Davos in the Desert

Saudi Arabia’s FII confab takes off with Day Zero soft launch

Doors open on Tuesday at the King Abdulaziz International Convention Center where 6,000 registrants are coming for the networking extravaganza

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FII delegates arriving at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh on Monday

At the palatial Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh’s diplomatic quarter on Monday, Saudi Arabia’s ninth Future Investment Initiative conference kicked off with a soft launch billed as Day Zero.

Organizers of the annual event, underwritten by the kingdom’s Public...