Future cities: Prominent feature in World Governments Summit 2024’s journey

Future cities: Prominent feature in World Governments Summit 2024’s journey

DUBAI / WAM Over its past editions, the World Governments Summit (WGS) has been instrumental in inspiring proactive measures from governments and institutions to develop and embrace digital solutions to shape future cities. By leveraging data, governments aim to become more agile and effective, steering societies towards a brighter, happier, and more prosperous future. During ...

DUBAI / WAM

Over its past editions, the World Governments Summit (WGS) has been instrumental in inspiring proactive measures from governments and institutions to develop and embrace digital solutions to shape future cities. By leveraging data, governments aim to become more agile and effective, steering societies towards a brighter, happier, and more prosperous future.

During the 2019 World Governments Summit, HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, discussed the challenges facing future cities in a keynote speech titled “7 Key Principles for Future Cities”.

“The future of countries, the future of human beings and the future of life is directly linked to the future of cities. Talk about the future of cities is always linked to Dubai because many of the world’s cities view Dubai as a city of the future,” HH Sheikh Hamdan said.

In 2021,