25th WPC Energy Congress 2026

Riyadh hosts the 25th WPC Energy Congress, formerly the World Petroleum Congress, from 11 to 15 October 2026 at the Riyadh Front Exhibition and Conference Center. It is the first time the congress is held in the Kingdom, and the theme of this edition is Pathways to an Energy Future for All.

The congress runs for five days and brings together ministers, chief executives, experts, academics, engineers and international media. The organiser states that more than 100 ministers are invited, and expects around 500 chief executives and 25,000 attendees including 6,000 delegates, alongside an exhibition of 50,000 square metres. The content is divided across an Executive Programme of plenary, ministerial and strategic sessions, a Technical Programme of 31 forums covering energy supply, infrastructure, fuels and molecules, technologies and industry leadership, the Synergy Pavilion Programme, and a Special Programme that includes the Energy Hackathon, the Best Paper Award, the World Cafe and a virtual reality zone.

Visitor registration is free and covers the exhibition, the Technical and Special Programmes and the Synergy Pavilion. A delegate pass is USD 3,150 until 11 September 2026 and USD 3,450 thereafter until the end of the congress, adding the Executive Programme, the welcome reception and closing ceremony, tours and meals, with a ten per cent discount for groups above five delegates. Riyadh Energy Week runs alongside the congress at the same venue and includes the IEF17 Ministerial Meeting, the joint 17th Clean Energy Ministerial and 11th Mission Innovation Ministerial, and an OAPEC workshop and symposium, all attended by invitation.