Argaam Summit 2026: A decade of building, new phase of economic impact

Argaam is launching today, May 12, in Riyadh the second edition of the Argaam Summit 2026, bringing together senior executives, investors and policymakers to examine the Kingdom’s economic transformation a decade after the launch of Saudi Vision 2030.

This year’s summit is anchored by Argaam Intelligence’s “10×10” report, which offers an analytical review of ten key Saudi sectors over the past decade, assessing their economic impact, asset efficiency, demand transformation and the depth of value creation within the local economy.

The report is structured around four core questions:

1) Does scale translate into productivity and value creation?

2) Does initial demand evolve into recurring demand?

3) Are built assets efficiently utilized?

4) Are economic returns retained within the domestic economy?

Argaam CEO Islam Zween will deliver a keynote speech, to present the report’s analytical framework. This will be followed by applied discussions on market dynamics and key sectoral shifts.

The agenda includes six closed-door roundtables, by invitation, covering industry, mining, capital markets, tourism, entertainment, SMEs, and real estate. These discussion panels aim to facilitate in-depth dialogue among sector leaders on opportunities, pracAtical challenges, and the tools needed to measure and execute the next phase of growth.

Running in parallel, Argaam Connect meetings will link investors with curated investment opportunities. The summit will also feature the announcement of a one-off Decade Impact Award (2016–2026), recognizing the most influential companies in Saudi Arabia’s economic landscape over the past ten years.

The event will conclude with the Argaam Awards Ceremony, honoring Top CEOs in 2025, top-performing funds in the Saudi equity market, and the best brokerage firm based on public vote, alongside a new category for funds investing in global markets.

Argaam CEO Islam Zween

Argaam CEO Islam Zween said: “After a decade of transformation, the conversation is shifting from tracking milestones to assessing their long-term economic impact. Argaam Summit 2026 aims to interpret what these changes mean for the market, investors and policymakers, and how their impact can be maximised in the next phase.”

Argaam Intelligence, the research and analytics arm of Argaam, the leading financial data and market analysis platform for Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, recently released its “10×10” report, offering a long-term economic perspective on the evolution of key sectors in the Kingdom.