Future World Forum Dubai Future Forum 2026
Museum of the Future, Dubai · Organized by Dubai Future Foundation
- Format
- In person
- Where
- Museum of the Future, Dubai
- Organizer
- Dubai Future Foundation
The Dubai Future Forum returns to the Museum of the Future on 17 and 18 November 2026, in its fifth edition. It is run by the Dubai Future Foundation — a government body — and gathers futurists, policymakers, scientists and researchers rather than exhibitors.
The 2025 edition drew 2,500 participants from 100 organisations, with around 150 speakers across some 70 sessions, which is the scale to expect. Registration for 2026 had not opened as of late August 2026; the foundation says it will be announced.
It falls the day after Future World Forum Dubai. Anyone flying in for one is in the city for the other.
This is the event people mean about half the time they type "future world forum dubai" into a search box. The names are nearly identical, the dates are consecutive, and only one of the two is run by a government foundation with a named venue and a five-year record. They are not competitors so much as different products: this one is a policy and foresight gathering with no expo floor, and nothing is sold in the room.
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