Abu Dhabi National
Exhibition Center
(ADNEC), UAE
The exhibition is closed to the general public and all visitors will be admitted by invitation only.
Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The Defense manufacturing industry in the Gulf countries witnessed a remarkable progress in the past decade. The United Arab Emirates started exporting its knowhow and products to the region and the entire world. Saudi Arabia and Egypt are following a similar path, while other countries such as Turkey, India and Pakistan have achieved advanced levels.
This quick growth is facing today supply challenges due to the rapid and radical changes in the global geopolitical landscape.
Ajban Defense Industry & Technology Exhibition was designed to address these supply challenges. It aims at helping defense manufacturers in the region identify new procurement partners in order to keep their rapid pace of development.
The first two editions in 2024 and 2025, dedicated essentially to the UAE defense manufacturers, have consecrated AJBAN as the reference in supply chain sourcing for the defense industry. In order to enhance our offer to regional defense manufacturers AJBAN will include in 2026 suppliers from all over the world and visitors from the entire region.
Ajban is a one-to-one event, held at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC). It is closed to the general public with visitors admitted by invitation only.
Ajban International Defense Industry & Technology Exhibition is a unique event, grouping traditional exhibition stands, workshops, one to one meetings and networking functions.
The event will feature:
Unique online platform featuring all the visitors in advance. Since Ajban is closed to the general public, it allows us to post in advance all the confirmed visiting buyers to the difference of all other open to public events.
In order to guarantee the presence of the decision makers at the exhibition, AJBAN will host 100 buyers from around the region. This will include a return ticket and hotel accommodation for top buyers from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey…
Exhibitors can nominate potential buyers to be hosted. If they fit the criteria, they will be hosted by the organiser on behalf of the exhibitor, whose name will be clearly shown in the invitation. This is ideal for reaching prospects that have been hard to reach.
We believe that one-to-one meeting events have a higher return on investment than traditional exhibitions who base their success on the number of visitors, instead of the number of sales leads generated by those visitors.
AJBAN will feature demos and workshops offered by exhibitors to visitors. These events can be promoted on the online platform prior to the show and registrations of interested visitors can be undertaken days before the show. Exhibitors can plan for example for a 20 mins workshop to showcase their products/ services to a group of 20- 25 visitors. This can be done on the exhibitor’s stand or in one of the meeting rooms.
Ajban Talks will feature panel discussion run by international and national experts over the defense supply chain challenges and solutions with rapide changes in the sector. The agenda will be displayed on the website and online platform for visitors to register in the sessions.
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21-22 September
2026
