Fo the fi st time, Louv e Abu Dhabi ope s its doo s to digital assets a d AI, as global fi a ce leade s gathe o 3 a d 4 Decembe .
ABU DHABI, UAE, Oct. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bi a ce fou de Cha gpe g Zhao will ope P oof of Talk’s i augu al Gulf summit at Louv e Abu Dhabi o 3–4 Decembe 2026, b i gi g togethe executives f om global ba ks, asset ma age s a d digital asset compa ies to exami e how toke isatio , stablecoi s a d AI ca be deployed i fi a cial ma kets.
Followi g P oof of Talk’s Pa is editio s at the Louv e Palace, the Gulf editio ma ks the fi st summit Louv e Abu Dhabi has dedicated to digital assets a d AI. It b i gs the p og amme to Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Cultu al Dist ict, a setti g shaped by cultu al excha ge a d a meeti g poi t betwee global ma kets. The summit takes place o e week befo e the scheduled ope i g of Gugge heim Abu Dhabi.
Mau ice G avie , G oup Chief I vestme t Office at Emi ates NBD, a d ep ese tatives f om Wio Ba k a d Abu Dhabi I vestme t Cou cil will joi Je y Joh so , P eside t a d CEO of F a kli Templeto ; Richa d Te g, CEO of Bi a ce; B ett Tejpaul, Co-CEO of Coi base I stitutio al; a d Kim Hochfeld, Se io Ma agi g Di ecto a d Global Head of Cash, Digital a d Secu ities Le di g at State St eet I vestme t Ma ageme t.
Atte da ce is capped at 2,000 pa ticipa ts a d the stage at 120 speake s. Admissio is by applicatio o ly, with o tickets o speaki g slots fo sale. The Ju e 2026 Pa is editio b ought togethe 2,500 decisio -make s a d mo e tha 120 speake s f om i stitutio s ep ese ti g USD 25 t illio i assets u de ma ageme t.
Digital assets a d AI will u ac oss both days of the p og amme, with a p i cipal AI block o 4 Decembe exami i g the i f ast uctu e suppo ti g a tificial i tellige ce i fi a cial se vices a d the p actical equi eme ts fo i stitutio al adoptio .
StableDay will b i g leade s f om Mo ga Sta ley, Sta da d Cha te ed a d Emi ates NBD i to closed-doo ou dtables o how stablecoi s co ect with ba ki g, payme ts a d settleme t. Pa ticipatio is est icted to C-level executives, with o audie ce: eve y seat is a speaki g seat.
P oof of Pitch, the summit’s sta tup competitio , has eceived mo e tha 200 applicatio s. Its ju y i cludes i vesto s f om Pa te a Capital, Spa ta G oup, dao5, RockawayX a d D ago fly, addi g a ve tu e i vestme t pe spective to a p og amme spa i g established fi a cial i stitutio s a d eme gi g tech ology busi esses.
“I Pa is, the Louv e sta ds fo he itage. I Abu Dhabi, it sta ds fo the b idge betwee cultu es. A d ow it welcomes the futu e of fi a ce,” said Zohai Deh adi, Co-Fou de a d CEO of P oof of Talk. “That says a lot about how fa digital assets a d AI have come, f om the f i ge to the co e. The people who decide what comes ext will be he e.”
P oof of Talk ope s o 3 Decembe , the day afte the UAE’s 55th Eid Al Etihad, as Abu Dhabi’s majo Decembe cale da gets u de way: the Abu Dhabi G a d P ix u s f om 3–6 Decembe , followed by Abu Dhabi Fi a ce Week o 7–10 Decembe a d the scheduled ope i g of Gugge heim Abu Dhabi o 11 Decembe .
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“I stitutio s e te i g these ma kets eed to explai what is cha gi g fo thei clie ts, how isks a e ma aged a d whe e the comme cial value lies,” said Nikita Sachdev, Fou de a d CEO of Lu a PR. “Those a swe s will shape co fide ce i the ext phase of digital fi a ce.”
O ga ised by X Ve tu es, P oof of Talk Abu Dhabi takes place o 3–4 Decembe 2026. Atte da ce applicatio s a d fu the i fo matio a e available at p oofoftalk.io/abu-dhabi.
Bo at the Louv e Palace i Pa is, P oof of Talk is the executive summit whe e the leade s of global fi a ce meet the people buildi g the ext fi a cial system. It b i gs togethe the chief executives of the wo ld’s la gest asset ma age s, ba ks a d payme t etwo ks with the fou de s, i vesto s a d egulato s shapi g digital assets, a d with the AI leade s t a sfo mi g them. Afte fou sold-out editio s i Pa is, the summit comes to a seco d Louv e: o 3 a d 4 Decembe 2026, fo the fi st time i its histo y, Louv e Abu Dhabi ope s its doo s to digital assets a d AI. The Louv e sta ds fo what o othe ve ue ca : he itage i Pa is, a b idge betwee cultu es i Abu Dhabi, a d ow the futu e of fi a ce. Atte da ce is capped a d g a ted by applicatio o ly. Eve y speake is selected by the p og amme team; o speaki g slot is sold. p oofoftalk.io
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