Dubai Culture showcases ‘Dubai Next’ at London’s ‘Shubbak’ festival
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In an effort to highlight the tourism potential of Dubai, the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) will make its first showcase in London.
The Authority will focus on the ‘Dubai Next’ talks on the sidelines of Shubbak Festival. This festival is the London’s largest biennial festival of contemporary Arab arts and culture.
Over 100 high-profile cultural leaders and artists are expected to attend the event.
Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice chairman of the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, said: “Dubai Next is a global initiative of Dubai Culture to underline commitment of the city to nurturing creative talent and intercultural dialogue, and to highlight tremendous opportunities for the creative industry to flourish.”
Her Highness further added: “Dubai Next will be an inspiring discussion that will especially shed light on how Dubai’s focus on creativity positively impacts the livability of the city and its ability to attract global enterprises, talent and visitors.”
The panelists at the Dubai Next panel discussion in London include: Cyril Zammit, fair director of Design Days Dubai, Rashid Bin Shabib, co-founder of Brownbook, Scott Cain, chief business officer of Future Cities Catapult and Paul Ownes, co-founder of BOP Consulting.
The discussion will focus on increasing recognition of the critical role creativity and innovation play in terms of a city’s ability to foster future prosperity. They will also discuss and identify trends in creativity in cities, including conditions that enable creativity to flourish and approaches, whether top-down or bottom-up.
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