  • Practical application of AI across internal audit, risk and compliance functions
  • Designing and delivering gamified, simulation-based audit training ("Serious Business Games") that mirror real-world GRC and crisis scenarios
  • The AI Digital Transformation Audit Stress Test — his own methodology for pressure-testing audit teams' readiness for AI-driven risk events
  • Translating institutional audit knowledge into next-generation, digitally native learning formats

What Our Participants Gain
By attending Dr. Dominik Foerschler's workshop, participants will:

  • Navigate AI-driven crises: Work through executive-level simulations of AI fraud, deepfakes, and synthetic scenarios
  • Sharpen decision-making under pressure: Learn how leaders act and decide when actions must withstand regulatory scrutiny
  • Diagnose real governance failures: Break down real-world cases to expose where control frameworks fell short
  • Apply AI governance standards: Translate frameworks like ISO 42001 into practical audit, risk, and compliance action
  • Build board-ready incident response: Develop defensible responses leadership can stand behind when AI risk materializes
Adrian Resag

Master Trainer | GRC

ADRIAN RESAG

Claim to Fame:

  • AI Governance & Risk Intelligence Leader, guiding executives through high-stakes, AI-driven crises and decision environments
  • Founder of The AI Risk Institute, specializing in AI governance, ISO 42001, and enterprise AI risk frameworks
  • Academic Director at OCEG, shaping global standards in AI-enabled governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)
  • Over 15 years of experience securing complex, high-risk environments where technology, data, and operational risk converge

Current Roles:

  • Founder, The AI Risk Institute
  • Academic Director, OCEG

Expertise:

  • AI model governance, bias, explainability, model drift, and third-party AI dependencies
  • Executive-level simulations of AI-driven fraud, including deepfake and synthetic scenarios
  • Building defensible, board-level responses to AI-related incidents
  • Applying AI governance frameworks (ISO 42001, model risk frameworks) across risk, audit, and compliance

What Our Participants Gain
By attending Adrian Resag's workshop, participants will:

  • Build an integrated enterprise GRC & resilience framework: Design governance structures that align with strategic objectives and scale resilience capability
  • Master enterprise risk & compliance mapping: Prioritize critical controls and build executive risk heat maps and dashboards
  • Navigate high-pressure crisis scenarios: Work through a live simulation covering AI governance failure, cyber escalation, regulatory investigation, and executive communication under pressure
  • Design board-ready governance scorecards: Build resilience KPIs, risk appetite indicators, and board-level reporting dashboards
  • Leave with a 90-day GRC maturity action plan: Turn workshop outputs into an executable roadmap for their organization

Supporting Partners

Saudi Anti-Fraud Association (SAFA)

The 3rd Edition Kingdom GRC & Audit Revolution 2026 is proud to partner with the Saudi Anti-Fraud Association (SAFA), strengthening the forum’s commitment to advancing excellence in anti-fraud, governance, risk management, compliance, and internal audit.

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Arc Institute

The 3rd Edition Kingdom GRC & Audit Revolution 2026 is proud to partner with the ARC Institute, a global innovation and thought-leadership platform connecting research, professional practice, and digital transformation across the audit and business community.

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Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Egypt & Jordan Chapters

The 3rd Edition Kingdom GRC & Audit Revolution 2026 is proud to partner with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Egypt & Jordan Chapters, bringing regional anti-fraud expertise and global best practices to one of the Kingdom’s leading gatherings of GRC, Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, and Fraud professionals.

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OverSight Consulting and Training

The 3rd Edition Kingdom GRC & Audit Revolution 2026 is proud to partner with OverSight Consulting and Training, bringing specialized global governance, risk, compliance, and audit expertise to one of the Kingdom's leading gatherings of GRC, Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, and Fraud professionals.

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The CPD Group

The Summit offers up to 22 CPE credits accredited by SAFA, while BCI members can claim 16.25 CPD hours. Participants will also receive an official CPD Group certificate and may be eligible for up to 20 CPD hours that support CPE/CPD requirements for IIA, IRM, ACPA and other professional institutions, subject to the recognition, approval and requirements of their respective professional bodies.

