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BRIDGE Summit 2025 to host 430 speakers, 1,200 CEOs,260 agencies and 5,000 media professionals from across the globe

World’s largest debut media event announces expanded program and global participation
figures during briefing with 100 content creators

  • Over 60,000 participants from 132 countries
  • 430 speakers from 45 countries
  • 1,200 CEOs and 260 local and international advertising agencies
  • 5,000 media professionals
  • More than 300 activities including sessions, roundtables and workshops
  • 300+ exhibiting companies and over 100 startups
  • World’s largest debut media event spanning 1.65 million square feet
  • Participation from global tech players including X, Meta, Sony, Snapchat and LinkedIn
  • Launch of the official Bridge App

Abdulla Al Hamed: “Real power today is… at the intersection of media, technology, and creativity”.

Jamal Al Kaabi: We no longer live in an era of isolated industries.

Abu Dhabi, 14 November 2025

BRIDGE Summit 2025, the world’s largest debut media event, announced its expanded participation figures during a gathering with more than 100 content creators. Led by H.E. Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed, Chairman of BRIDGE, and H.E. Dr. Jamal Mohammed Al Kaabi, Vice Chairman of BRIDGE, outlined the Summit’s program, technology initiatives and global partnerships in the lead-up to its inaugural edition this December.

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The world’s largest debut media event, taking place at ADNEC, Abu Dhabi, from December 8–10

BRIDGE Summit 2025 reveals a new wave of visionary storytellers and innovators driving the future of media, content, and entertainment

Featuring Gary Vaynerchuk, Fabrizio Romano, Andrew Zimmern, Joe Hattab, Bassam Kousa, Amit Sharma (Crazy XYZ), and Oscar-winning Blinkink, the announcement showcases BRIDGE’s cross-sector diversity across Media, Tech, Creator Economy, and Picture tracks

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Global icon Idris Elba to join BRIDGE Summit 2025 alongside 400 visionaries shaping the future of media, content, and entertainment

  • A global lineup of 400 changemakers shaping the future of media, content, and entertainment.
  •  Over 60,000 participants from six continents will gather at Abu Dhabi’s ADNEC for BRIDGE Summit 2025 — the world’s first and largest debut event for media, content, and entertainment.
  • The Summit unfolds across seven content tracks — Media, Content Creators, Music, Gaming, Marketing, Tech & AI, and Picture — mapping the full spectrum of global storytelling.
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Media Track at BRIDGE Summit 2025 to confront the global credibility crisis and the economics of influence

More than 100 speakers to debate who funds, owns, and verifies the world’s stories across 50+ sessions in Abu Dhabi, December 8 – 10

  • Digital sovereignty, verification economics, meme economies, and narrative warfare amongst the hot topics of discussion featured on the Media track
  • 100+ voices from amongst the Summit’s 400+ global speakers will be represented by the Media track
  • Speaker line-up includes Gary Vaynerchuk, Chairman of VaynerX; Moira Forbes, Executive Vice President of Forbes; Joanna Coles, Chief Creative & Content Officer, The Daily Beast; Pooja Bagga, Chief Information Officer, Guardian Media Group; Jessica Sibley is the Chief Executive Officer of TIME, Justin Smith, Co-Founder & CEO of Semafor; Nancy Gibbs, Director, Shorenstein Center at Harvard & former Editor-in-Chief, TIME; Andrew Zimmern, Emmy & James Beard Award-winning host; Anthony Scaramucci, Founder of SkyBridge & SALT; and Shekhar Gupta, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of ThePrint
  • Hosted in Abu Dhabi from 8–10 December 2025, BRIDGE Summit reinforces the UAE’s role as a global hub for dialogue, media collaboration, and access to the content economy
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The world’s largest debut media event

BRIDGE Summit 2025 to spotlight seven content tracks
shaping the future of media, content, and entertainment

Seven integrated tracks mapping the modern media ecosystem — from Media and Creator Economy to Music, Gaming, Technology, Marketing, and Picture — advancing the global content industry

Dr. Jamal Al Kaabi, Vice Chairman of BRIDGE:

  •  BRIDGE Summit was created to build a global arena where every sector of the content economy connects to create new avenues for growth, investment, and impact.
  •   At BRIDGE, our vision is not about unification — it’s about meaningful connection that transforms content into a global force for progress and development.
  •  BRIDGE Summit is where ideas evolve into projects, ambitions grow into partnerships, and stories become engines of cultural and economic impact.


Abu Dhabi, October 31, 2025

In a world where media intersects with technology, music merges with artificial intelligence, and cinema meets data, BRIDGE Summit 2025 – the world’s largest event in media, content, and entertainment – emerges as a global platform that explores the dimensions and impact of content as an economic and cultural force, reshaping our relationship with creativity and knowledge, and placing creators at the heart of development and global dialogue.

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