The Dubai Metaverse Assembly organised by Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) will bring together 300 delegates and more than 40 global organisations, in the first-of-its-kind regional event.
The event is set to host speakers from major global organisations such as Binance, Meta, Mastercard, The Sandbox, Bedu, PWC, Accenture, BCG Digital Ventures and Decentraland, among others.
Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, Deputy Managing Director of Dubai Future Foundation noted that, the Dubai Metaverse Assembly, hosted in Dubai, serves as a global platform convening technology experts and the wider metaverse community from around the world to map out opportunities and harness the potential of this promising virtual world.
“Through this inaugural event, we highlight the extraordinary potential of this immersive world to accelerate economic growth, drive innovation and create a fundamentally better future for humanity,” he added.
The event serves as a global platform convening technology experts and the wider metaverse community from around the world to map out opportunities and harness the potential of the virtual world.
As one of the region’s largest specialised flagship event, it will explore the digital economy and identify how governments, businesses can unlock the potential of the metaverse, the international leaders in attendance include international metaverse academics, designers, builders and specialists in virtual education, e-commerce, medicine, art, gaming, events, NFTs and other digital assets.
More than 25 sessions, meetings, and workshops will take place. Ways for major technology and private-sector companies to develop an industry that may exceed $30 trillion in 15 years will also be tackled when the world’s leading metaverse experts converge on Dubai.
“We look forward to welcoming leaders and futurists from across the globe as we explore the countless ways our realities will change as we enter the metaverse,” said Keith Jordan, Vice President of Innovation at Mastercard Labs, Mastercard.
“Binance remains committed to supporting and contributing to these objectives, and we see the Dubai Metaverse Assembly as an ideal platform to do so,” said Alex Chehade, Executive Director and General Manager of Binance MENA.
The Dubai Metaverse Assembly is the first event of its kind since H.H Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum approved the Dubai Metaverse Strategy in July.
The strategy aims to add $4 billion to Dubai’s GDP, support 40,000 virtual jobs by 2030 and attract 1,000 companies specializing in blockchain and metaverse technologies to turn Dubai’s into one of the world’s top 10 metaverse economies.
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