FutureNet MENA is the Middle East and North Africa edition of the FutureNet World series, running two days at the Conrad Hotel Dubai. The program centers on network automation, AI-native operations, and the operational transformations underway at regional carriers and enterprise network operators. Tracks cover intent-based networking, AIOps, open RAN, private 5G, telco-grade cloud, and the operational model changes needed to support gigawatt-scale AI workloads arriving across the region.

The MENA angle matters to data center operators because GCC sovereign-cloud investment, AI-national-champion strategies, and hyperscaler expansion are layering enormous new traffic and latency requirements on regional networks simultaneously. Saudi PIF-backed capacity, Abu Dhabi’s G42-led AI positioning, and the submarine cable expansion across the Red Sea and Gulf are rewriting regional interconnect.

Attend if you operate or supply into MENA data center markets, or if they want to understand how regional carriers are adapting their automation and operations stacks to support AI-era infrastructure. Dubai’s position as the regional business hub means this is the single most efficient venue to meet MENA operator leadership and the system integrators working with them.