FII10 2026 in Riyadh: dates, agenda, speakers and the startup pitch

FII10, the tenth Future Investment Initiative conference, runs from Monday, October 26 to Thursday, October 29, 2026 at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center (KAICC) in Riyadh, under the theme "The Power of Legacy". The main stage opens on Tuesday, October 27, and the final day, October 29, is Investment Day, when five startups present at the FII Innovators Pitch.

The organiser, the FII Institute, has published a draft program dated September 29, 2026, marked subject to change. Times below are Riyadh time (UTC+3), with UTC, US Eastern (EDT) and US Pacific (PDT) equivalents.

FII10 dates and day-by-day agenda

• Monday, October 26: invite-only conclaves, the opening of the outdoor FII Avenue, member workshops and signing ceremonies.
• Tuesday, October 27: the opening show starts at 8:30 AM Riyadh time (05:30 UTC; 1:30 AM ET; 10:30 PM PT on October 26), followed by welcome remarks and, at 8:50 AM, an opening address from Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor of the Public Investment Fund and chairman of the FII Institute.
• Wednesday, October 28: two plenary halls run in parallel, alongside the Family Office Factor Summit.
• Thursday, October 29: Investment Day, with startup pitches, fundraising roadshows and investor matchmaking. The closing session starts at 12:30 PM Riyadh time (09:30 UTC; 5:30 AM ET; 2:30 AM PT), and the day ends with the FII Annual Golf Invitational at Riyadh Golf Club.

The program is built on four pillars: capital that builds, technology that elevates, societies that thrive and leadership that inspires.

AI and technology sessions

AI appears on all three main days; ongoing company news is in our AI section. Key plenary sessions:

• What will it take to scale the AI revolution? Tuesday, October 27, 3:40-4:15 PM Riyadh (12:40 UTC; 8:40 AM ET; 5:40 AM PT). Listed speakers include Tareq Amin (CEO, HUMAIN), Cristiano Amon (Qualcomm), Michael Kratsios (director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) and Robert F. Smith (Vista Equity Partners).
• Board of Innovation: tech that will remake the global economy. Wednesday, October 28, 8:30-9:20 AM Riyadh (05:30 UTC; 1:30 AM ET; 10:30 PM PT on October 27), with Bob Mumgaard (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Jeremy O'Brien (PsiQuantum) and Takeshi Hakamada (ispace).
• Can the compute economy maintain its rally? Wednesday, 3:40-4:15 PM Riyadh (12:40 UTC; 8:40 AM ET; 5:40 AM PT), including Alex Clavel (CEO, SoftBank Vision Funds) and Lenovo group CFO Winston Cheng.
• The sovereign stack, and how to build AI that nations can own. Wednesday, 4:15-4:45 PM Riyadh (13:15 UTC; 9:15 AM ET; 6:15 AM PT), with Aidan Gomez (Cohere), Kai-Fu Lee (01.AI) and Qasar Younis (Applied Intuition).
• Are rogue AI agents everywhere? Thursday, October 29, 9:20-9:40 AM Riyadh (06:20 UTC; 2:20 AM ET; 11:20 PM PT on October 28), with Richard Socher (you.com), followed by Pat Gelsinger (Playground Global) on semiconductors.

Confirmed FII10 speakers

The speaker list released on August 31, 2026 leans toward finance: Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase), Laurence Fink (BlackRock), Stephen A. Schwarzman (Blackstone), David Solomon (Goldman Sachs), Jane Fraser (Citi), Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates) and Marc Rowan (Apollo Global Management) are among the names. From the technology side, it lists Ruth Porat (Alphabet and Google), Dina Powell McCormick (Meta), Sandy Ran Xu (JD.com) and Tareq Amin (HUMAIN).

Fink, Dalio, Porat, Powell McCormick, Schwarzman and Solomon are among the panelists on "Legacymakers: building the next decade" on Tuesday, 9:30-10:30 AM Riyadh (06:30 UTC; 2:30 AM ET; 11:30 PM PT on October 26).

FII Innovators Pitch 2026 and Investment Day

The third FII Innovators Pitch, run with MIT Solve, drew 1,321 applications from 90 countries, according to the FII Institute. Five startups were selected:

• APOLO Biotech (Argentina): RNA-based crop protection.
• iSono Health (United States): ATUSA, a portable, automated 3D breast ultrasound system.
• Nevomo (Poland): MagRail magnetic propulsion for existing rail tracks.
• Astrek Innovations (India): modular robotic exoskeletons for rehabilitation.
• Argon Mechatronics (United States): industrial robots with interchangeable toolheads.

The pitch is scheduled for Thursday, October 29, 11:50 AM-12:30 PM Riyadh time (08:50 UTC; 4:50 AM ET; 1:50 AM PT). Each founder gets three minutes to pitch to a panel of experts, then two minutes of Q&A. The session lists MIT Solve executive director Hala Hanna and Aramco Ventures CIO Bruce Niven among its speakers.

From October 27 to 29, three fundraising roadshows also feature more than 25 companies from Aramco's venturing portfolios. For other funding news, see our funding coverage.

How to attend or follow FII10

The event page offers two routes in: attend as an FII Institute member or register as media. Attendance closes on October 10, 2026. Registered attendees get the latest program and meeting booking in the FII AI Compass app.

As of October 5, 2026, the FII10 page does not post a public livestream schedule; it lists livestream access among its media kit materials. More conferences are in our events section.

Frequently asked questions

When is FII10?

Monday, October 26 to Thursday, October 29, 2026. The main program opens on October 27 at 8:30 AM Riyadh time (05:30 UTC).

Where is FII 2026 held?

At the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Riyadh has hosted every FII edition since the first one in 2017.

What is the FII10 theme?

"The Power of Legacy", framed through three ideas: Legacy Invests, Legacy Multiplies and Legacy Endures.

Who pitches at FII10 Investment Day?

APOLO Biotech, iSono Health, Nevomo, Astrek Innovations and Argon Mechatronics, on October 29, 2026.