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Tech Thursdays — Where Abu Dhabi’s Tech Community Connects

An invitation-only forum where Abu Dhabi’s tech leaders, community, innovators, and strategists share insights, spark ideas, and shape the UAE’s tech future.

What is Tech Thursdays?

Tech Thursdays is a curated community initiative uniting Abu Dhabi’s tech leaders, innovators, and strategists

It’s not about presentations or panels — it’s about collaborative conversations and meaningful connections in a relaxed, curated environment

Explore emerging technologies, trends, and real-world applications

Connect with fellow industry leaders, innovators, and forward-thinking peers

Collaborate in a relaxed, curated environment designed for meaningful conversations

Share insights, experiences, and strategies shaping the tech landscape

Grow as part of a community passionate about technology and innovation

Not a lecture, pitch night, or sales event

Tech Thursdays Abu Dhabi - Next Meetup

5:30pm-8pm (ish)

November 20th

Abu Dhabi City Golf Club

Abu Dhabi City Golf Club

Guest List will be a curated, invitation-only gathering

Guest List will be a curated, invitation-only gathering, please register your interest to attend

Guest List will be a curated, invitation-only gathering

RSVP Required - limited spaces

Co-Creating Our Community

Shaping Tech Thursdays | E1 | Past Event

Shaping Tech Thursdays | E1 | 12 June

At our first Meetup help shape the future of Tech Thursdays. Discuss these questions with your peers your input will guide our next steps.

At our first Meetup help shape the future of Tech Thursdays. Discuss these questions with your peers your input will guide our next steps.

What topics should we explore?

What is the right balance between networking, learning, and sharing?

What event formats would you enjoy?

What collaborations or cross-industry connections would you like to see?

How often should we meet?

What should it not be?

AI & The Future of Work | E2 | Past Event

Opportunity or Divide?

AI & The Future of Work | E2 | Sep 18
Opportunity or Divide?

AI is creating the biggest opportunity for innovation and productivity but also the risk of a widening skills and opportunity gap. Some predict a 2-day work week within a decade, while others warn that many roles will be disrupted.

How do we ensure that Abu Dhabi’s tech community and our wider economy is on the right side of this shift?

AI is creating the biggest opportunity for innovation and productivity but also the risk of a widening skills and opportunity gap. Some predict a 2-day work week within a decade, while others warn that many roles will be disrupted.

Is AI making your job easier or making you obsolete?

Will we see an AI elite and who gets left behind?

Who will win in Abu Dhabi’s AI race big companies or clever, fast startups?

How should we as a tech community close the AI divide?

What skills will be useless in 5 years? What new ones will be critical?

Are we sleepwalking into the biggest disruption of our careers?

GITEX Washup & Deep Tech | E3 | October 23

Are We Ready to Build
the Hard Stuff?

GITEX Washup &Deep Tech | E3 | October 23
Are We Ready to Build
the Hard Stuff?

GITEX Washup &Deep Tech
| E3 | October 23
Ready to Build the Hard Stuff?

Coming straight off GITEX, this edition of Tech Thursdays takes a deeper look at deep tech innovation — from AI to quantum computing, robotics, materials science, and space — the frontiers where long-term global leadership is forged.

As Abu Dhabi positions itself as a future tech powerhouse, we’ll unpack some critical questions together:

Deep tech innovation from AI to quantum computing, robotics, materials science, and space this is where long-term global leadership happens. What should we prioritize as a tech community to drive serious innovation here?

Is Abu Dhabi ready to play on the global deep tech stage?

What should we prioritize as a community to drive serious innovation here?

Are local startups too focused on software, copycats not hard tech?

What’s missing from Abu Dhabi’s deep tech ecosystem? talent, capital, research, risk appetite?

What’s missing from Abu Dhabi’s deep tech ecosystem? talent, capital, research?

What deep tech breakthroughs should we aim to lead globally?

what are the future skills required for deep tech innovation?

Social Edition | E4 | Nov 20

Social Edition | E4 | Nov 20

No agenda. No slides. Just genuine conversations, good energy, and meaningful connections.

This special Social Edition is all about bringing together founders, innovators, researchers, and technologists to unwind, share stories, and celebrate how far the community has come.

Whether you’ve been part of Tech Thursdays since the start or this is your first time joining, it’s the perfect way to reconnect and recharge before the new year.

No agenda. No slides. Just genuine conversations, good energy, and meaningful connections.

This special Social Edition is all about bringing together founders, innovators, researchers, and technologists to unwind, share stories, and celebrate how far the community has come.

Whether you’ve been part of Tech Thursdays since the start or this is your first time joining, it’s the perfect way to reconnect and recharge before the new year.

Date: Thursday, November 20

5:30 - 8pm

Come casual, we are outside

Abu Dhabi City Golf Club

A relaxed evening of networking, connection, and conversation

no agenda, no slides, just Abu Dhabi’s tech community coming together.

Common Questions

Common Questions

Who is Tech Thursdays?

Tech Thursdays is a community initiative created by Christian Lear with the British Chamber of Commerce Abu Dhabi Digital Sector Group. We started as a small, member-focused meetup, but quickly expanded to bring together a diverse mix of innovators from across Abu Dhabi’s tech scene. Together, we’re building a collaborative community that will help define the UAE’s digital future.

Who is Tech Thursdays?

Tech Thursdays is a community initiative created by Christian Lear with the British Chamber of Commerce Abu Dhabi Digital Sector Group. We started as a small, member-focused meetup, but quickly expanded to bring together a diverse mix of innovators from across Abu Dhabi’s tech scene. Together, we’re building a collaborative community that will help define the UAE’s digital future.

Who is Tech Thursdays?

