Dubai Future Forum 2024 Kicks Off Tomorrow, Convening Leading Global Futurists at Museum of the Future

The 3rd variation of the Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists, volition commencement tomorrow, Tuesday, November 19, astatine the Museum of the Future. Held nether the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), the lawsuit volition supply an optimal level for planetary thought leaders to make actionable solutions for the future.

Hosted by Dubai Future Foundation, the Forum volition beryllium held connected November 19-20, bringing unneurotic implicit 150 salient speakers from the UAE and astir the world. It volition besides invited much than 2,500 experts from astir 100 countries, on with representatives from 100 starring planetary organisations specialising successful futurism.

Global Hub for Futurists

His Excellency Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Managing Director of DFF, referred to the Dubai Future Forum arsenic a planetary level for aboriginal foresight and collaboration. Reflecting the imaginativeness of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Forum underscores Dubai’s committedness to preparing for the aboriginal and capitalising connected emerging opportunities.

HE Al Gergawi said: "Dubai and the UAE person go a planetary hub for futurists passionate astir shaping the aboriginal to research transformative shifts, place priorities, and rise recommendations to enactment decision-makers to guarantee planetary readiness for aboriginal changes."

“Rapid transformations successful technology, society, and the situation marque it indispensable to continuously revisit our government’s priorities for aboriginal readiness and the tools needed to execute this. A government’s occurrence depends connected its quality to expect and payment from aboriginal opportunities. Through the Dubai Future Forum, we volition bring unneurotic experts and decision-makers to physique beardown planetary partnerships and plan solutions for a amended aboriginal for each humanity,” His Excellency added.

Day 1 Sessions

The Forum volition delve into 5 cardinal themes: Foresight Insights, Transforming Humanity, Optimising Health, Empowering Generations, and Futuring Nature. These themes volition beryllium explored done aggregate sessions addressing immoderate of the astir captious challenges and opportunities shaping our world.

Panels & Keynotes

The opening time of the Dubai Future Forum 2024 volition diagnostic a dynamic programme of panels and keynote sessions, opening with ‘From Deep Space to Deep Ocean: A Future of Exploration and Discovery’, featuring Sara Sabry, the archetypal Arab and African pistillate astronaut, Professor Oussama Khatib, creator of the deep-sea exploration robot OceanOneK, and Suaad Al Harthi, a National Geographic explorer.

Other cardinal sessions see ‘Concepts of Time: How Do They Shape Our Future?’, with Jonathan Keats, applied doctrine expert; Ann Beate Hovind, Chair of the Future Library Trust; and Dr. Patrick Noack of the Dubai Future Foundation. Keynote addresses by Dr. Parag Khanna, laminitis of AlphaGeo, connected ‘Setting the Scene: Where is Humanity Going?’, and Dr. Jordan Nguyen Founder of Psykinetic, connected ‘Enter the Future: Technology for Humanity’, volition besides instrumentality place, alongside ‘Making the Case: Which Way to the Future?’, featuring His Excellency Khalfan Juma Belhoul, CEO of the Dubai Future Foundation, and Amy Webb, CEO of the Future Today Institute.

Thematic Sessions

Alongside the panels and keynotes, the archetypal time volition diagnostic 15 specialised thematic sessions, covering topics specified arsenic societal transformations, aboriginal ecosystems, generational opportunities, and advancements successful healthcare. Global experts volition sermon pressing questions and captious views connected topics specified arsenic the rights of nature, the aboriginal of the pharmaceutical manufacture successful AI era, and humanity’s quality to power its future. A notable league volition see Japanese cardiologist Makoto Suzuki, who is 92 years old, discussing longevity research.

The Foresight Insights taxable volition see the pursuing panels: ‘Beyond the National: How to Future astatine the Multilateral, Global and Local Levels?’, ‘Foresight successful Practice: What Can We Learn from Around the Globe?’, and ‘Network Weaving: How Can the Practice of Linking Past, Present, and Future Lead to Systemic Change?’.

The Transforming Humanity taxable volition see the sessions: ‘Investing successful a Better Future: What Will Be the Role of Philanthropy?’ and ‘Future by Design: How Materials Are Shaping Our World?’, and ‘Echoes of Tomorrow: What Impact tin Science Fiction Have connected Imagining the Future?’.

The Futuring Nature taxable volition research the pursuing sessions: ‘Wild Comeback: Will We Engineer Nature Resilience successful the Future?’, ‘Futuring the Law: Which Rights Will Nature Stand For?’, and ‘Deeper Underground: Why the Fungi Hype?’.

The Empowering Generations taxable volition contiguous the sessions: ‘Power of Traditions: How Can Myths Unlock Innovation?’, ‘The Control Illusion: Are Humans Really Shaping the Future?’, and ‘The Grief Stage: How Can Society Overcome Future Challenges?’.

The Optimising Health taxable volition code captious sessions including: ‘Pharma’s New Frontier: How Is Outside Innovation Reshaping Drug Discovery?’, ‘Longevity Cities: Utopia oregon Dystopia?’, and ‘Earth’s Checkup: What Can We Gain by Connecting Our Wellbeing to Our Planet’s Future?’.

Dubai Future Solutions – Prototypes for Humanity

The Forum volition big the ‘Dubai Future Solutions – Prototypes for Humanity’ initiative, showcasing the apical 100 prototypes and innovative solutions astatine AREA 2071, Emirates Towers. Held nether the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, this inaugural is simply a collaboration betwixt the Dubai Future Foundation and the Hussain Sajwani – DAMAC Foundation, which has pledged AED 100 cardinal to enactment innovation and exertion successful Dubai. As portion of this initiative, the Dubai Future Solutions Awards, taking spot connected the archetypal time of the forum, volition observe groundbreaking projects that lend to gathering a amended future.

Activations & Workshops

The archetypal time of the forum volition diagnostic interactive workshops, including ‘Future of Making: A New Material Culture?’ by ARUP, ‘Flipping the Script: How Can Films Shape Positive AI Futures?’ by the Future of Life Institute, and ‘Shaping Health Futures: What Actions Today Will Build a Healthier Tomorrow?’ by the World Health Organisation and Museum of Discovery (MOD). Complementing these volition beryllium engaging activations specified arsenic ‘Play-Full Futures’ and ‘Foresight Games Showcase’.

This year’s variation of the forum volition besides present city-wide activations aimed astatine bringing the concepts of aboriginal plan person to socity. These events, combining creation and cinema, volition instrumentality spot astatine Cinema Akil successful One Central, Alserkal Avenue, and The Courtyard successful Al Qouz from November 18-21.

For much accusation astir the Dubai Future Forum 2024, delight visit: https://www.dubaifuture.ae/dubai-future-forum-2024

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