2nd Dubai Future Forum to Host 150 International Speakers on November 27

More than 150 speakers from the UAE and around the world will participate in 70 panel discussions, keynote speeches and workshops at the Dubai Future Forum next week.

The world’s largest gathering of futurists takes place on 27th and 28th November under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation.

Organised by the Dubai Future Foundation at the Museum of the Future, more than 2,500 experts from 100 countries will participate in the second edition of this global event, in addition to about 100 international institutions and organisations.

Top speakers coming from overseas include Dr. Angela Wilkinson from the World Energy Council; Dr. Mary Lou Jepesen from the Openwater Foundation; Dr. Paul Salem from the Middle East Institute; Professor Pascal Fung from the Hong Kong University of Technology; Nourhan Badr El Din from UNICEF; Alisha Bhagat from the Forum For the Future; Professor Hoda Al Khuzaimi from the Emaratsec; Dr. Kais Hammami from the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation; Melanie Subin from the Future Today Institute; Dr. Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales; James Pomeroy from HSBC; and Alice Ruhweza of WWF, among others.

Ministers and government officials from the UAE will also participate in the event, including Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation; Ohood bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and The Future; and Ambassador Majid Al Suwaidi, Director-General of COP28; in addition to Emirati astronauts Sultan Al Neyadi and the astronauts from the entire NASA SpaceX Crew-6 2023 mission.

Melanie Subin, Managing Director of Future Today Institute, said,

"This exceptional Forum reminds us of the paramount importance of taking regular pauses in our fast-paced lives to assess our future trajectory, ensuring we are on the right course. In a world of rapid change, the Dubai Future Forum is a beacon of foresight, guiding us toward a brighter and more resilient future.”

Alisha Bhagat, Senior Futurist at Forum for the Future, said,

“The Dubai Future Forum is a place where the futures and foresight community can come together to discuss niche, seemingly impossible, and courageous ideas that can shift our understanding of the world and take us into different ways of thinking and existing.”

Prof. Cornelius Holtorf, Professor at Linnaeus University, said,

“It is timely and pertinent that the world’s largest gathering of futurists – held at Dubai’s Museum of the Future – features a discussion on the significance of culture and heritage for foresight. Cultural realities past, present, and future, including those manifested in cultural heritage, shape and express the frameworks of meaning within which each person makes sense of, and acts in the world. In anticipating coming challenges, imagining emerging opportunities, and shaping our futures to come, we cannot afford to ignore the significance of culture and heritage.”

Speakers will discuss the future of some of the most important sectors, such as space, sustainability, environment, energy, food, health, medicine, education, technology, artificial intelligence, digital economy, governance, and many others.

The forum's discussions will focus on four main themes, including reimagining nature, empowering future generations, the human-machine relationship, and transformations in humanity.

News Source: Emirates News Agency