Dubai: Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists, will kick off on November 27–28. The forum will be attended by more than 2,500 futurists from 100 countries, in addition to around 100 international institutions.
Under the patronage of 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 DFF, the forum is organized by the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) and is held at the Museum of the Future.
The agenda includes four main themes, reimagining nature, empowering future generations, the human-machine relationship, and transformations in human life.
More than 150 speakers from the UAE and around the world will participate in 70 panel discussions and keynote speeches, in addition to workshops covering areas such as space, sustainability, environment, energy, food, health, medicine, education, technology, artificial intelligence, the digital economy, governance, and many others.
The first day of the two-day forum will host panel discussions, keynotes, fireside chats, workshops, and more, bringing together an array of specialists.
Ms. Ohood Al Roumi, UAE Minister of State for Government Development and Future, will start the second day with a keynote address on how to develop effective, sustainable policies.
On the sidelines of the Dubai Future Forum, Dubai Future Labs and its partners at Japan Science and Technology Agency and the MIT Senseable Dubai Lab will showcase work across robotics and automation as well as leveraging data to better understand our urban landscape.
Another activation will present a unique opportunity to safely taste cultivated meat, and chocolate created in a lab, as well as eggs and milk produced completely animal-free, as part of ‘putting the future of food to the taste test.’