Dubai AI Week to bring AI ecosystem together in April 2025
New global AI event to highlight innovation and public-private collaboration
#UAE #events - Dubai has announced the launch of Dubai AI Week, a new global platform showcasing AI advances, encouraging global collaboration, and address real-world challenges. Organised 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, and under the umbrella of Dubai Future Foundation and Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Dubai AI Week will take place from 21st to 25th April, 2025. The programme brings together a number of events and programmes including two high-profile commercial events: Dubai AI Festival, organised by Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Machines Can See, a respected AI conference organised by Polynome.
SO WHAT? - The UAE’s AI event space has become increasingly busy over the past few years and dozens of AI conferences and exhibitions take place each year. For this reason, it is becoming harder for event organisers to compete for business and for prospective delegates to chose which events to attend. The bringing together of several established events under the umbrella of Dubai AI Week, should benefit both organisers and attendees, bringing global, regional and local focus to one full week of high profile AI events in Dubai.
Here are some key details:
An inaugural Dubai government-sponsored Dubai AI Week has been announced by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE.
Dubai AI Week aligns with the Dubai Universal Blueprint for Artificial Intelligence and will engage global AI experts, technology vendors and consultants, thought leaders, AI developers, business leaders, corporate AI, data and IT management and government policymakers.
Dubai AI Week will bring together the following events and programmes:
Dubai AI Festival (23-24 April 2025) - Organised by Dubai AI Campus in partnership with DIFC, this year’s event - held in September - attracted from 6,800 delegates from over 100 countries.
Global Prompt Engineering Championship (22-23 April 2025) - The first championship was held in Dubai during May this year, with 40 finalists selected to showcase creative solutions evaluated by a panel of 12 experts. Organised by Dubai Future Foundation and Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence, the championship has a prize pool of AED 1 million ($270k)
Machines Can See (23-24 April 2025) - The 2025 edition of the world-class AI conference organised by Polynome in partnership with the UAE AI Office.
Dubai Assembly for AI (21–25 April 2025) - A collaborative forum of ministers, CEOs and AI leaders. Held at at AREA71, organised by Dubai Future Foundation and Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence
Dubai AI Retreat (21 April 2025) - An exclusive gathering of AI leaders and decision-makers. Held at the Museum of the Future (Level 7) and at AREA71, organised by Dubai Future Foundation, Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence and the National Programme of Artificial Intelligence.
AI Innovations Conference (22-24 April 2025) - Exploring the future impact of AI on the public sector and education sector, AI Innovations (a.k.a. the 8th International Conference on Education Quality) is invite only and is organised by Dubai’s General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) and the Emirates Academy for Identity and Citizenship.
Dubai AI Week Hackathon: Agentic AI (25 April 2025) - A challenge-driven competition where innovators build autonomous AI agents to solve real-world problems, shaping the future of AI in Dubai. Key themes: Adaptive Travel; Adaptive Finance; and Adaptive Logistics. To be held at Emirates Towers Boulevard, AREA71 and Dubai Future Accelerators. Organised by Dubai Future Foundation and Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence.
Dubai Health Authority AI Forum (22 April 2025) - Invite-only Dubai Health Authority presents “Advancing Health with Intelligence” exploring the transformative role of AI in shaping the future of healthcare. Held at Emirates Towers - Government Accelerators space.
HIMSS Executive Summit (23 April 2025) - This healthtech summit supported by Dubai Health Authority and Emirates Health Services is now a partner event of Dubai AI Week,
Dubai AI Week for Schools - This week-long programme —organised in collaboration with Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA)— seeks to introduce students to AI concepts and applications.
LINKS
Dubai AI Week Registration (21-25 April 2025)
Dubai AI Festival - 23-24 April, 2025
Global Prompt Engineering Championship - 22-23 April 2025
Machines Can See - 23-24 April 2025
Dubai Assembly for AI - 21-15 April 2025 (no link yet)
Dubai AI Retreat - 21 April 2025
AI Innovations Conference - 22-24 April 2025
Dubai AI Week Hackathon: Agentic AI - 25 April 2025
Dubai Health Authority AI Forum - 22 April 2025
HIMSS Executive Summit (partner event) - 23 April 2025
AI Week for Schools (link TBC) - 21-25 April 2025
Dubai AI Week app (Apple iOS) - Confirmation no. required
Dubai AI Week app (Android) - Confirmation no. required
Last updated: 20-Apr-25
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