Dubai AI

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 conclusion 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; Dubai continues to accelerate the adoption of the uses of artificial intelligence to double its chances and enhance its position as a global center for his companies, pioneers and talents.

The Dubai AI Week 2025 organized by the Dubai Center for Artificial Intelligence Uses, one of the initiatives of the Dubai Future Foundation, included 10 main events across Dubai, and more than 250 dialogue sessions and workshops, 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, in addition to school and university students in Dubai, as well as the participation of many giant technology companies in its activities such as “Meta”, “Microsoft”, “Open II”, “Google”, “IBM”, “Amazon”, “Inviteia”, “Cohr” and others.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said: “We directed the organization of the next session (Dubai AI Week) during the last week in April 2026 and to double all 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 the future of artificial intelligence from around the world in Dubai.”

His Highness added: “Artificial intelligence makes an unprecedented shift in human history and a fundamental shift in the way of thinking and work individuals, institutions, companies, economies, societies and governments. The most prepared for this transformation will be the one who builds the vital environment supporting the development of its practical applications, enabling its talents and competencies, cooperating with the pioneers of its technologies, supporting its emerging projects, and strengthening 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 continues to activate the chances of artificial intelligence to design a better future. The next stage will witness the adoption of more of his companies in Dubai, the strengthening 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 enables adopting its uses in the government sector with the best standards that reflect positively on the individual, 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. His Highness stressed that Dubai’s readiness as a global destination for its investments is due to its advanced technical infrastructure and flexible organizational frameworks and its keenness to build capacity and enable artificial intelligence talents.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said, in a post on the X platform, yesterday: “At the end of the Dubai AI Week, whose events hosted more than 30 thousand participants and experts from around the world and 25 international delegations, the largest global technology companies, and the most promising startups, and witnessed more than 30 initiatives, partnership and agreement between the governmental and private sectors, investors and startups, directed us Organizing the next session of (Dubai AI) in April 2026, and by multiplying all the targets and events to include 20 event across Dubai, with the participation of the largest technical and specialized companies, so that this week it becomes an annual station that hosts the makers of the future of artificial intelligence from around the world in Dubai. His Highness added: “More than 10 thousand students from 60 schools and educational institutions participated in various activities, under the supervision of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai over the days of (Dubai AI Week). We thank the teachers, academics and administrators participating for their efforts and their keenness to teach students future tools. Artificial intelligence for all, and we want our children and students to be ready for the era of artificial intelligence that we are still in its early stages. ”

The Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Vice -Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation, Mohammed Abdullah Al -Garqawi, said that “the Dubai AI Week Organization” came as a result of the accumulation of successful experiences and experiences of several events, forums and conferences organized by the Dubai Future Foundation 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.

He added: «Dubai’s march in the future industry based on the upcoming transformations and promising opportunities for technological applications continues with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, and the directives of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Foundation for the future.

He continued: «The concept of the design and industry of the future has become an integrated Emirati model based on active partnerships and international cooperation, unifying the efforts of governments and international 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, “Artificial Intelligence’s Intelligence” was held in the Future Museum in Dubai with the participation of more than 150 experts and specialists.

As for the Dubai AI, more than 10 thousand participants and visitors were hosted within the Dubai Artificial Intelligence 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 “Meta” and “Tesla”, and many innovative ideas and projects that participate It has 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 were attracted, and more than 100 spokesperson from leading international institutions in more than 40 sessions, 30 round tables and workshops participated.

The event also coincided with the “AI Week in Dubai Schools” from April 21 to 25, 2025, in which more than 10,000 students from 60 schools in Dubai 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 engineering 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.

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 Action Applications, and gathered more than 3,500 leaders, researchers, investors, experts and industries Policies.

The week also included the “Hackathon 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 -range data center project in the UAE, at a cost of about two billion dirhams in cooperation with Microsoft. The week also witnessed the launch of the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai its strategy for artificial intelligence 2030, which includes 81 projects and initiative.

As part of 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 improve government performance in Dubai. The report “AI in Dubai”, which was prepared by the Dubai Digital Authority, was also launched in cooperation with the Dubai Future Foundation after evaluating more than 100 high -impact cases of use and return 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 obstetric intelligence among the Dubai government employees”, showed that 97% of government employees see that the generation 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 intelligence Obstest artificial 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 has highlighted several important axes.

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

The Dubai Media Academy of the Dubai Media Corporation also announced during its participation in the Dubai AI, the launch of the “Artificial 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 reflects. The unique Arab cultural identities are unable to address the audience smoothly.