OT Security Jubail 2026
About the event
OT Security Jubail takes place on 27 October 2026 at the InterContinental Al Jubail Resort, the fourth Saudi edition of the OT Security First industrial cybersecurity series. Its premise is that Jubail is the heart of the Saudi industrial corridor and home to petrochemical and energy assets, which makes the security of its operational systems a question of national resilience rather than a technical matter alone.
The summit runs for a single day across four sessions: the regulatory imperative and the governance of OT security in the Kingdom; the threat landscape facing the industrial sector; securing the infrastructure through standards, operational practice and supply chains; and innovation and the road ahead for the field. The sessions cover compliance with national controls, asset inventory, network segmentation, incident response and threat detection, and the use of artificial intelligence and digital twins in predictive protection. It addresses plant CISOs, heads of OT and industrial control systems security, national regulators, and leaders across oil and gas, petrochemicals, power and water, mining, transport and smart cities.
Attendance is by invitation and free for qualified end users. On-site registration opens at 08:30 and the programme runs from 09:00 to 15:30. The summit is certified by the CPD Certification Service, so attendees receive a certificate after attending, worth up to seven hours of continuing professional development. It is accompanied by an exhibition of technology providers and by awards recognising outstanding practice in the field.
Agenda
14- 08:30–09:00Registration and welcome coffee
- 09:00–09:10Ministerial keynote: Saudi Arabia’s national OT security mandate under Vision 2030Session 01 · The Regulatory Imperative
- 09:10–09:20Compliance is the floor, not the ceiling: how the oil and gas sector implements the government OT security mandatesSession 01 · Keynote
- 09:20–10:00GCC and global collaboration on OT security: what leading industrial nations are doing and what the Kingdom can learnSession 01 · Panel discussion
- 10:45–10:55Gold sponsor session: swIDchSession 02 · The Threat Landscape
- 10:55–11:05Gold sponsor session: YokogawaSession 02 · Mohammed Shoukat Ali, Yokogawa
- 11:05–11:45Under attack: incident response, threat detection and OT resilience across the Kingdom’s industrial corridorSession 02 · Panel discussion
- 11:45–11:55Your AI has never seen your plant: building industrial intelligence below Level 3.5Session 03 · Tahir Saleem, SIS Industrial Cyber Security
- 11:55–12:05Gold sponsor session: Schneider ElectricSession 03 · Securing the Infrastructure
- 12:05–12:45Standards, procurement and supply chain: building OT security into the fabric of Saudi industrial operationsSession 03 · Panel discussion
- 14:00–14:15AI, digital twins and predictive security: the next frontier of OT protection for the industrial sectorSession 04 · The Road Ahead
- 14:15–14:30AI beyond the pilot: building secure and resilient AI for critical infrastructureSession 04 · Ahmed T Alawami, Saudi Energy
- 14:30–15:15The KSA dialogue: what must the oil and gas, petrochemical and government sectors commit to in the next twelve monthsSession 04 · Panel discussion
- 15:15–15:30Official close and networking
