{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"fii-2017-first-edition","event_date":"2017-10-24","published":"2026-10-03","category":"events","importance":2,"title":{"en":"First Future Investment Initiative opens in Riyadh","ar":"انطلاق النسخة الأولى من مبادرة مستقبل الاستثمار في الرياض"},"summary":{"en":"The inaugural Future Investment Initiative (FII), organized by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), ran from 24 to 26 October 2017 at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center and the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, with more than 2,000 attendees. The forum was announced on 18 September 2017 and is best remembered for the launch of NEOM and the announcement of citizenship for the robot Sophia. FII has since become an annual platform where Saudi Arabia announces investment and technology partnerships.","ar":"عُقدت النسخة الأولى من مبادرة مستقبل الاستثمار، التي ينظمها صندوق الاستثمارات العامة، في الفترة من 24 إلى 26 أكتوبر 2017 في مركز الملك عبدالعزيز الدولي للمؤتمرات وفندق ريتز كارلتون بالرياض، بحضور أكثر من ألفي مشارك. وكان قد أُعلن عن المبادرة في 18 سبتمبر 2017، وارتبط اسمها بإطلاق نيوم والإعلان عن منح الجنسية للروبوت «صوفيا». وأصبحت المبادرة منذ ذلك الحين منصة سنوية تعلن من خلالها المملكة عن شراكات استثمارية وتقنية."},"entities":["FII","PIF"],"figures":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.tradearabia.com/news/IND_330403.html","publisher":"TradeArabia","title":"Saudi PIF to host top Future Investment Initiative","published":null},{"url":"https://gulfbusiness.com/en/2017/economy/saudi-unveils-500bn-plan-develop-border-region-jordan-egypt","publisher":"Gulf Business","title":"Saudi unveils $500bn plan to develop border region with Jordan, Egypt","published":"2017-10-24"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/fii-2017-first-edition","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/fii-2017-first-edition","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/fii-2017-first-edition.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/fii-2017-first-edition.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/fii-2017-first-edition.jpg"}}