Dubai Future Foundation Hosts Week Of Future-Readiness Workshops, Community Events, Experiences

Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) has launched Dubai Future Week that features a packed schedule of community events, interactive workshops and experiences as part of its efforts to offer a global futuristic experience that promotes technology use and knowledge.

Running from November 3 to 7 at AREA 2071 in Emirates Towers under the theme ‘Imagining, Designing and Executing the Future’, Dubai Future Week is free to attend and open to the public. Visitors have the opportunity to view international films that envision the future, play Human Experience 2.0, an awareness game that introduces futuristic technologies, marvel at the Future Exhibition of images, shopping and the future of food, and engage in Future Dialogues that explore various sectors, such as education, economics and transportation.

On the first day of Dubai Future Week, DFF hosted two workshops on futurism and technology. The ‘Workshop Future 4.0: Xponential Transformation Workshop to Thrive in the Future’ was presented by Paul Epping, Co-founder and Chairman of EQxponential, and Tariq Quireshy, Co-founder and CEO of EQxponential and MAD Group. The session taught participants how to chart future projections and methods to develop forward-looking strategies. The second workshop, ‘Human Blockchain Experience’ by Gavin Aspden, Director at PwC’s Academy Middle East, offered a first-hand experience in how blockchain technology works through live demonstrations.

To wrap up the day’s activities, Biju Hameed, Head of Cybersecurity & Resilience Practice at Dubai Airports, headed a professional development talk titled ‘Cloud, AI and IoT Disruptors in the New Digital World Order – A Cybersecurity Perspective’ that discussed the importance of cyber-resilience in today’s technological landscape.

For more information, please visit https://www.dubaifuture.gov.ae/futureweek/