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Creative Women Forum Saudi Arabia 2025

Empowering Voices

4–6 November 2025 Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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About the Forum

The Creative Women Forum Saudi Arabia 2025 was a transformative platform bringing together visionaries, innovators and pioneers to champion the leadership, creativity and influence of women across every sector of society.

Held over three days in Riyadh at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, and aligned with Saudi Vision 2030, the Forum gathered more than 500 attendees from over 30 countries for high level keynotes, dynamic panel discussions, hands on workshops and curated networking, closing with a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Saudi National Museum.

Building on the 2024 edition, which was featured in over 900 international publications, the 2025 Forum reached a global audience of 50 million through more than 700 media outlets.

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About the Forum

The Creative Women Forum in Saudi Arabia is a transformative platform uniting global visionaries, innovators and pioneers with a shared mission: to champion the leadership, creativity and influence of women across all sectors of society. Designed to break barriers and set new global standards, it is a bold response to the call for sustainable, inclusive and future forward leadership.

Why now

Why now

Following the 2024 edition, which was featured in over 900 international publications and applauded as a landmark in women leadership, the 2025 Forum builds on that legacy with greater ambition and reach. In strategic alignment with Saudi Vision 2030, it underscores the Kingdom commitment to elevating the role of women in national development, innovation and global dialogue.

What to expect

What to expect

At its heart the Forum is about action and impact. It offers more than inspiration, it creates momentum. Three days at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, with badge collection from 11am and sessions running from midday.

High level keynotes

Leading voices from royalty, ministries, business and science opening each day of the programme.

Dynamic panel discussions

Cross sector conversations on leadership, innovation and sustainable growth.

Hands on workshops

Practical sessions built to turn ideas into momentum for founders and leaders.

Curated networking

Introductions across finance, technology, media and the creative economy, closing with the gala and awards at the Saudi National Museum.

Across sectors

Across sectors

The Forum fosters collaboration between leading voices across the fields shaping the Kingdom next decade, attracting participation from royalty, ministers, chief executives, scientists, creatives and changemakers.

Finance and investment

Capital, sustainable finance and the funding of women led enterprise.

Technology and science

Research, innovation and the technologies reshaping industry.

Media and the creative economy

Storytelling, culture and the industries built on creative work.

Entrepreneurship

Founding, scaling and sustaining ventures across the region.

Beyond the forum

Beyond the forum

The 2025 edition reached a global audience of 50 million through more than 700 media outlets, and drew over 500 attendees from more than 30 countries. The Forum continues its mission to empower women to lead, engage communities to act and build sustainable legacies for the generations that follow.

Speakers

Voices on stage

Founders, executives, investors, artists and changemakers - the voices who took the stage across three days in Riyadh.

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Agenda

Programme

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Day 1 - Tuesday 4 November 2025 Heritage & Horizons : Leading with Intellect, Innovation & Integrity
  1. 12:00 – 12:15 15 min
    Ceremony Welcome Speeches
    Speakers
  2. 12:15 – 12:20 5 min
    Ceremony Riyadh Municipality - Welcome Speech
  3. 12:20 – 12:25 5 min
    Ceremony Women in Energy - Welcome Speech
    Speaker
  4. 12:25 – 12:30 5 min
    Video Inspirational Video
    Speaker
  5. 12:30 – 12:45 15 min
    Talk From Handicrafts to Hedge Funds: Women Leading Global Change Through Sustainable Finance
    Speaker
  6. 12:45 – 12:50 5 min
    Announcements by MC
  7. 12:50 – 13:20 30 min
    Panel · LEADERSHIP Leading with Legacy – Women Across Generations Shaping the Future

    Cross-sector leadership blending tradition and transformation

    Moderator
    Panellists
  8. 13:20 – 13:35 15 min
    Fireside Fireside chat

    In conversation with Martha Fiennes

    Speakers
  9. 13:35 – 14:35 60 min
    Break Networking Break
  10. 14:35 – 14:50 15 min
    Talk Aim Higher: How Space Exploration Ignited Purpose, Innovation, and Global Unity
    Speaker
  11. 14:50 – 15:05 15 min
    Talk A Legacy of Care: Pioneering Medical Innovation for a Healthier Future
    Speaker
  12. 15:05 – 15:35 30 min
    Panel · TECHNOLOGY Innovation - Women Humanising Technology

    Inclusive tech, ethical AI, and sustainability through a feminine lens

    Moderator
    Panellists
  13. 15:35 – 15:40 5 min
    Talk Traditional Values, Modern Horizons

