Overview
Join Red Hat Summit: Connect in Riyadh on November 10, 2026, to access tools, technologies, and expert connections that can help you unlock what’s next. This in-person event offers expert insights, IT best practices, live product demos, and peer connections to advance your team.
Schedule
40 events • 2 tracks • 2 concurrent events
Networking
6:00 am to 7:00 am
Registration + Networking
Keynote
7:00 am to 8:40 am
Welcome Keynote & Regional Perspective Feras Al Al Shaikh,Regional director, Red Hat Sessions 10:10-10:20 Opening — The Four Tensions Marco Bill,Sr. VP & CIO, Red Hat 10:20-10:30 AI: Metal to Agents Marco Bill,Sr. VP & CIO, Red Hat 10:30-10:40 Security in the AI Era Marco Bill,Sr. VP & CIO, Red Hat 10:40-10:55 Virtualization & Digital Sovereignty Marco Bill,Sr. VP & CIO, Red Hat 10:55-11:10 Automation In AI Session Marco Bill,Sr. VP & CIO, Red Hat 11:10-11:40 Customer session Guest speaker
Other
7:00 am to 8:40 am
Welcome Keynote & Regional Perspective
Other
7:10 am to 7:20 am
Opening — The Four Tensions Marco Bill,Sr. VP & CIO, Red Hat
Session
7:10 am to 7:20 am
Opening — The Four Tensions
Other
7:20 am to 7:30 am
AI: Metal to Agents Marco Bill,Sr. VP & CIO, Red Hat
Session
7:20 am to 7:30 am
AI: Metal to Agents
Other
7:30 am to 7:40 am
Security in the AI Era Marco Bill,Sr. VP & CIO, Red Hat
Session
7:30 am to 7:40 am
Security in the AI Era
Other
7:40 am to 7:55 am
Virtualization & Digital Sovereignty Marco Bill,Sr. VP & CIO, Red Hat
Session
7:40 am to 7:55 am
Virtualization & Digital Sovereignty
Talk
7:55 am to 8:10 am
Automation In AI Session Marco Bill,Sr. VP & CIO, Red Hat
Session
7:55 am to 8:10 am
Automation In AI Session
Talk
8:10 am to 8:40 am
Customer session Guest speaker
Session
8:10 am to 8:40 am
Customer session
14 concurrent sessions
Networking
8:40 am to 8:55 am
Coffee Break + Networking
Panel
8:55 am to 10:05 am
Sessions 11:55-12:35 EcoSystem Panel managed by IDC Guest speakers 12:35-12:50 Red Hat Partner's Eco-System Burak Borhan,EcoSystem Direcotr MEA, Red Hat 12:50-13:05 Make your company an AI company with Red Hat and Intel Open Technologies Intel & Red Hat
Panel
8:55 am to 9:35 am
EcoSystem Panel managed by IDC Guest speakers
Panel
8:55 am to 9:35 am
EcoSystem Panel managed by IDC
Other
9:35 am to 9:50 am
Red Hat Partner's Eco-System Burak Borhan,EcoSystem Direcotr MEA, Red Hat
Session
9:35 am to 9:50 am
Red Hat Partner's Eco-System
Other
9:50 am to 10:05 am
Make your company an AI company with Red Hat and Intel Open Technologies Intel & Red Hat
Session
9:50 am to 10:05 am
Make your company an AI company with Red Hat and Intel Open Technologies
7 concurrent sessions
Networking
10:05 am to 10:20 am
Coffee Break + Networking
Talk
10:20 am to 11:05 am
Sessions 13:20-13:35 Cohesity Melih Murat,Associate Director, Artificial Intelligence, IDC 13:35-13:50 Dell Guest speaker 13:50-14:05 ZainTech Guest speaker
Other
10:20 am to 10:35 am
Cohesity Melih Murat,Associate Director, Artificial Intelligence, IDC
Session
10:20 am to 10:35 am
Cohesity
Other
10:35 am to 10:50 am
Dell Guest speaker
Session
10:35 am to 10:50 am
Dell
Other
10:50 am to 11:05 am
ZainTech Guest speaker
Session
10:50 am to 11:05 am
ZainTech
7 concurrent sessions
Other
11:05 am to 11:10 am
Quick Announcement
Talk
11:10 am to 11:55 am
Sessions 14:10-14:25 Ejada Guest speaker 14:25-14:40 SBM Guest speaker 14:40-14:55 TBC Guest speaker
Other
11:10 am to 11:25 am
Ejada Guest speaker
Session
11:10 am to 11:25 am
Ejada
Other
11:25 am to 11:40 am
SBM Guest speaker
Session
11:25 am to 11:40 am
SBM
Other
11:40 am to 11:55 am
TBC Guest speaker
Session
11:40 am to 11:55 am
TBC
7 concurrent sessions
Meal
11:55 am to 12:15 pm
Lunch
Session
Registration + Networking
6:00 am to 7:00 am· 1 hr
networking