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Dubai Future Accelerators


Added by:   National contact point
Added on:   09 Jul 2025
Updated by:   OECD analyst
Updated on:   09 Jul 2025

Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA) is an intensive 9-week program pairing the world's most exciting technology companies with leading government organizations to create transformational solutions.

Name in original language

Dubai Future Accelerators

Initiative overview

The Dubai Future foundation brings together individuals, organizations and government entities to foresight and co-create the future of Dubai. It also focuses on creating an innovative ecosystem for talent and incubating & prototyping their ideas.The initiative has the following objectives:To imagine, design and co-create the future. The program pairs forward-thinking public and private sector organizations and start-ups using the city of Dubai as a living testbed to co-create solutions for global and local challenges of tomorrow.

Name of responsible organisation (in English)

Smart Dubai Office |Dubai Future Foundation

About the policy initiative


Organisation:

  • Smart Dubai Office |Dubai Future Foundation

Category:

  • National – AI policy initiatives, regulations, guidelines, standards and programmes or projects

Initiative type:

  • AI Research Centres/Centres of Excellence/Expertise, specialised AI teams, labs

Participating organisations:


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Status:

  • Active

Start Year:

  • 2016

Binding:

  • Non-binding

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