Dubai Artificial Intelligence Week will become an annual station that hosts the future technology makers from around the world

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Foundation for the future, confirmed at the end of the “Dubai AI Week”, which hosted more than 30 thousand participants and experts from around the world, and the largest global technology companies and the most promising startups, that Dubai is continuing to accelerate the adoption of the uses of artificial intelligence to double its opportunities and enhance its location As a global center for his companies, pioneers and talents.

The Dubai AII 2025, organized by the Dubai Center for AI Intelligence, included one of the initiatives of the Dubai Future Foundation, 10 major events in various parts of Dubai, and more than 250 dialogue sessions and a workshop, and witnessed the launch of more than 30 initiatives, partnership and agreement between the governmental and private sectors, investors and emerging companies, and its activities hosted experts, innovators, officials and specialists Those interested in artificial intelligence from all over the world, as well as school and university students in Dubai, as well as the participation of many giant technology companies in its activities such as “Meta”, “Microsoft”, “Obin AI”, “Google”, “IBM”, “Amazon”, “Invidia”, “Cohr” and others.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said: “We directed the organization of the next session of the Dubai AI in the last week in April 2026 and to double all the targets and events to include 20 events throughout Dubai and with the participation of the largest technical and specialized companies, so that this week it becomes an annual station that hosts the makers of artificial intelligence from around the world in Dubai.”

His Highness added: “Artificial intelligence occurs an unprecedented shift in human history and a fundamental shift in the way of thinking and work of individuals, institutions, companies, economies, societies and governments and more prepared to this transformation will be the one who builds the vital environment supporting the development of its practical applications, enabling its talents and competencies, cooperation with the pioneers of its technologies, supporting its emerging projects, and enhancing strategic partnerships with global technology companies To double its positive impact, and work to ensure the responsible governance of its uses.
His Highness continued: “It is continuing to activate the opportunities for artificial intelligence to design a better future. The next stage will witness the adoption of more of his companies in Dubai, the enhancement of its activities that host experts and technology companies from all over the world, and directing its executives in government agencies in Dubai to design comprehensive strategies that enable adopting its uses in the government sector at the best standards that reflect positively on the individual and society And the quality of life.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum pointed out that the goal is to consolidate the skills of using artificial intelligence and its applications in schools, universities, research, development, innovation and data centers, and to continue to provide the foundations for establishing and expanding billionaire companies specialized in artificial intelligence, stressing that His Highness is that Dubai’s readiness as a global destination for its investments is due to its advanced technical infrastructure and its elastic organizational frameworks and its keenness to build The capabilities and the empowerment of artificial intelligence talents.

Mohamed Abdullah Al -Garqawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Vice -Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation, said that the Dubai AI Week came the product of the accumulation of successful experiences and experiences for several activities, forums and conferences organized by the Dubai Foundation for the future over the past years to become a comprehensive event and a global gathering that includes the elite of artificial intelligence experts and the most important companies, pioneers and future makers.

Al -Qarqawi added, the Dubai march in the future industry based on the upcoming transformations and the promising opportunities of technological applications continuing with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, “God bless him, and the directives of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Dubai Foundation Board of the Foundation.

He continued by saying: “The concept of future design and industry has become an integrated Emirati model based on active partnerships and international cooperation, unifying the efforts of governments and global institutions, and enhancing the readiness of societies for an accelerated era of changes, its main title, artificial intelligence and its applications that entered all sectors, and the speed in keeping pace with these transformations and employing them positively will be the most important criterion.”

Within the activities of the “Dubai AI Week”, organized by the “Dubai Center for AI Intelligence”, one of the initiatives of the Dubai Future Foundation, “AI in the Future Museum in Dubai, with the participation of more than 150 experts and specialists from the government and private sectors, policy designers, and industrial leaders associated with artificial intelligence from all over the world.

As for the “Dubai AI Forum”, more than 10 thousand participants and visitors have hosted within the “Dubai AI Week” in addition to 25 international delegations from around the world, including South Korea, Canada, India, Australia, Germany, Italy and the United States, and witnessed the presentation of the latest innovative technologies from major global technology companies such as “Mita” and “Tesla”, and many ideas and innovative projects that participate in it 60 emerging companies from different countries of the world, and gathered many leaders of the major international companies, as well as the participation of 20 universities and research institution.

The activities of the week also included the “Dubai Artificial Intelligence Festival” organized by the “Campus Dubai for AI” in partnership with the Dubai International Financial Center, and more than 10 thousand participants, 500 investors, experts, decision makers, innovators and prominent participation from 100 countries, in which more than 100 spokesperson from leading international institutions participated in more than 40 sessions, 30 round tables and workshop.

The event also coincided with the “Artificial Intelligence Week in Dubai Schools” from April 21 to 25, 2025, in which more than 10,000 students from 60 schools participated, in cooperation with the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai, where students met the concepts of artificial intelligence and its future uses.

The Dubai AI Week also witnessed the competitions of the “International Challenge for Artificial Intelligence” in Dubai, in its second session, which attracted about 3800 participants from 125 countries, competing for the title of best software orders in artificial intelligence applications in four categories with a total of one million dirhams.

