DAY 2: Dubai AI Week 2025
Day Two of the LIVE blog for Dubai AI Week 2025
Day Two of Dubai AI Week 2025!
Welcome to Day Two of the Dubai AI Week live blog, where we’ll be sharing the latest news and events for the week’s programme.
Dubai AI Week takes place from April 21st to 25th, 2025 and takes place across a number of prestigious venues across Dubai (all Google Maps links):
Dubai Future Accelerators and Government Accelerators
The main Dubai AI Week exhibit area is in the Emirates Towers, specifically the Emirates Towers Boulevard, also known as AREA 2071.
The week-long programme is organised by Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence and overseen by Dubai Future Foundation, under the direction of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE.
You can download the Dubai AI Week mobile apps here:
Check out Monday’s LIVE Blog here.
See our Dubai AI Week article for all the main events and links.
LIVE BLOG — DAY TWO
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21:50 — Dubai releases new AI Policy for Government Entities
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation, reviewed the first edition of the Dubai State of AI Report, and witnessed the official announcement of Dubai’s AI Policy for Government Entities, during his visit to Dubai AI Week 2025 today.
18:50 — du to build AED 2 billion data centre with Microsoft
HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Minister of Defence, has announced an agreement for a AED 2 billion high-performance data cetnre project signed between UAE telco du and Microsoft.
16:15 — Arabic.AI launched at Dubai AI Week!
Nour Al Hassan CEO of Tarjama& and now CEO of Arabic,AI officially launched Arabic.AI at Dubai AI Week today. Arabic.AI is an AI Arabic language business solutions company, providing high-accuracy and secure enterprise communication, content and worlflow solutions. Read the full story.
12:25 — Global Prompt Engineering Championship
The Global Prompt Engineering Championship is taking place throughout today and tomorrow at the AI Arena, Emirates Towers.
12:05 — Dubai shows first-of-its-kind AI for public finance oversight
Dubai Finance (DOF) has launched first-of-a-kind AI oversight for public finance, ASCEND, at Dubai AI Week. The AI platform for public finance compliance sets new benchmark in public sector oversight. Read the full story here.
11:15 — Ignyte SME Challenge finalists announced!
Ignyte, Dubai's DIFC-led startup platform and marketplace has just announced the top 3 finalists of the Digital Enablement of SMEs Challenge!
The finalists are:
Zoftware (UAE)
AdaptEdge (UAE)
Glyphs Technologies (India)
The final winner will be revealed at the Dubai AI Festival —part of Dubai AI Wee — and will take home $10,000 plus the chance to pilot their solution with SMEs in the UAE. See Ignyte’s LinkedIn post for more details.
“AI skills are vital for driving government excellence and advancing us on our path towards the future.”
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai & Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence. Day One Dubai AI Week.
08:55 — Dubai Assembly for AI , Creators HQ Programme
There is a full programme at Creators HQ, Emirates Towers this morning:
09:00 - 09:25 AM - Fireside chat: Port Intelligence: Driving Innovation at Hamburg’s Smart Port - Hamburg Port Authority
10 - 10:30 AM (TBC) - Designing Intelligence: Why Human-Centered AI Is Good Business - Stanford University
10:40 - 11:10 AM - From Talent to Code: How Services as a Software is Rewriting the Future of Work - Heidrick & Struggles
11:00 - 11:30 AM - Future of AI in Latin America - Latinoamerica Business Center
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Delivering Insights on AI’s Transformative Role in Education - Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU)
Note timings of sessions can be subject to change and may start up to 30 mins earlier.
Full agenda for Day Two of the Dubai AI Assembly here.
08:40 — Global Prompt Engineering Championship
The Global Prompt Engineering Championship starts today and will take place throughout the day (0900-1555hrs) at the AI Arena, Emirates Towers Boulevard. 24 finalists will compete for AED 1 million worth of prizes. Read more here
“Every single government department is going to be assessed, rated and classified based on how well they use artificial intelligence and how beneficial it is for their entity,”
H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of AI, speaking at yesterday’s AI Retreat.
05:55 — Dubai AI Week events and venues
Lots going on in the Dubai AI Week programme today, albeit much that is invitation only. Here’s a quick sum up of what’s going on where:
Dubai Assembly for AI - panel sessions & workshops, public (Emirates Towers)
Global Prompt Engineering Championship - (Area71, Emirates Towers)
AI Innovations Conference - invite-only (Grand Hyatt Hotel & GDRFA HQ)
Dubai Health Authority AI Forum (PDF) - invite-only (Emirates Towers)
— more to follow