Dubai Electricity and Water Authority is the strategic sustainability partner of the Arab Media Summit 2026

Dubai, February 26, 2017 – Dubai Press Club, the organizer of the Arab Media Summit, announced that Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has joined Dubai Electricity and Water Authority to be the strategic sustainability partner of the summit in its next session, which 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 protect him, and the directives of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, during the period from March 31 to Next April 2 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

A group of senior political and economic figures, an elite group of the most prominent and important media leaders and symbols of Arab and international media work, newspaper editors, writers, thinkers, content makers and influencers in the Arab region and the world, and more than 8,000 workers in the media sector and those concerned with it, will participate in the summit.

The partnership comes within the framework of the commitment of both sides to promote the concepts of sustainability and innovation in the media sector, and to consolidate its role as a strategic lever that supports the directions of the United Arab Emirates and Dubai in transitioning towards a green economy and spreading a culture of environmental responsibility, and keeps pace with the strategic vision of the Arab Media Summit and its role in discussing the media’s contribution to supporting sustainable development at the broader Arab level.

His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, said: “We support the wise directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, to enhance the role of constructive media as a major partner in cultural, intellectual and social development, developing communities and individuals, shaping community awareness, and as a pioneering forum for anticipating the future in all sectors and the most prominent event on the media map.” Arabic.

His Excellency added that the Arab Media Summit is an important platform to highlight our efforts to advance sustainability and energy transition, achieve the goals of the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33), and involve society in preserving the environment and achieving carbon neutrality. We are proud to be the summit’s strategic sustainability partner and one of the supporters of employing media in the service of humanity and pushing positive change and sustainable and comprehensive development.

His Excellency Saeed Al Tayer stressed that the Arab Media Summit, which brings together thought leaders, media decision-makers, politicians, writers, thinkers, content makers, influencers, media technology experts, and academics at the regional and global levels, has become a global gathering that conveys Dubai’s message to the world and its aspirations towards consolidating common values ​​and ensuring a better and more sustainable tomorrow.

For her part, Her Excellency Mona Ghanem Al Marri, Vice President and Managing Director of the Dubai Media Council, President of the Dubai Press Club, and Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Arab Media Summit, expressed the “Dubai Press Club’s” pride in the close cooperation relations and positive partnership that it has always had with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority over the years, and the achievements that this partnership has yielded that support the media sector and contribute to strengthening its mission of serving the community, and confirming its role in spreading awareness about the most important files related to the field of sustainability and how to preserve resources and raise Efficient use.

Her Excellency said that the model partnership between the Dubai Press Club and the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority reflects the depth of integration between national institutions, in supporting the strategic agendas of the UAE, foremost of which is sustainability and achieving climate neutrality, by stimulating creative thought and employing it to spread awareness among people about these crucial issues. We are proud of the partnership with a leading national institution that provides a distinguished global model in creating the future by stimulating innovation in the field of sustainability, which adds a qualitative dimension to the summit’s agenda and enhances its message aimed at emphasizing The positive role of the media in discussing vital issues related to the future, and motivating those in charge of it to adopt a responsible discourse that reflects the priorities of this stage.

It is worth noting that the “Arab Media Summit” is witnessing a remarkable development with the launch of its next session on the 31st of March 2026, as this session will be the largest in the history of the event since its first beginnings with the launch of the “Arab Media Forum” in the year 2001.

This year, the summit includes a group of forums held under its umbrella over the course of three days, including 6 specialized forums that discuss media and government communication files, the film sector, electronic games, the future of content creation, and the youth perspective on media. These are the “Arab Media Forum,” the “Government Communication Forum,” the “Film Forum,” the “Electronic Games Forum,” the “Arab Social Media Pioneers Summit,” and the “Arab Youth Media Forum.”

For the first time in the region, the summit will host the Financial Times Economic Forum and the Reuters “Future of News” forum. The forum discussions, with the expansion of the summit’s agenda, cover all media sectors, while the main agenda of the summit is accompanied by a series of accompanying events that contribute to enhancing the strategic objectives of the largest media gathering in the Arab world.

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