Gala Dinner 2025
We were thrilled to gather over 800 guests to our gala dinner on Friday 11 April 2025 at Regal Ballroom - St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi. The theme of this year's event was “From Heritage to Innovation”..
The theme "From Heritage to Innovation ” highlighted the link between cultural roots, traditional know-how, and a future marked by creativity and technological advances. The theme invited us to explore how the values, techniques and traditions of the past can inspire and enrich contemporary innovations , and how heritage can be preserved, particularly through new technologies.
Bringing together figures from industry, craftsmanship, technology and business, the gala will celebrate the journey from preserving our heritage to transforming it. Echoing today's challenges, it will showcase innovative solutions that respect identity and cultural and natural resources, underlining the importance of preserving what is meaningful while embracing the future.
This celebration honors the countless individuals and companies who have dedicated themselves to nurturing this flourishing partnership. We were honored to welcome several distinguished VIPs including His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, H.E. Niemtchinow Nicolas, Ambassador of the French Republic to the United Arab Emirates, Jean-Christophe Paris, Consul General of France in Dubai, and other esteemed French, international and Emirati representatives.
The CCI France UAE Business Awards 2025, sponsored by First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) and Masdar, were a great success and we would like to congratulate once again SYP - Shake Your Plants and Nojoom for their well-deserved wins.
We warmly thanks our Platinum Sponsor Chalhoub Group, Diamond Sponsor AlphaNero and our Gold Sponsors: Alcatel-Lucent and Where Is This.
A warm thank as well to all of our partners : AirFrance, Blachere Illumination, Daxium, Fever, Forvis Mazars, Laroussi, Montauk, Paysan Breton, Pernod Ricard Gulf, Valrhona and Wow Events, and of course our Master of Ceremony Stefan Leyshon.
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