Adipec traffic plan in place with 200,000 expected to attend major event

Access to Adnec Centre will be limited, with park-and-ride services on offer for energy conference visitors

Thousands of delegates will take part in this year's Adipec event. Photo: ADIPEC

A traffic action plan has been put in place as Abu Dhabi prepares to welcome more than 200,000 visitors this week for a flagship energy conference.

Access to the Adnec Centre will be limited to parking permit holders, as authorities takes steps to ease congestion as the annual Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (Adipec) gets under way on Monday.

Visitors without permits are directed to park at Zayed Sports City and the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.

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Dedicated shuttle buses will operate every five minutes to transport people to and from the venue from a number of locations.

The free park-and-ride services are located at Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi Airport, Raha Beach, Deerfields Mall and Shahama.

They will be in operation from 6am until 8pm on Monday and from 8am until 8pm from Tuesday to Thursday.

A complimentary shuttle service will also be laid on to take visitors from select hotels to the conference venue and back.

Buses will run every 30 minutes from hotels to Adnec from 6am until noon on Monday and from 8am until noon on Tuesday to Thursday.

Return journeys from Adnec to the hotels will be available from 4pm until 7pm each day.

A full list of the participating hotels is available on the Adipec website.

Adnec Group urged all attendees and members of the public to abide by access and safety measures to ensure the smooth running of the major event, which runs until Thursday.

The high-profile gathering is expected to attract more than 205,000 visitors during the week, including energy producers, policymakers, technology innovators and investors.

Big Tech and Big Oil are primed to top the agenda at this year's conference, with industry leaders exploring how artificial intelligence will power the future of the energy landscape.

Senior executives from legacy oil companies such as BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies as well as state oil businesses like Adnoc will continue to lead the event, which will include Microsoft’s president Brad Smith on the opening day.

Microsoft is increasing its regional presence and has signed multibillion dollar deals with the UAE in recent years, including committing $1.5 billion in investments in Abu Dhabi AI business G42 last year.