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GEWI Awards 2027

Organizational Awards

1. Deal of the Year
The standout energy or water infrastructure deal that reached financial close or award during the qualifying period. Judged on scale, structure, innovation and importance to the market.

 

2. Investor of the Year
The equity investor that made the most significant commitment to Saudi energy or water infrastructure. This can be a sovereign fund, an institution, an infrastructure fund or a strategic investor.

 

3. Infrastructure Financier of the Year
The bank, export credit agency, development finance institution or other lender that did most to make Saudi projects bankable. Judged on lending volume, innovative structures (such as Islamic finance, green finance and guarantees) and its role in financial closes.

 

4. Energy Infrastructure Project of the Year
An outstanding energy project that reached a major milestone, covering generation, grid, battery storage, hydrogen and related infrastructure. Judged on delivery, technical excellence and national impact.

 

5. Water Infrastructure Project of the Year
An outstanding project in desalination, wastewater reuse, water transmission or water utilities. Judged on delivery, efficiency, innovation and its contribution to water security.

 

6. EPC / Contractor Excellence Award
An EPC contractor or delivery partner that showed excellence in execution: safety, schedule, cost control, quality and local content.

 

7. Digital Innovation in Energy or Water Infrastructure
An organization that deployed digital technology such as AI, digital twins, smart metering or asset intelligence. The entry must show measurable gains in performance, cost or reliability.

 

8. Sustainability Leadership Award
An organization that made measurable progress on sustainability, such as cutting emissions, improving water efficiency, adopting circular practices or strengthening ESG governance.

Individual Awards

1. CEO of the Year
A chief executive whose leadership produced exceptional results in Saudi energy or water infrastructure during the past year. That could mean winning major awards, reaching financial close, delivering projects or transforming their company.

 

2. Young Leader / Rising Star Award
A professional aged 35 or under who has already made a clear impact on Saudi energy or water infrastructure. The impact can be in deals, engineering, finance, policy or innovation.

 

3. Women in Energy & Water Infrastructure Award
A woman whose leadership, expertise or advocacy has advanced the sector and opened more pathways for women in energy and water infrastructure.

 

4. Lifetime Achievement Award
An individual whose career has shaped energy or water infrastructure in Saudi Arabia or the wider region. The judging panel chooses the winner; there are no open nominations.

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hours of energy and water infrastructure investment sessions, project briefings and market insights.

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hours of hands-on masterclasses on project finance, bankability and infrastructure investment.

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investors, project owners and decision-makers across energy, water and infrastructure.

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global experts in project finance, energy, water infrastructure and investment.

Event Description

Where Saudi infrastructure projects meet global capital.

Saudi Arabia is building a new generation of energy and water infrastructure. The work covers grid expansion, utility-scale battery storage, renewables, hydrogen, nuclear, desalination and wastewater reuse. Each of these projects needs capital, partners and firms that can deliver it.

The GEWI Summit 2027 exists to bring those people together. Most conferences ask the market to listen to energy leaders. This summit brings together the people financing, developing, procuring and delivering Saudi Arabia's next generation of energy and water infrastructure projects, and gives them three days to do business.

Three days, one deal arc

  • Day 1: The Pipeline. Live and upcoming Saudi opportunities in grid, battery storage, renewables, nuclear, hydrogen, desalination and wastewater reuse. Each one comes with its investment case and practical guidance on winning the next tender.
  • Day 2: The Money & The Off-Takers. How capital gets structured, what makes a project bankable, and direct access to the procurement leaders who award the contracts. The evening closes with the Investment Awards Gala Dinner.
  • Day 3: The Deal. Project owners pitch to investors in the Project Pitch Theatre. Buyers and sellers meet in pre-arranged Deal Room meetings. Three hands-on masterclasses run alongside, and the summit ends with a Confirmed MOU & Deal Signing Ceremony.

