Riyadh – BETH | September 2, 2025
Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, the Ministry of Culture will host the first edition of the Cultural Investment Conference on September 29–30 at the King Fahd Cultural Center in Riyadh. The event will explore the future of cultural investment and sustainable creative production on both local and international levels.

A Landmark Cultural Event

The conference will feature 38 sessions with more than 100 international speakers.

Key participants include: Charles Stewart (CEO of Sotheby’s), Guillaume Cerutti (Chairman of Christie’s), Noah Horowitz (CEO of Art Basel), Tony Vinciquerra (Non-Executive Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment), cultural visionary Tarek Ben Ammar, and Lord Neil Mendoza, among others.

Discussions will focus on emerging cultural markets, with Saudi Arabia’s rapidly growing cultural ecosystem at the forefront.

Supporting Vision 2030

Saudi Minister of Culture, Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, emphasized that the conference reflects the qualitative transformation of Saudi Arabia’s cultural sector under Vision 2030. It aims to boost culture’s contribution to GDP, create jobs, and foster entrepreneurship in the creative industries.

Toward a Sustainable Cultural Market

The conference is one of the Ministry of Culture’s flagship initiatives to transform the cultural sector into a key economic driver.

It builds on tangible growth: more than 9,000 cultural licenses issued, and cultural associations rising from 28 in 2017 to 993 in 2024.

Incentives for production and cultural insurance solutions are also expanding opportunities for investors in the creative economy.

BETH Analysis

The Cultural Investment Conference is not just a forum for discussion—it is a strategic step toward building a global cultural market from Riyadh, where capital meets creativity, and culture evolves into a sustainable economic and civilizational value.