Dubai Future Week 2026 runs from 18 to 21 November 2026 across Emirates Towers and the Museum of the Future in Dubai. Organised by the Dubai Future Foundation under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, the week gathers the foundation's flagship Dubai Future Forum together with a programme of specialist sessions, exhibitions and partner events.
The Dubai Future Forum is described by its organiser as the largest gathering of futurists in the world. It brings together strategists, scientists, technologists, policymakers and business leaders to discuss long horizon questions across governance, health, climate, work, mobility and artificial intelligence. Surrounding it, Future Week extends the programme to workshops and showcases hosted by Dubai government entities and their private sector partners.
The Dubai Future Foundation is the emirate's vehicle for foresight, regulatory experimentation and technology adoption, and the week functions as a display of the initiatives it intends to prioritise. Past editions have been used to launch reports, announce partnerships with global technology companies and set out policy direction on emerging technologies.
For executives, Future Week is less a deal venue than a strategy venue. Chief strategy officers, heads of innovation and board members responsible for long range risk will find it useful for understanding how Dubai's government is thinking about the next decade and which technologies it expects to regulate or subsidise. Companies seeking to position themselves as partners to the emirate's public sector treat the week as a relationship building opportunity.