Two pillars
Energy Infrastructure: generation, transmission and grid modernisation, battery storage, renewables, hydrogen, nuclear and power demand from data centres.
Water Infrastructure: desalination (IWPs), wastewater treatment and reuse (ISTPs), water transmission and the water-energy nexus.

Who Should Attend

● Government Ministries and Procurement Bodies
● Sovereign and Institutional Investors
● Infrastructure Funds
● Commercial and Development Banks
● Export Credit Agencies
● Developers and IPPs
● EPC Contractors
● OEMs and Technology Providers
● Legal, Technical and Financial Advisers

Why You Should Not Miss This Landmark Forum

  • A curated view of Saudi Arabia's energy and water project pipeline
  • Direct access to project owners, procurement bodies and off-takers
  • Investor and lender views on bankability and capital structures
  • Deal Room meetings for qualified participants, pre-arranged where possible
  • Masterclasses where you leave with ready-to-use tools and plans
  • High-level networking and recognition at the Investment Awards

Key Objectives

Showcase Saudi Arabia's Energy and Water Project Pipeline
Show where the next major opportunities are. That means live and upcoming projects in grid, battery storage, renewables, hydrogen, nuclear, desalination and wastewater reuse, each with a clear investment case.

Connect Projects with Global Capital
Bring project owners and developers together with sovereign funds, infrastructure investors, banks, export credit agencies and development finance institutions, so that projects move towards investment.

Give Direct Access to Procurement Decision-Makers
Let developers, investors, EPCs and technology providers hear from the off-takers themselves how tenders are run, how bids are evaluated and what wins contracts.

Improve Bankability and Speed Up Financial Close
Share practical lessons on capital structures, risk allocation, Islamic finance, guarantees and lender requirements, so more projects reach financial close sooner.

Build Partnerships Between International and Saudi Firms
Help form joint ventures, consortia, co-investments and technology partnerships between global firms and Saudi sponsors. This includes supporting local content and localisation goals.

Turn Conversations Into Deals
Use the Project Pitch Theatre and the Deal Room to turn networking into qualified meetings. The target outcomes are mandates, partnerships and signed MOUs.

Support Vision 2030 Energy and Water Goals
Back national priorities for energy diversification, water security, private-sector participation and sustainable infrastructure.

Recognise Excellence
Celebrate the deals, projects and leaders shaping the sector through the Saudi Energy & Water Infrastructure Investment Awards.

Past Feedback

" It was overall a great session. Very insightful for someone like me to understand how CFOs think and work around the globe. "

Zuraini.

Manager, Finance Accounting Management, Malaysia

" Excellent real live demonstration of the relevant functions finance professional would be using with paid version of ChatGPT to ease our lives of mundane task and work on more value adding projects "

Siew.

Senior Executive, Malaysia

" It was great to work with CWI. Their attention to detail was impeccable. The Business Continuity & Crisis Management workshop was fluid and went very smoothly! CWI presented and managed the participants with great patience and have delivered fully on their commitments to me. "

Ta.

Group CFO, Dubai

" The speakers are sharing their top experiences to the audiences and I feel that this event is playing a critical and crucial role in terms of developing the finance and audit industry and taking it to the next level. "

Dr. Chetan.

Trade Advisor, India

" We've just been blown away and we actually loved it hearing from the speakers and listen to the life and actual real experiences that the CFOs have had to offer. "

Naomi.

CFO, Fiji

" I've felt that everything was organized, from the stage, the presentation, and the coordination. "

Pierre.

Senior Audit Specialist, Philippines

" My first impression of this event is wow! It's great because you have brought together some of the smartest people into this event and not just from Malaysia but also from all over the region. "

Jessica.

CFO, Malaysia

" Attending the course has assisted deeply in my understanding of what would be expected of me, as well as the fulfillment of my role & upcoming role. "

Andrew.

Senior Managing Director, Kuala Lumpur

" This course was mind-blowing. It gave me insight regarding the whole concept of investment in culture, and how human beings are the force. It was an amazing Masterclass. "

Zaka.

Chief Risk Officer, Saudi Arabia