DUBAI: Dubai AI Week has officially kicked off, bringing together over 10,000 participants from 100+ countries to shape the future of artificial intelligence. His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, declared that AI is the foundation of Dubai’s future, calling it essential to every sector—from governance to education to the economy.
The week-long event, running from April 21 to 25, begins with the AI Retreat at the Museum of the Future, hosting 150 officials and AI experts. Organised by the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence and the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), the retreat features high-level discussions on data, infrastructure, talent, and investment.
Keynotes will be delivered by Sony AI’s Michael Spranger and Google Research’s Yossi Matias, alongside remarks from UAE’s AI Minister Omar Sultan Al Olama.
Dubai’s AI Week also features the Dubai Assembly for AI at Emirates Towers, with delegations from 15 countries, 60 AI startups, 20 universities, and tech giants like Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia, and Google Cloud. More than 50 expert sessions will explore emerging trends, wearable AI, agentic tools, and AI-powered education.
Key events include the Global Prompt Engineering Championship, the Dubai AI Festival at Madinat Jumeirah, the Machines Can See Summit, and AI Week in Schools. The week concludes with a massive Hackathon and sector-specific conferences like the HIMSS Executive Summit and the International Conference on AI Innovations.
Sheikh Hamdan stressed that Dubai will now evaluate public entities by their AI readiness and academic institutions by their AI contributions. “Those who ignore AI today will fall behind,” he warned.
This powerful gathering positions Dubai as a global AI leader, blending innovation, policy, and talent to prepare societies for an AI-powered future.
