Following the outstanding success of the 2025 edition, which welcomed more than 500 participants from across exchanges, regulators, brokers, infrastructure providers and technology firms, the Market 2.0 returns to the Kingdom of Bahrain for its third consecutive year on December 03, 2026. Hosted by Bahrain Bourse in partnership with the Arab Federation of Capital Markets (AFCM), the Market 2.0 has firmly positioned itself as the region's leading technology-focused capital markets platform. What began as a conversation about infrastructure modernization has evolved into a strategic forum shaping how markets across the Arab region and beyond are architected, interconnected, and future-proofed.

Designed for exchange leaders, market infrastructure institutions, capital markets technologists, and strategic decision-makers, the Market 2.0 is not a generic fintech event. It is a specialized, high-level gathering focused on the architecture of markets themselves, trading engines, data centers, cloud migration, interoperability, surveillance systems, post-trade innovation, and the design of resilient and inclusive financial ecosystems.

The Market 2.0 is about building the markets we want and the technology that will power them.