IFAT Saudi Arabia 2026

Pioneering waste management, recycling and water management solutions across the Middle East & North Africa

The global network of IFAT with its 11 succesful trade fairs in seven countries, will be expanded by a strategically important new event. The trade fair will be held at Riyadh Front Exhibition & Conference Center and will bring together the key players in waste, water and environmental technologies.

The National Center for Waste Management (MWAN), ISWA’s National Member in Saudi Arabia, is the event’s Founding and Strategic Partner. MWAN has been leading a major transformation journey of the waste sector in Saudi Arabia through extensive regulatory and planning efforts that fully embody circular economy principles, while creating hundreds of opportunities for local and global investors, to build an advanced and modern waste infrastructure.

Together with key partners, members and our regional chapter, ISWA will be offering curated panel discussions and a fireside chat at the Orange Stage.

ISWA Program on 27 January on the Orange Stage

– Fireside Chat | 16:00 – 16:25 | Emerging Technologies for Waste & Resource Management Transformation
– Panel discussion | 16.25 – 17.00 | Launch of the World Bank’s report on Solid Waste Management in MENA, in Collaboration with ISWA
– Panel discussion |17.55 – 18.30 | Regional Developments and Innovations in Waste & Resource Management

The World Bank will also be presenting a session on Integrated Solid Waste Management in Egypt, “National Strategy and Overview of World Bank-supported activities in Greater Cairo“. Join this session on Tuesday, January 27 from 20:00 – 20:20.