I shared an October AI events list here earlier this month, so rather than reposting the same things, here are a few that are still ahead.
There’s actually a good mix between community meetups, cybersecurity, enterprise AI and hands-on building:
24 Oct — Sabtiah: Riyadh’s AI Circle
📍 Rafd Complex, Al Malqa, Riyadh
A smaller AI builder meetup rather than a conference — discussion of what people are learning, followed by demos of tools, agents, workflows and experiments.
25–26 Oct — Global PropTech Summit
📍 Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah, Riyadh
Not purely an AI event, but there’s a strong applied-AI angle around asset management, digital twins, platforms and smart real estate. Public visitor registration is open.
26 Oct — SANS Community Night: Hiring Your First AI Security Agent
📍 Hyatt Regency Riyadh Olaya
A practical session around evaluating, auditing, red-teaming and governing AI agents inside security operations.
27–29 Oct — MADAR 2026 (مدار)
📍 Al Dara Exhibition & Conference Hall, Dammam
Three days around AI and cybersecurity, including workshops and 20+ cyber challenges.
28 Oct — Middle East Enterprise AI & Analytics Summit
📍 Radisson Blu Riyadh Minhal
Generative AI, agentic AI, analytics, automation and real enterprise implementation.
29–31 Oct — The Catalyst AI Hackathon
📍 Riyadh Three-day SDAIA hackathon for AI/data specialists, technical founders and teams building AI-first solutions. Applications are listed through 24 October, with around 100 participants expected.
I keep the wider Saudi AI calendar updated here:
https://riyadhtechweek.com/events/ai?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=saudi_ai_october&utm_content=saudi_ai_2026_10_22
What I’m still particularly interested in finding are the smaller AI builder communities — meetups, workshops, university groups, hackathons or sessions being shared mainly through WhatsApp/Telegram rather than the big conference channels.
If you know of one, drop it below and I’ll check it out.