The new edition of the Saudi Industry Forum opens on Sunday, June 23, 2025, organized by the National Industrial Committee at the Federation of Saudi Chambers and sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, under the theme "Our Industry in a New Phase: Digital Transformation and Sustainable Development." The forum runs through June 25 at the Dhahran International Exhibition Company (Dhahran Expo) in Dhahran.

The forum is a pivotal event on Saudi Arabia's industrial map, bringing together government officials, investors, academics and experts, alongside the heads of major industrial companies, to discuss the future of the Kingdom's industrial sector and keep pace with global shifts amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Key Forum Themes:

  • Digital transformation in industry: how modern technologies like artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things help raise factory efficiency and improve production.
  • Industrial sustainability: mechanisms for reducing emissions, managing energy, and circular-economy technologies.
  • Local content: ways to empower national companies and local manufacturers.
  • Legislative and financing challenges facing the growth of new industries.
  • Industry 4.0 and its role in building smart infrastructure for Saudi industry.
  • Empowering youth and national talent through education and specialized vocational training.

The forum aims to chart a future roadmap that enables the Kingdom to achieve its ambitions of becoming a global industrial platform and a logistics hub linking three continents, within the goals of Saudi Vision 2030, which supports a diverse industrial economy built on innovation and sustainability.