Dubai Future Forum: A look into what the future may hold for Humanity

By Nilanjan Dey

Get ready for the world’s largest gathering of futurists at the Museum of the future hosted by Dubai Future Foundation, calling the event “Dubai Future Forum”. The event will take place from October 10 – 12, 2022.

The futurist will look into what humanity’s future may look like in some key areas and sectors. The world’s leading futurists, experts and innovators will convene where they will discuss, debate and predict the future trajectory of the world.

The first-ever Dubai Future Forum will showcase 30 sessions, including panel discussions and live debates, on topics like advances in artificial intelligence (AI) sentience, bridging the digital divide, hydrogen’s readiness to take over the energy mantle from oil and gas, interplanetary colonisation, and a future climate scenario in which the 2 C global warming threshold is breached.

The presentations of the forum will be organised around four primary themes: “The Future of Our World,” “Mitigating Existential Risk,” “What Does It Mean to Be Human,” and “Hedging Our Bets Through Foresight.”

These themes will examine how humans and technology may work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems, such as the climate catastrophe, growing energy prices, and persisting global public healthcare infrastructure weaknesses.

Khalfan Belhoul, CEO of Dubai Future Foundation, said, “The Dubai Future Forum represents a significant levelling-up of our efforts to foresee the future. The global platform in Dubai will host futurists and the world’s brightest minds to anticipate the opportunities and challenges to shape our societies. It will explore how we can harness emerging technologies and deploy Fourth Industrial Revolution tools to transform challenges into opportunities.”

Abdulaziz AlJaziri, Deputy CEO and Chief Operations Officer of Dubai Future Foundation said, “As various existential threats mount, Dubai Future Forum’s discussions will focus on transforming these challenges into opportunities. The forum will head-on on topics such as climate change, hydrogen fuel, AI, skills gaps, and space colonisation.”