Dubai Crown Prince invites 500 leaders to shape future at Dubai Future Week

Dubai’s Crown Prince has invited 500 leaders and professionals from five key sectors to participate in Dubai Future Week, where they will help shape the emirate’s long-term priorities.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the initiative on social media, writing on X: “We want them to be our partners in advancing Mohammed bin Rashid’s vision for Dubai, which places people at the heart of our objectives and priorities.”

Event Details

Dubai Future Week will run from 18 to 21 November at the Museum of the Future and Emirates Towers. The Crown Prince also shared an image of a logo bearing the words ‘Dubai Shapers’.

The 500 invitees will take part through ‘500 Future Minds’, one of the week’s eight core concepts. They will bring their experience and perspectives into a collaborative process designed to identify future priorities, explore new ideas and develop commitments for the years ahead.

Quotes and Theme

Sheikh Hamdan said: “Dubai believes that shaping the future is a shared responsibility. It requires collective effort, and our ultimate goal is to build a better future for humanity.”

Under the theme ‘For the Human of the Future’, the event will bring together more than 10,000 participants. The 500 selected individuals comprise 100 teachers, 100 frontline responders, 100 homegrown entrepreneurs, 100 economy and finance professionals, and 100 urban planners and architects.

In a one-day experience, these 500 participants will work through future scenarios relevant to their sectors, examine how emerging technologies and wider transformations could reshape their work, and identify priorities, ideas and commitments that can contribute to Dubai’s future.

Human-Centred Approach

The concept reflects Dubai Future Week’s wider human-centred approach, exploring the future through five questions: ‘How We’ll Live’, ‘How We’ll Think’, ‘How We’ll Innovate’, ‘How We’ll Feel’, and ‘How We’ll Do Business’.