Hamdan bin Mohammed attends Dubai Future Forum 2024

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), attended the Dubai Future Forum 2024 taking spot astatine the Museum of the Future from 19-20 November.

His Highness emphasised Dubai’s lasting arsenic a planetary pathbreaker successful designing the aboriginal and anticipating emerging trends and opportunities, guided by the imaginativeness of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Largest gathering of futurists
The Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists, has brought unneurotic much than 2,500 participants from astir 100 countries, alongside implicit 150 speakers, including authorities officials, CEOs, academics, decision-makers, thought leaders, and futurists. The forum features 70 sessions dedicated to exploring cardinal trends and shaping planetary strategies for the future.

Sheikh Hamdan said: “The Dubai Future Forum has established itself arsenic 1 of the world’s apical gatherings of futurists, enabling the planetary assemblage to support gait with accelerated changes portion highlighting caller opportunities. The forum’s outcomes volition usher governments, societies, and institutions worldwide arsenic they program their futures.”

“Dubai remains resolutely optimistic astir the future. Through the Dubai Future Forum, we are committed to bridging the spread and uniting futurists, academics, and researchers with policymakers, officials, and regulators. We volition proceed to physique planetary partnerships that alteration america to ideate the aboriginal and bring our ambitions to life,” His Highness commented.

Dubai Future Solutions – Prototypes for Humanity
Sheikh Hamdan besides visited the Dubai Future Solutions – Prototypes for Humanity exhibition, which showcases 100 innovative projects from astir the satellite that code the astir pressing challenges facing the world.

The initiative, overseen by Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), provides a planetary level for assemblage students and academics to showcase groundbreaking solutions to analyzable problems facing humanity. The initiative’s cardinal partners see the Dubai Future Foundation, Dubai Culture, Dubai International Financial Centre, and the Hussain Sajwani – DAMAC Foundation, which precocious committed AED100 cardinal to advancing innovation and exertion successful Dubai.

Empowering aboriginal leaders
Sheikh Hamdan besides met with 42 graduates from the archetypal cohort of FEEL: A Disruptive Futures Programme. Launched by DFF, the programme equips participants with the skills to capitalise connected emerging opportunities and strategically hole plans for the future.

Additionally, His Highness attended the graduation ceremonial for 20 standout prospects who were portion of the 4th batch of the Dubai Future Experts Programme. Led by The Executive Council of Dubai and DFF, the programme is designed to certify aboriginal experts wrong the Dubai authorities successful collaboration with starring aboriginal foresight specialists from astir the world. His Highness highlighted the important relation of these graduates successful driving innovation and translation wrong the authorities sector

Day 1 highlights
The opening time of the Dubai Future Forum featured 7 plenary sessions successful summation to 15 thematic sessions that focused connected 5 cardinal themes: Foresight Insights, Transforming Humanity, Futuring Nature, Empowering Generations, and Optimising Health.

The opening time besides featured 3 workshops – ‘Shaping Health Futures: What Actions Today Will Build a Healthier Tomorrow?’, hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Museum of Discovery; ‘Flipping the Script: How Can Films Shape Positive AI Futures?’, hosted by the Future of Life Institute; and ‘Future of Life, Future of Making: A New Material Culture?’, hosted by ARUP.

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

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