Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The fourth edition of the Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of future foresight experts and institutions, will be held on November 18 and 19, 2025, at the Museum of the Future.
This was attended by more than 2,500 officials, experts, and specialists in various sectors of the future from nearly 100 countries around the world.
The event is held under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.
This year’s forum program includes 70 dialogue sessions and keynote speeches over two days, hosting more than 200 speakers.
This aims to highlight the most prominent future trends and opportunities within five main axes, including: an in-depth look into the future, exploring the unknown, the future of societies, the future of health, and the future of systems.
The forum witnesses the participation of about 100 international institutions specialized in anticipating the future.
In addition to a group of CEOs of major international companies, investors, representatives of international institutions and bodies, and academics specializing in various future sectors.
The Dubai Future Forum 2025 also includes more than 20 workshops on various areas of the future in cooperation with a number of research and academic institutions and government agencies.
In addition to organizing 7 diverse experiences and events for forum visitors, including interactive presentations using the latest artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality technologies.
opportunities and challenges
Mohammed Al Gergawi, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation, stressed that this global event has become an annual stop that brings together thought leaders, decision-makers and future designers from different countries of the world in Dubai, to analyze the major transformations that the world is witnessing, anticipate the opportunities and challenges they hold, and contribute to designing a more sustainable and prosperous future for humans.
awards
This global event will witness the announcement of the winners of the first session of the «Dubai Future Foresight Awards».
Its launch was announced last year under the directives of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
This is to celebrate innovators, distinguished people, foresight pioneers, future designers, and those with future visions and creative ideas from around the world.
In addition to highlighting their qualitative achievements in three main areas: the foundations of future forecasting and its theories.
The top 100 innovative projects will be showcased from more than 3,000 entries from students, recent graduates and professors enrolled at more than 1,200 universities in 120 countries around the world. At the conclusion of the initiative, 5 exceptional innovators will be selected, honored and supported to develop their innovative ideas and apply them on the ground.
Forum in numbers:
70 dialogue sessions and keynote speeches over two days
200 speakers highlight key future trends and opportunities
5 main themes of the forum sessions include an in-depth look into the future, exploring the unknown, the future of societies, the future of health, and the future of systems
100 international institutions specialized in anticipating the future
20 workshops in cooperation with research and academic institutions
7 experiences and events that include interactive displays using the latest technologies
3 winners will be honored at the first session of the Dubai Future Foresight Awards
