30 dialogue sessions and two-day workshop

The Dubai Future Forum hosts 45 international organizations and institutions and 400 of the brightest minds

  • During the media meeting to shed light on the final preparations for the launch of the "Dubai Future Forum".

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Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, Deputy Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation, confirmed that the "Dubai Future Forum", which will be launched next week, will be the largest global gathering of future experts and designers, and aims mainly to foresee and design the future. In the short, medium and long term, to prepare for various changes and transformations during the next 50 years, up to the year 2071.

This came during a media meeting hosted by the Dubai Future Foundation, in the presence of government officials, editors-in-chief and representatives of local and international media, with the aim of shedding light on the final preparations for the launch of the "Dubai Future Forum", which will be held on October 11 and 12 at the Museum of the Future, under the patronage of His Highness. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation.

During the meeting, Al Olama stressed that the organization of the Dubai Future Forum comes at a very important time in the UAE’s path towards pioneering the future and consolidating its position as a global center for talent, technology, innovation and future design, adding: “We live in a complex world of rapidly changing transformations, while Dubai and the UAE are developing with qualitative leaps. And quickly, and not only keeps pace with the rapid global developments, but works to anticipate, anticipate and anticipate them.”

He added: "Our initiatives and strategies in the UAE are based on the future vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to build a highly diversified economy that is built On knowledge, technology, innovation and digital transformation, in the sectors of trade and aviation, through to logistics and real estate.”

Al Olama pointed out that this event, the largest of its kind, will attract more than 400 prominent international figures, government officials, experts and specialists in the field of future design and foresight from various countries of the world, and will host more than 70 speakers from future experts in 30 dialogue sessions, a keynote speech and a two-day workshop. More than 45 international organizations and institutions concerned with the future of humanity in its various sectors, such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Future Today Institute, the Data Trust Initiative, the Institute for the Future of Humanity, the Institute for Social Design, the Middle East Institute, Ernst & Young, and Khalifa University, will participate in its sessions. Legislation Lab, and many more.

During his review of the outcomes of the Dubai Future Forum, Al Olama said: “The forum sessions will contribute to enhancing cooperation and joint work to explore future opportunities and challenges, support innovative ideas and qualitative visions, and paint a comprehensive picture about future changes, and the most important steps through which to prepare for these transformations.

The forum will provide the participants with the opportunity to see different views on the future from experts and specialists,” noting that the forum will witness the announcement of a number of initiatives and partnerships with international institutions at the Museum of the Future.

He added: "The Dubai Future Forum will constitute a new stage in strengthening partnerships between the public and private sectors, to anticipate and design the future and cooperate to build a better future, and embrace and support visions, initiatives, projects and programs that focus on imagining, designing and creating the future, and searching for new ways for a better future, including patterns Work and innovate in all its forms, invent new solutions to the challenges facing humanity, and employ technology, digital transformation, applications of artificial intelligence, blockchain, big data and quantum computing, to drive economic growth and the path of comprehensive development.

For his part, CEO of the Dubai Future Foundation, Khalfan Juma Belhoul, stressed that the foundation's goal in organizing the "Dubai Future Forum" is to contribute to achieving the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, for the future of Dubai. And consolidate its leading global position as one of the best cities of the future.

Belhoul added: “The Dubai Future Forum is the largest global gathering of future experts and designers, as it hosts more than 400 participants from around the world from officials, experts, scientists and innovators in the fields of future foresight, programming and technology in the Museum of the Future building, as a global platform for exchanging ideas and designing a better future for humanity. and finding solutions to major challenges.

He added, "The Dubai Future Forum aims to propose innovative solutions to these humanitarian challenges, contribute to charting our future course, and launch discussions that achieve positive changes. We hope that the Forum will become the most important and largest global gathering for the exchange of ideas and future visions."

Khalfan Belhoul reviewed a list of the most prominent speakers and experts participating in the event from ministers, experts and specialists in the sectors of future design, who will discuss the future of several fields, including climate change, energy security, health care, how to employ emerging technology, adopting the tools of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and developments of artificial intelligence, The digital divide, space settlement, and more.

Global experts and international institutions

The sessions of the Dubai Future Forum, organized by the Dubai Future Foundation, will be held on Tuesday, October 11 and Wednesday, October 12, at the Museum of the Future. It hosts more than 70 speakers in 30 panel discussions, keynote speeches and workshops, with the participation of more than 45 international organizations and institutions involved.

The age of the scholars:

"The forum sessions will contribute to strengthening cooperation and joint work to explore future opportunities and challenges."

Khalfan Belhoul:

"The Foundation's goal in organizing the forum is to contribute to the realization of Mohammed bin Rashid's vision for the future of Dubai and the consolidation of its global position."

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