Tech Thursdays is a community initiative created by Christian Lear with the British Chamber of Commerce Abu Dhabi Digital Sector Group. We started as a small, member-focused meetup, but quickly expanded to bring together a diverse mix of innovators from across Abu Dhabi’s tech scene. Together, we’re building a collaborative community that will help define the UAE’s digital future.

Can anyone come?

Not quite. Tech Thursdays is a curated, invitation-only meetup bringing together a strategic mix of tech industry leaders, deep tech innovators, forward-thinking strategists, and academic experts from across startups, corporates, and the wider Abu Dhabi technology ecosystem. This curated format ensures high-value conversations, actionable insights, and meaningful connections — creating a space where decision-makers and innovators can collaborate on shaping the future of technology in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. Interested in joining? Sign up to express your interest, and we will review all submissions when finalizing the guest list for this second session.

Can anyone come?

Not quite. Tech Thursdays is a curated, invitation-only meetup bringing together a strategic mix of tech industry leaders, deep tech innovators, forward-thinking strategists, and academic experts from across startups, corporates, and the wider Abu Dhabi technology ecosystem. This curated format ensures high-value conversations, actionable insights, and meaningful connections — creating a space where decision-makers and innovators can collaborate on shaping the future of technology in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. Interested in joining? Sign up to express your interest, and we will review all submissions when finalizing the guest list for this second session.

Can anyone come?

Not quite. Tech Thursdays is a curated, invitation-only meetup bringing together a strategic mix of tech industry leaders, deep tech innovators, forward-thinking strategists, and academic experts from across startups, corporates, and the wider Abu Dhabi technology ecosystem. This curated format ensures high-value conversations, actionable insights, and meaningful connections — creating a space where decision-makers and innovators can collaborate on shaping the future of technology in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. Interested in joining? Sign up to express your interest, and we will review all submissions when finalizing the guest list for this second session.

Whats the format?

Tech Thursdays is about connecting with the tech community — fostering collaborative discussions where every voice matters. This isn’t about sitting back and watching presentations. It’s about sharing your perspectives, exchanging insights, and exploring opportunities with industry leaders, deep tech innovators, and strategic thinkers from across Abu Dhabi and the UAE. Each session is curated and collaborative, designed to spark meaningful conversations and high-value connections, with themes such as: AI & the Future of Work – balancing opportunity and disruption. Deep Tech – building capabilities in advanced, high-impact technologies. Tech in Energy – innovating at the intersection of technology and one of the UAE’s core industries. Tech Thursdays is a conversation — and you’re part of it.

Whats the format?

Tech Thursdays is about connecting with the tech community — fostering collaborative discussions where every voice matters. This isn’t about sitting back and watching presentations. It’s about sharing your perspectives, exchanging insights, and exploring opportunities with industry leaders, deep tech innovators, and strategic thinkers from across Abu Dhabi and the UAE. Each session is curated and collaborative, designed to spark meaningful conversations and high-value connections, with themes such as: AI & the Future of Work – balancing opportunity and disruption. Deep Tech – building capabilities in advanced, high-impact technologies. Tech in Energy – innovating at the intersection of technology and one of the UAE’s core industries. Tech Thursdays is a conversation — and you’re part of it.

Whats the format?

Tech Thursdays is about connecting with the tech community — fostering collaborative discussions where every voice matters. This isn’t about sitting back and watching presentations. It’s about sharing your perspectives, exchanging insights, and exploring opportunities with industry leaders, deep tech innovators, and strategic thinkers from across Abu Dhabi and the UAE. Each session is curated and collaborative, designed to spark meaningful conversations and high-value connections, with themes such as: AI & the Future of Work – balancing opportunity and disruption. Deep Tech – building capabilities in advanced, high-impact technologies. Tech in Energy – innovating at the intersection of technology and one of the UAE’s core industries. Tech Thursdays is a conversation — and you’re part of it.

What it is not?

Tech Thursdays isn’t a formal panel, pitch night, or sales event — this isn’t about presentations or promotions. It’s also not a technical deep dive, though future sessions may explore more advanced topics. For now, the focus is on strategic conversations and meaningful connections. This isn’t an open meetup either. Attendance is curated by invitation, building a community of engaged members and innovators shaping Abu Dhabi’s tech ecosystem. And it’s not a finished product. Tech Thursdays is an evolving initiative, shaped by the insights, feedback, and ideas of its growing community.

What it is not?

Tech Thursdays isn’t a formal panel, pitch night, or sales event — this isn’t about presentations or promotions. It’s also not a technical deep dive, though future sessions may explore more advanced topics. For now, the focus is on strategic conversations and meaningful connections. This isn’t an open meetup either. Attendance is curated by invitation, building a community of engaged members and innovators shaping Abu Dhabi’s tech ecosystem. And it’s not a finished product. Tech Thursdays is an evolving initiative, shaped by the insights, feedback, and ideas of its growing community.

What it is not?

Tech Thursdays isn’t a formal panel, pitch night, or sales event — this isn’t about presentations or promotions. It’s also not a technical deep dive, though future sessions may explore more advanced topics. For now, the focus is on strategic conversations and meaningful connections. This isn’t an open meetup either. Attendance is curated by invitation, building a community of engaged members and innovators shaping Abu Dhabi’s tech ecosystem. And it’s not a finished product. Tech Thursdays is an evolving initiative, shaped by the insights, feedback, and ideas of its growing community.

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© 2025 Concept Developed by Clear Solutions in collaboration with the AD Tech Community


Concept Developed by

© 2025 Concept Developed by Clear Solutions in collaboration with the AD Tech Community


Concept Developed by

© 2025 Concept Developed by Clear Solutions in collaboration with the AD Tech Community