Dubai: Here Is An Opportunity To Shape The City's Future

The top 100 innovations will be showcased at an annual event in the Dubai Future District.

Do you have an idea that solves a challenge and would help create a better future for humidity? The 'Dubai Future Solutions-Prototypes of Humanity initiative invites creative thinkers, innovators, and designers worldwide to exhibit their work and convert these experimental ideas into reality. Contributions from bright students, top universities and international institutions are welcomed. The participants and potential solutions can be transformed into tangible projects that leave a mark on the future and the emirate. The top 100 innovations will be showcased at an annual event in the Dubai Future District. This platform allows startups and innovators to convert their ideas into viable companies, create jobs, increase investment opportunities, and aid market expansion.

The innovations can be patented, and talent looking to expand from local to global markets can be helped. These objectives will be promoted with the Dubai International Financial Centre and Dubai culture. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is the Crown Prince of Dubai, approved the launch of the initiative that will be led by Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority.

Sheikh Hamdan witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Dubai Future Foundation and the Hussain Sajwani DAMAC Foundation that pledged Dh100 million for supporting innovation and technology in Dubai and across the UAE.

Signed by Khalfan Belhoul, CEO of DFF, and Hussain Sajwani, Chairman of DAMAC Properties, the agreement makes HSDF a strategic partner of the initiative. "The Dubai Future Solutions Prototypes for Humanity initiative aims to create a dynamic platform that attracts leading innovations, projects, and experimental ideas from across the world," said Sheikh Hamdan.

This announcement builds on the success achieved by Prototypes for Humanity, an initiative of the Art Dubai Group over the past nine years. Under the patronage of Sheikha Latifa, the initiative has showcased hundreds of innovative projects from over 10,000 applications submitted by students from more than 700 universities worldwide. "Our objective is to spotlight a variety of future-oriented ideas and innovations that have a positive impact on society, ultimately transforming them into tangible achievements that will serve humanity," Sheikha Latifa said.

DFF would support this initiative through various national programmes, including the Digital Research and Development Program and the Dubai Robotics and Automation Program. DFF would leverage its integrated ecosystem to promote entrepreneurship through AREA 2071 and the Dubai Future Accelerators, spotlighting promising projects and talents. Its founding partners, Dubai Culture, DIFC, ARM Holding and the Investment Corporation of Dubai, have supported the Prototypes for Humanity initiative. In the past year, the initiative received over 2800 project submissions encompassing more than 200 research fields across diverse technological and future-oriented sectors.

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