They emphasized that the "Dubai Future Forum" is a platform to gather the best global minds
Experts: Future challenges require international cooperation to face them
The Forum brings together more than 400 global experts to discuss future challenges.
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Khalfan Belhoul: "Institutionalization of future-forwarding thought will not succeed without the presence of a global participatory dialogue that studies all challenges and formulates solutions to them."
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Officials and experts in anticipating the future affirmed that the future challenges the world faces require joint global discussions to come up with solutions, stressing that each country alone will not be able to meet these challenges.
They added that the most prominent issues that countries are currently facing are climate change, education after the Corona pandemic, the labor market, movement between countries, and others, noting that political borders do not hinder the success of ideas and projects outside the borders of the country.
Khalfan Juma Belhoul, CEO of the Dubai Future Foundation, said: “The Metaverse Conference ended a week ago, and the Dubai Future Forum was launched. The Metaverse Forum focused on its importance and the opportunities that may come from it, given the importance of this sector, in general, but the Dubai Future Forum will be held annually on a regular basis It focuses on the global consultation dialogue in charting a better future for humanity.
In statements to "Emirates Today", he referred to "the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, at the beginning of the establishment of the Dubai Future Foundation, to institutionalize the thought of future foresight, and this institutionalization will not succeed without the presence of a global participatory dialogue It studies all challenges and draws solutions to these challenges.”
Belhoul stated that the Dubai Future Forum includes more than 400 international experts, to discuss future challenges that will only be solved by global discussions, and which require flexible legislation and sectors in harmony with countries. We expect the forum to come out with positive proposals that Dubai will present to the world to chart a better future for all.”
He said, "The Dubai Future Forum is concerned with all sectors, and its goal is to gather the best minds, to pose future challenges, and the main way out is to find solutions to them, while developing future plans, so that these plans are in partnership with everyone, as the UAE is a participatory country, in which more than 190 nationalities.
Regarding the most prominent challenges discussed by the forum in its current session, Belhoul said: “At the top of the challenges is the issue of climate change, which comes on the agenda of every country, every city and private company, in addition to digital transactions and the growth of companies from one country to another.”
For her part, the CEO of the "Fikr" Foundation specialized in political affairs, Dubai Belhoul, told "Emirates Today", "The challenges facing countries are not individual challenges, but common denominators between countries, most notably climate change and education after the pandemic period (Covid). 19), and therefore international cooperation is necessary in proposing joint solutions to confront these challenges, because no region or country alone will be able to address these challenges.
She pointed out that the availability of "digital culture" comes at the forefront of the challenges facing countries in their performance foreseeing the future, pointing out that the world is currently on the verge of dealing with a new technical offering, such as metaverse, and a significant expansion in the use of technology, and therefore it is necessary for the current generations to qualify And the coming to deal with these changes and the challenges that appear in the future.
She emphasized that the digital infrastructure in the UAE is strong and qualified to meet current and future technological challenges.
Dr. Nisreen Laham, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Forum for Future Studies for Africa and the Middle East, said: “The Dubai Future Forum includes a huge crowd of experts in future foresight, and this is what is happening for the first time in the Middle East. Therefore, the initiative of the Dubai Future Foundation to host this huge crowd is the beginning of studies A solid future at the local, regional and international levels, and this confirms Dubai’s leadership in the world in this field, in which we have lagged far behind the West.”
She added that future studies are tools for making sober decisions in the present based on the study of the future, and this is not a prediction of the future, but an anticipation of the future by studying potential, desirable and undesirable futures in their various forms, to see the challenges that we can face.
For her part, CEO of Globe Business, Amy Okady, said: “The concept of citizenship is at the forefront of things that must be understood, and the concept becomes clear by looking at the chronology of the emergence of countries with their known borders, where we see that 4.5 million years ago the planet Earth was formed. Then, about 6000 years ago, cities appeared, then borders between countries appeared 400 years ago, and it is noticeable that there is a general view of borders as old and fixed, but the reality confirms their modernity and flexibility, as well as changing.”
She added that the Dubai Forum for the Future is an opportunity to present serious discussions about defining the concept of citizenship, and finding effective solutions to many challenges, such as developing the labor market, encouraging entrepreneurs, and issues related to identity, immigration and travel.
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