The challenge culminated in the Emirati citizen Abdul Rahman Al -Marzouki from the programming category, Yahya Qaddoura on the category of artistic photos, Ibrahim Helmy on the category of electronic games, and Ibrahim Hajo about the category of short videos.

In addition, the events of the week hosted the summit of machines that can see “Machines Can See”, which is the largest specialized summit for discussing the computing capabilities and machine learning, and one of the most prominent platforms specialized in artificial intelligence at the region level, which was held in cooperation with the Office of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and remote work applications, and gathered more than 3,500 leaders, researchers, investors and experts Policy makers.

The “Hackathon Week Dubai AI Week: Independent Models” with the support of “Himkastters”; And that 170 promising talents participated in this sector, and included a set of challenges in which innovators participated in designing independent models of artificial intelligence that help in creating practical solutions to urgent challenges from daily life.

Dubai AI Week included important advertisements such as the launch of the company “Du”, a huge, high -scale data center project in the UAE at a cost of about 2 billion dirhams in cooperation with Microsoft. The week also witnessed the launch of the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, its 2030 artificial intelligence strategy, which includes 81 projects and initiative.

Within the activities of the week, the Dubai Center for AI Intelligence, supervised by the Dubai Future Foundation, launched a report entitled “15 applied cases of artificial intelligence in government work” to highlight a group of the most prominent uses of artificial intelligence to upgrade government performance in Dubai.

Also from the platform of the week, the report of “AI in Dubai”, which was prepared by the Dubai Digital Authority, was launched in cooperation with the founder of Dubai for the future, after evaluating more than 100 high -impact -impact cases in the field of artificial intelligence within various strategic sectors, including urban planning, health care, financing, mobility, purchases and employment, and others.

The Human Resources Department of the Dubai Government, in partnership with the Mohammed Bin Rashid College of Government Administration, published a report entitled “Adopting Obstetical Intelligence between Dubai Government employees” showed that 97% of government employees believe that obstetric artificial intelligence applications have a positive impact in the government sector, and that 94% of government sector employees in Dubai are optimistic about the impact of artificial intelligence Tolty on the work environment.

The events of the Dubai AI Intelligence Week included the announcement of the launch of the first doctorate in artificial intelligence in the emirate by the University of Birmingham in Dubai.

The artificial intelligence forum in the health sector was also held, within the activities of the Dubai AI, under the slogan “Promotion of Health Care with Artificial Intelligence”, in the presence of a group of leaders and experts of major international institutions specialized in this vital field.

The “Hems 2025 Conference” was held in the global event specialized in the future of health on Wednesday, April 23 at the Emirates Towers Hotel, with the support of the Dubai Health Authority and the Emirates Health Services Corporation.

This event represented an exclusive opportunity for direct communication and the exchange of visions related to the transformation of the health care sector in the Middle East, and highlighted several important axes, such as exploring the future of obstetric intelligence in the health care sector, genome science, and careful medicine, as well as shedding light on innovative tools that contribute to accelerating digital transformation and enhancing its results.

Within the events of the week, the General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai organized the “AI Innovations Conference” to discuss future visions and the role of artificial intelligence in enabling public institutions and upgrading government services. This conference witnessed the presence of more than 500 participants and 31 government agencies.

Dubai Media Academy of the Dubai Media Corporation also announced during its participation in the “Dubai AI Week” the launch of the “Artificial Intelligence Intelligence Initiative in Arab Media”, with the aim of developing an integrated system of artificial intelligence solutions specialized in Arab media, focusing on empowering the Arabic language of different dialects, taking into account the cultural and social differences that Arab societies are distinguished, in order to ensure the production of digital content that reflects. The unique Arab cultural identities are unable to address the audience smoothly.

The Dubai AI Seal also witnessed the celebration of the first technological companies that have a certificate of adoption of artificial intelligence, which was recently launched to classify and accredit reliable companies in the field of artificial intelligence in Dubai, and to provide a comprehensive framework that enhances the opportunities for partnerships between government agencies and technological companies specialized in developing and providing artificial intelligence applications.

Dubai Health also launched the “Alf” program, developed in the UAE, by Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, which is the first of its kind in the country and the Middle East and North Africa region. The program aims to enable individuals and institutions to understand artificial intelligence by acquiring practical skills and applying it effectively in the work environment, and provides a scientific approach that takes into account regional and international standards to develop efficiency in the basics of artificial intelligence and the moral aspects related to it.

The list of strategic partners for the Dubai AI Week included both Dubai Digital, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Dubai Digital Economy Chamber, and the AI ​​office in the UAE government. The list of partners of the week also included Meta, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Yango, Gartner, Swift, BWC, Open AI, Entaidia, “Palantir”, “Cohere”, and ElevenLabs and others.

Experts participating in the events of “Dubai AI Week” discussed vital topics such as the effect of sectors transient intelligence, the role of artificial intelligence in future functions and skills, the impact of artificial intelligence tools on education and academic research, artificial intelligence of leaders, the ethics of responsible artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence, the future of the media, and the Arabic language in the era of artificial intelligence.