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- AI & Automation
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FestivalDubai
Dubai AI Festival
Organizer: Dubai AI Festival
- Date
- 26-27 October 2026
- Location
- Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE
- Registration
- Registration required
About the event
Dubai's dedicated AI gathering, pairing enterprise adoption with the emirate's AI policy direction.
The festival sits at the point where Dubai's AI policy ambitions meet the companies expected to act on them, which makes it unusually useful for reading commercial direction rather than product news. Its 2026 edition moves to Dubai World Trade Centre, a straightforward signal of scale. For a business audience it is the highest-density AI-specific event in the Dubai calendar that is not an exhibition.
What you’ll find
- Enterprise AI adoption sessions aimed at decision-makers rather than builders
- Government and regulatory perspectives on Dubai's AI direction
- Startup and investor programming
- An exhibition floor weighted toward applied tooling
Who it is for
- Executives & leaders
- AI & technology professionals
- Investors
- Government & public sector
- Founders
Key topics
- AI & Automation
- Business & Leadership
- Enterprise Technology
- Startups & Investment
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