Bridging Innovation and Influence: The Silicon Valley–DC–Middle East Connection (Invite only)

The global innovation landscape is shifting in real time. West Coast velocity, product engineering, and venture-building are converging with the Middle East’s patient capital, energy advantage, and sovereign capacity to form a new strategic corridor. Anchored by Washington DC’s policy of reduced regulatory influence, this convergence is channeling capital, expertise, and talent in ways that are reshaping markets and fueling economic growth. This session will bring together founders, investors, and policymakers to turn momentum into action across deep tech, financial products, AI and data centers, health care, education, and public–private partnerships. The discussion will focus on execution: capital formation, talent mobility, regulatory frameworks, and security and resilience. The objective is to identify deployable opportunities, drive job creation, expand economic diversification, and deliver globally competitive products at scale.