About the event
CONNECT Riyadh was held on 11 February 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Riyadh Olaya, under the theme "Optimizing Control and Synergy in the Supply Chain Ecosystem". It gathered more than 150 supply chain, logistics, warehousing and procurement leaders from public and private organisations across the Kingdom.
Sessions covered supply chain visibility and control towers, autonomous and smart warehousing, predictive planning and demand forecasting, cybersecurity in supply chains, cold chain and intelligent logistics, intelligent transportation and fleet optimisation, digital twin technology, AI, machine learning and IoT for efficiency, generative AI and automation, and the effect of geopolitical shifts on global supply chains. Eight sector leaders spoke, from organisations including SAMI, the Ministry of Health, NEOM-DSV, the Transport General Authority, Veolia, Abunayyan Holding, Sunbulah Group and Schneider Electric.
The summit is organised by NetNex Global Private Limited, a company registered in India, and addresses chief executives and heads of supply chain, logistics, procurement and warehousing across food and beverage, automotive, oil and gas, retail, e-commerce, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, manufacturing, transport and construction. Attendance is by invitation and carries no cost, the event being fully sponsored, and attendees are awarded continuing professional development points. The organiser has not yet announced the date of the next edition; the summit page shows "to be announced" in place of a date.