    Leading with Heritage, Inclusivity, and Purpose in the Intelligent Age

    Speaker
  14. 15:40 – 16:15 35 min
    Panel · MENTORSHIP Mentorship that Moves – Women Elevating Women Worldwide
    Moderator
    Panellists
  15. 16:15 – 16:45 30 min
    Break Afternoon Break
  16. 16:45 – 17:00 15 min
    Talk Building the Future: Investing in Inclusive Innovation and Capital Infrastructure for the Next Global Economy
    Speaker
  17. 17:00 – 17:15 15 min
    Talk Interwoven Ingenuity - the creative energy fuelling female influence
    Speaker
  18. 17:15 – 17:50 35 min
    Panel · EMPOWERMENT Educate to Empower – Rethinking Learning for Women's Growth

    Visionary Leadership for Women in a New Era

    Moderator
    Panellists
Day 2 - Wednesday 5 November 2025 Enterprising Women : Purposeful Growth for a Sustainable World
  1. 12:00 – 12:10 10 min
    Ceremony Welcome Speeches
    Speakers
  2. 12:10 – 12:40 30 min
    Panel · SUSTAINABILITY Purpose-Led Enterprises – Building for People, Planet & Profit

    What ESG really looks like on the ground

    Moderator
    Panellists
  3. 12:40 – 12:55 15 min
    Talk How Collaboration and Inclusion Power Transformation
    Speaker
  4. 12:55 – 13:40 45 min
    Panel · FINANCE Women & Money – Investment, Power & Prosperity

    How capital creates lasting impact

    Moderator
    Panellists
  5. 13:40 – 14:30 50 min
    Break Networking Break
  6. 14:30 – 15:00 30 min
    Panel · GOVERNANCE Policy, Power & Possibility – Women Reshaping Global Governance
    Moderator
    Panellists
  7. 15:00 – 15:20 20 min
    Fireside Fireside Chat

    In conversation with Kiera Chaplin

    Speakers
  8. 15:20 – 15:50 30 min
    Panel · ENTREPRENEURSHIP Entrepreneurship for Change – Building Socially Driven Business Models

    Success stories solving real-world issues

    Moderator
    Panellists
  9. 15:50 – 16:05 15 min
    Talk Keynote
    Speaker
  10. 16:05 – 16:15 10 min
    Talk Reimagining Global Prosperity: Women Leading Regenerative Growth
    Speaker
  11. 16:15 – 16:30 15 min
    Talk Empowering Communities for Planetary Repair: A Saudi Ethic for Re-inhabiting Earth
    Speaker
  12. 16:30 – 16:55 25 min
    Break Afternoon Break
  13. 16:55 – 17:10 15 min
    Talk Democratizing the Dialogue - The Power of Access in Building Global Leaders
    Speaker
  14. 17:10 – 17:25 15 min
    Talk Building Together: Empathy as Strategy, Inclusion as Strength
    Speaker
  15. 17:25 – 17:55 30 min
    Panel · SUSTAINABILITY Growth that Lasts – Scaling Sustainable Strategies
    Moderator
    Panellists
Day 3 - Thursday 6 November 2025 Creative Legacies : Culture, Wellness & the Power of Storytelling
  1. 12:00 – 12:05 5 min
    Ceremony Welcome Speeches
    Speaker
  2. 12:05 – 12:45 40 min
    Panel · CULTURE The Cultural Architects – Creators Redefining Heritage & Identity

    From museums to game design, fashion tech, and digital archives

    Moderator
    Panellists
  3. 12:45 – 13:00 15 min
    Talk Culture, Creativity, and Legacy: The Role of Women in Shaping Saudi Design
    Speaker
  4. 13:00 – 13:10 10 min
    Talk The Breath of Leadership: Empowering Change

    Through Emotional Sustainability

    Speaker
  5. 13:10 – 13:40 30 min
    Panel · WELLNESS Wellness as Strategy – Mental, Physical & Social Sustainability for Women

    Reframing health as leadership infrastructure

    Moderator
    Panellists
  6. 13:40 – 14:20 40 min
    Break Networking Break
  7. 14:20 – 14:30 10 min
    Talk Sustainability at the Crossroads: The Power of Visual Storytelling
    Speaker
  8. 14:30 – 14:50 20 min
    Panel · SPORT Breaking Barriers in Sports - Women

    Redefining Strength, Courage, and Leadership

    Moderator
    Panellists
  9. 14:50 – 15:00 10 min
    Talk Bridging Cultures Through Music: A Woman's Role in Creative Sustainability
    Speaker
  10. 15:00 – 15:30 30 min
    Panel · MEDIA Media in the Mirror – Women Redefining the Global Narrative

    Ownership and agency in the media landscape

    Moderator
    Panellists
  11. 15:30 – 15:35 5 min
    Video Video address
    Speaker
  12. 15:35 – 15:50 15 min
    Talk Bridging Worlds: Media, Capital, and the Rise of Female Leadership
    Speaker
  13. 15:50 – 16:20 30 min
    Panel · CREATIVITY The Future is Creative

    Path to a Sustainable Future

    Moderator
    Panellists
  14. 16:20 – 16:30 10 min
    Ceremony Closing Speeches
    Speakers
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