WSJ Tech: Qatar 2026

The second edition of WSJ Tech: Qatar takes place in Doha from 30 November to 2 December 2026.
A gathering of the region’s most influential executives, investors, and innovators, WSJ Tech: Qatar offers unparalleled access to the leaders shaping technology and business. It brings visionaries and peers together in Doha, a global hub for commerce, investment, and innovation.

Three Days in Doha

30 November

Cultural excursions across Qatar, an opening reception and dinner, and the official welcome before the program begins.

1 December

The main program day. Newsroom interviews on stage, time to connect between sessions, and a Celebration Under the Stars to close

2 December

A final morning of newsroom interviews, followed by cultural excursions.

Key Themes of Tech: Qatar 2026

AI at Work

AI is now running across supply chains, customer systems, and back-office operations, and the returns are uneven. The question has moved on from whether to adopt it to how far the change really goes, and what companies do when the results do not match the plan.

Energy and Infrastructure

The power that AI consumes has made energy a technology question. Sessions take in grid investment, alternative energy sources, and the race to build the physical infrastructure the next era of computing will rest on.

Cybersecurity, Defence Technology, and Geopolitics

Instability in the region has raised the stakes around cybersecurity and national technology strategy. Sessions look at how governments and companies are adapting, and where the differences between them are starting to surface. The defence sector is being remade at the same time, built around drones, autonomous systems, and AI by companies that bear little resemblance to traditional manufacturers. The question underneath it all is who controls the technology of conflict.

Entertainment, Media, and the Attention Economy

Storytelling is being rebuilt as a business. Streaming, gaming, sport, and live experience now compete for the same attention, and AI is speeding up every stage from creation to distribution to revenue. Sessions ask what the next era of entertainment looks like, who holds control of it, and what happens to culture when the tools to make it are effectively limitless.