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Winter City at Expo City: plan your family evening for December 2026
Winter City is announced for December 2026 at Expo City Dubai. Plan a comfortable family evening with clear priorities, a realistic budget and current booking information.
An AI-native ambition, translated into a first workflow for a small team
Large AI strategies can feel distant from the work of a small team. One way to make the discussion concrete is to choose a bounded task…
What should a sustainability learning programme change at work?
Completing a course and changing a workplace decision are different achievements. A sustainability learning programme becomes more useful when it can explain the connection between the…
From satellite data to a usable pilot: define the decision first
A satellite image becomes useful to an organisation when it helps someone make a decision. Dubai’s geospatial accelerator activity offers a practical reason to think about…
DIFC’s first-half results offer a starting point for an ecosystem map
A large company total can signal the scale of a district, but it is only a starting point for finding relevant organisations. DIFC’s first-half results provide…
How Brand Dubai connected local creativity with a media summit audience
A conference can introduce visitors to more than its speakers. Brand Dubai’s September summit programme offers a dated example of bringing local food, art and music…
Executive education scholarships put Emirati women’s development in focus
A scholarship can make room for focused professional learning. The important first step is matching the opportunity to the applicant and the work she wants to…
DIFC and the Ministry of Finance link leadership learning with AI
Finance training becomes more useful when a participant can connect it to a difficult decision at work. A partnership announced by DIFC and the UAE Ministry…
Dubai and Slemani build a startup corridor: prepare for a useful introduction
An introduction across markets works best when both sides understand why they are meeting. A new partnership between DIFC Innovation Hub and The Foundation Hub in…
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Illustrative location photographs, resized and compressed; not photographs of the reported events. Jahak — Dubai Metro at Sunset.JPG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Kimon Berlin — Dubai Museum and Al Fahidi Fort.jpg (CC BY-SA 2.0) · CT Cooper — Dubai Creek from an abra 3.jpg (Public domain)