The Arab Media Summit takes place from March 31 to April 2, 2026

Dubai Press Club, the organizer of the Arab Media Summit, revealed the largest specialized event of its kind in the region, that the next version of the summit will be held under the patronage 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, from March 31 to April 2026.

The announcement of the date of the next version of the Arab Media Summit comes in light of the great success achieved by its edition for the year 2025, which witnessed a series of important qualitative additions, in the forefront of which is the launch of the “Film and Electronic Games Forum”, in the latest addition to the major events under the umbrella of the summit, and the launch of the reference report “a look at the Arab media … a future vision”, in addition to the important discussions included in the summit through which the event sought the event To draw a clear picture of informing the future by analyzing the most important surrounding effects that contribute to shaping the features of its various sectors.

The Vice President and Managing Director of the Dubai Media Council, President of the Dubai Press Club, Chairman of the Organizational Committee for the Arab Media Summit, Mona Ghanem Al -Murri, confirmed that the work on preparing for the next version of the summit has already started a period before a meeting held by the committee to review the achievements of the summit, concluded on May 28, and the broad lines that will be focused on with the start of initial preparations for the 2026 version.

She said: «The discussions that the Arab media community follows for three days during the summit are in fact a product of nearly a year of preparation, discussion and review to choose the topics that will be touched upon to be surrounded by all corners related to the reality of the Arab media and what is hoped for its future.

The head of the Organizational Committee for the Arab Media Summit explained that the stage of preparation is interspersed with many visits to major media institutions, whether within the state or at the level of the Arab world, to exchange ideas on the most important topics that occupy those in charge of media work in the region, and then put them in a discussion context that guarantees the analysis of its various aspects, in order to perceive that monitor the requirements of media development.

The “Arab Media Summit 2026” comes as a complement to a strategic path that was launched from Dubai to consolidate its position as a pioneering intellectual and creative center for the efforts of the development of Arab media, as the 2025 edition attracted more than 8000 participants from within the UAE and about 26 countries, and it included about 175 sessions in which approximately 300 speakers of the most important political leaders, intellectual stature and prominent media faces participated in the Arab world.

For its part, the Acting Director of the Dubai Press Club and a member of the Organizational Committee for the Arab Media Summit, Maryam Al -Mulla, thanked and appreciated everyone who contributed to the success of the Arab Media Summit 2025, stressing that working in the spirit of one team always remains the secret behind the success of Dubai initiatives and its various projects and within various fields, including the media field.

She said that «the Arab Media Summit 2026 will constitute a new station in an ambitious march that began in 2001 with its aim to continue moving in the Arab media to the highest stages of professional competence and creative excellence, as this march began with the launch of the Arab Media Forum, then the qualitative initiatives that turned into major components of a university umbrella, which is the“ Arab Media Summit ”, the event that does not stop searching for new ways to improve the Arab media work.

Al -Mulla explained that one of the most important trends that the summit is keen to confirm the chances of its success, enabling media talents and motivating young people to distinguish in the media field, enhancing partnerships and building bridges of constructive cooperation between Arab media institutions, and highlighting the latest technologies that reshape the media around the world, based on a profound belief in the role of the media as a driving force for development and energy capable of creating many positive effects in societies if the use of its tools.

It is noteworthy that the “Arab Media Summit” includes under its umbrella: “Arab Media Forum”, “Arab Media Forum for Youth”, the Forum of Film and Electronic Games, “Arab Media Award”, and “Information Award for Arab Youth – Creativity”, in addition to the “Arab Social Communication Pioneers Award”.