MBRF to host the 7th Knowledge Summit at Expo 2020 Dubai in March

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) and the United Nations Development Program announced that the 7th edition of the Knowledge Summit will be held at the Expo 2020 Dubai site on March 14-15, 2022, under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

As per the announcement, the event will take place under the theme ‘Knowledge… Protecting People and Overcoming Pandemics’, with participation from a wide range of experts, leaders, and government officials.

This year’s edition, held in conjunction with Expo 2020 Dubai, provides a strategic platform for engaging in debates regarding the knowledge industry and its role in addressing current and future challenges.

His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb, CEO of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), said: “During the past six editions of the Summit, the Foundation, guided by its vision to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and meet global challenges, has called upon intellectuals and thought leaders from all around the world to present broad perspectives on the role of knowledge in the process of sustainable development, develop effective solutions and tools to empower nations in executing their development plans in various sectors, and promote the development and prosperity of societies. This is in line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE, Ruler of Dubai, to drive the Foundation as a contributor to strengthening the future generations through the dissemination of science, knowledge, and creative ideas, and empower future generations to create sustainable knowledge solutions, while ensuring the sustainability of their pioneering contributions.”

His Excellency added that the Summit in its 7^th edition will continue to enhance global knowledge, in an effort to modernize and develop the methodologies and processes driving the production and dissemination of knowledge. 

He added that the event serves as a venue to promote ambitious ideas and innovative programs aimed at enhancing the knowledge of future generations through objective and effective means to assess their skills to enable them to adopt new technologies that meet the needs of today’s environment and economy. 

The 7^th edition of the Knowledge Summit aims to highlight the role of knowledge in addressing global challenges and explore ways to protect humanity. This is in line with MBRF’s goals to promote knowledge and empower communities in the region and across the world, as well as its role as a key factor in developing action plans that would help develop faster and more accurate solutions to health, environmental, economic, and social challenges, leading to a better future and a path towards sustainable development.

The Knowledge Summit will present the ‘Future of Knowledge: A Foresight Report 2022’, issued by MBRF in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which explores the future knowledge landscape and examines the differences between countries’ transformative capacities amid major global risks, using large data over a two-year period, helping to provide new insights about countries’ readiness to manage future risks.

The Knowledge Summit sessions address a wide spectrum of themes, most notably “Knowledge: Coronavirus Under the Microscope”, the role and influence of the media during the Covid-19 crisis, epidemics and their impact on the climate, and “Revisiting Difficult Times: the Need for Better Economic Systems,” as well as the impact of philanthropy and volunteering on development, the importance of artificial intelligence and technology for developing natural solutions to future problems, and off-planet thinking: “How does space exploration increase our knowledge?”

For registration, visit: https://mbrf.ae/knowledgesummit/en/register