Where Innovation Meets Impact!

For more than a decade, NIQ BASES Breakthrough Innovation Awards have celebrated the world’s most successful product launches, recognizing innovations that didn’t just enter the market but changed it.

These awards honour products that solve meaningful consumer needs, deliver exceptional experiences, and achieve what we call Innovation Vitality™: sustained growth and impact well beyond the first year of launch.

Join us as we reveal the 2026 Breakthrough Innovation winners and uncover the secrets behind innovations that create lasting consumer and business impact.

🔍 What to Expect

  • Learn from Proven Success Stories: Discover how leading brands, from global powerhouses to emerging disruptors, identified unmet consumer needs and transformed them into breakthrough innovations.
  • Meet the “Wavemakers”: Get an exclusive look at high-potential new launches showing exceptional early momentum and learn why they could become the market-defining innovations of tomorrow.
  • Insights That Drive Growth: Understand the factors that separate successful launches from the rest. Learn how to avoid common pitfalls, maximize demand, and create innovations consumers choose again and again.
  • The Power of the “Job to Be Done”: The best innovations don’t simply follow trends. They solve real consumer problems. Explore how identifying consumer struggles, aspirations, and unmet needs can unlock meaningful growth opportunities.
  • Innovating through Change: When volatility becomes the norm, innovation becomes a growth imperative. Discover how leading organizations are leveraging consumer insight, agility, and adaptive innovation strategies to navigate uncertainty and accelerate growth.

💡 Why Attend?

  • Get inspired by real-world case studies and data-backed insights
  • Network with industry leaders and innovation experts
  • Walk away with actionable strategies to boost your next launch

Agenda

Registration & Networking

06:00 – 07:00 p.m. (60 min)

Welcome Note

07:00 – 07:05 p.m. (5 min)

Saudi Arabia – Retail Landscape

07:05 – 07:20 p.m. (15 min)

Innovating through Change

07:20 – 07:35 p.m. (15 min)

Awards: 2026 Food Breakthrough Winners

07:35 – 08:00 p.m. (25 min)

Awards: 2026 Non-Food Breakthrough Winners

08:00 – 08:05 p.m. (5 min)

2026 Wavemakers

08:05 – 08:10 p.m. (5 min)

Innovator’s Round Table

08:10 – 08:40 p.m. (30 min)

Closing Note

08:40 – 08:45 p.m. (5 min)

Dinner & Networking

08:45 p.m. onwards

Speakers

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Pavlos Pavlou

Managing Director

NIQ KSA

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Zulfiqar Razvi

NIQ Next Lead

NIQ EEMEA

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Andrey Dvoychenkov

Market Leader

NIQ Arabian Peninsula

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Mai Nazmi

SA&I leader

NIQ KSA

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Rabie Haider

Commercial Director

NIQ KSA

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Siddharth Sonik

Innovation Commercial Lead

NIQ Arabian Peninsula

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Manikjot Singh

Innovation Practice Lead

NIQ EEMEA

Event Details

Event date:  4th November, 2026
Event venue: Narcissus Hotel Riyadh

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