The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are organizing the Special Edition of the Knowledge Summit under the theme: “Knowledge: Navigating Crises in a Changing World.”
Knowledge: Navigating Crises in a Changing World
CEO, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF)
Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations, and Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States, UNDP
Emeritus Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; 2025/26 Anniversary Fellow, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Chief Technical Adviser and Project Manager, Knowledge Project – UNDP
Clinical Psychologist; Founder and Chairwoman, The LightHouse Arabia
Lecturer in Body Language, ALBA and the University of Balamand; Media Trainer, MENA Region
Media Figure, Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI)
Strategy Management and Economics; Member, European Commission Advisory Board
Reception and registration
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Session 1Opening Ceremony
Building the Economies of Tomorrow
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award Ceremony
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Session 3Global Knowledge Index Launch: Knowledge as a Catalyst for Recovery
Media in Times of Crisis
7:00 PM – 9:00 PMGala Dinner
Reception and registration
10:00 AM – 10:30 AMOpening ceremony
11:15 AM – 11:45 AM Session 1Cybersecurity
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Session 2Tourism
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Session 3Dubai Ports Authority
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Session 4Economic Security Centre of Dubai
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM Session 5Dubai Police
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM Session 6National Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Management Authority
Reception and registration
10:00 AM – 10:30 AMOpening ceremony
11:15 AM – 11:45 AM Session 1Can Machines Help Us Navigate the Unknown?
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Session 2Session to be announced
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Session 3When the World Shifts: Can Technology Future-Proof Our Economies?
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Session 4Navigating Disinformation in a World of Information Overload
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Session 5Session to be announced
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Session 6The World Is Taking a Toll: The State of Our Mental Health
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