Louvre Abu Dhabi, 3 and 4 December 2026
The room is oversubscribed.
Here is a snapshot of who is in it. 200 shown. 2,000 attendees, capped.
The full guest list stays private.
Are you in?
Applications remain open. Admission decisions resume once the current pool has been reviewed.
Guest list snapshot as of 11 November 2026. Statuses update daily.
Where confirmed guests are based
The Gulf is in the room. The world is flying in.
Proof of Talk opens at Louvre Abu Dhabi in the week of Eid Al Etihad, the UAE’s 55th National Day, and closes three days before Abu Dhabi Finance Week. Guests from more than 30 countries have confirmed.
North AmericaEuropeAsia-PacificAbu Dhabi
- UAE27%≈ 540 guests
- Wider Middle East16%≈ 320 guests
- Europe29%≈ 580 guests
- North America21%≈ 420 guests
- Asia-Pacific and beyond7%≈ 140 guests
Shares of confirmed guests whose base is known, 12 November 2026. Guest numbers projected at the 2,000 cap.
Top home countries
31 countries so far
Directory
All confirmed guests, 12 November 2026
The room, by the numbers.
Seniority
86% are decision makers
Sector
27% allocate capital
The largest balance sheets in the room
Assets under management
Bold: on stageRegular: attendingTap a name for its detail
The capital
- in assets under management across the institutions on this page that publish a figure
- $32T+
- family offices and private investors confirmed
- 40+
- of them family offices and investors from the Gulf
- 18
How they plan the two days
- 86%
- in the room on 3 December
- 82%
- in the room on 4 December
- 7 in 10
- stay for both days
- 8 in 10
- have opened their diaries for meetings
- 1 in 3
- bring colleagues with them
Abu Dhabi in numbers
The market around the event. Each figure links to its source.
The week
Day Zero
Golf and padel on Saadiyat Island.
Day one
Digital assets, payments and stablecoins. Proof of Pitch, crypto track.
Day two
Digital assets and AI. Proof of Pitch, AI track.
Grand Prix week
The F1 race weekend at Yas Marina Circuit, then the Milken Institute Middle East and Africa Summit and Abu Dhabi Finance Week, 7 to 10 December.
Why the room trusts Proof of Talk
Four sold-out editions at the Louvre Palace.
Abu Dhabi is the first edition outside Paris, built on the same rules: capped at 2,000 guests, every guest reviewed, nobody pays to speak, and every session moderated by our Content Council of senior journalists.
- 4
- sold-out editions at the Louvre Palace, Paris
- $25T
- in assets under management in the room in Paris, June 2026
- 100+
- journalists on site in Paris
- 0
- speaking slots ever sold. Nobody pays to speak
It makes it an incredibly efficient use of time.
The Louis Vuitton of digital asset conferences.
The Davos of digital assets.
Nothing like it.
The press in Abu Dhabi
Bloomberg
Reported live from the stage in Paris
The Economist Financial Times The Wall Street Journal The New York Times Reuters CNBC Fortune Semafor Al Jazeera AGBI Arabian Business Khaleej Times Inc. Arabia Hadara
More than 50 journalists expected across the two days