WORKFORCE & SKILLS

People have become a strategic resource. As nations and companies compete to expand energy systems, build new infrastructure and deploy advanced technologies, access to talent, skills and leadership is emerging as a critical determinant of energy security, industrial competitiveness and economic growth.

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Secure the talent needed for growth

Understand how industry leaders are addressing the workforce and capability challenges that could constrain project delivery, industrial expansion and long-term competitiveness.

Shape the future of work in energy

Examine how AI, automation and emerging technologies are transforming roles, redefining skills requirements and changing how organisations attract and retain talent.

Close the capability gap

Examine how companies are addressing shortages in critical skills and technical expertise that increasingly affect productivity, delivery and growth.

Lead through transformation

Understand how energy leaders are preparing organisations to navigate disruption, accelerate transformation and sustain performance in a more competitive operating environment.

From 2-5 November in Abu Dhabi, ADIPEC 2026 will examine how the global energy systems is adapting to an era of energy addition.

4 DAY PASS

2-5 November 2026

All Access

Pass includes:

Access to 11 strategic programmes
Access to 2 technical programmes
Access to exclusive networking opportunities

Also includes:

Delegate lunches
Access to exhibition halls
Access to the Energy Connects Conference Hub

$ 7,250

New Energy Security & Resilience Explore how governments and industry are strengthening energy security, protecting critical infrastructure and building resilience against disruption in a more volatile operating environment.

New Policy, Regulation & Governance Understand how policy, regulation and governance frameworks can strengthen investment confidence, reduce risk and accelerate delivery across increasingly complex energy markets.

Finance & Investment Examine how investors and developers are mobilising capital, managing risk and financing the infrastructure needed to support long-term energy growth.

AI, Digital & Technology Discover how AI, digital technologies and applied intelligence are improving operational performance, strengthening resilience and creating competitive advantage across the energy system.

New Upstream Explore how upstream leaders are deploying capital, strengthening portfolios and improving execution to sustain supply and competitiveness in a more complex operating environment.

Natural Gas & LNG Examine how gas and LNG are reshaping energy security, trade relationships and industrial competitiveness in an increasingly fragmented global market.

Downstream, Chemicals & Industrial Value Chains See how refiners, chemical producers and industrial leaders are strengthening margins, securing feedstocks and improving competitiveness across increasingly integrated value chains.

New Grids, Infrastructure & Industrial Execution Understand why the ability to build, connect and protect infrastructure is becoming as strategically important as the energy it carries.

New Clean Power, Molecules & Carbon Management Explore how clean power, cleaner molecules and carbon management solutions are advancing from ambition to execution through commercially viable projects and infrastructure.

Maritime & Logistics Discover how shipping, ports and logistics networks are strengthening trade resilience, safeguarding supply chains and supporting secure global energy flows.

New Workforce & Skills Explore how talent, skills and leadership are becoming critical determinants of project delivery, industrial competitiveness and long-term energy growth.

Join the world’s largest and most influential platform for energy leadership, innovation and investment, and connect with the decision-makers shaping energy security, unlocking opportunity. Register as a delegate

What is the focus of this programme?

It focuses on how workforce capability, skills and leadership enable the delivery of energy systems at scale.

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