the places you'll go: imagining the perfect cities of tomorrow

In collaboration with the Expo Schools Programme, this discussion examines what the next generation of young citizens expect from the future cities they will call home.

نتائج وتوصيات التنمية الحضرية والريفية: ماذا لو تمكنا من بناء موائل مرنة ومستدامة للجميع؟

المجلس العالمي: نتائج وتوصيات التنمية الحضرية والريفية

Learnings and insights from the World Majlis conversations on Urban and Rural Development


Insight Report from Urban and Rural Development Week

نتائج وتوصيات أسبوع التنمية الحضرية والريفية

Urban and Rural Week Insights

إن العيش في ظروف معيشية آمنة وبأسعار معقولة هو حق أساسي لكل إنسان. ومن المتوقع أن يعيش أكثر من 70 في المئة من سكان العالم في المدن بحلول عام 2050. وفي الوقت الراهن، يعيش أكثر من مليار نسمة بالفعل في مجتمعات غير رسمية. وفي إكسبو 2020 دبي يجتمع خبراء ومواطنين وحكومات لإعادة التفكير في الطريقة التي يتم بها تصميم الموائل وإدارتها. من النقل المبتكَر والإسكان المستدام والمساحات العامة الخضراء إلى الطاقة المتجددة والاقتصاد الدائري، سيجري خلال فعاليات هذا الأسبوع إعادة تصور مساحات العيش في المستقبل لتصبح أكثر مرونة واستدامة وشمولية. 

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كيف نعيش وننمو في وئام مع كوكبنا؟

التخطيط الحضري والبنية التحتية

التنمية الريفية المتكاملة

التنقل المستدام والمواصلات

تقديم الخدمات (المياه والطاقة والنفايات)

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وضع خطط من أجل مستقبل المدن الذكية 

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"سيمنس" هي قوة تكنولوجية عالمية تعمل على توحيد العالمين الرقمي والواقعي من أجل تحقيق أقصى إفادة للمجتمعات، وذلك عبر التركيز على البنية التحتية الذكية والصناعات الرقمية وحلول التنقل الذكية. ومن موقعها كشريك البنية التحتية وخدمات التشغيل الذكية لإكسبو 2020 دبي، تعيد "سيمنس" تشكيل مستقبل الحياة الحضرية عبر إنشاء مخطط لمدن المستقبل الذكية. ومن الجدير بالذكر أن "سيمنس" هي أحد المستأجرين الرئيسيين في "دستركت 2020"، المدينة المستقبلية التي ستعيش كإرث إكسبو 2020 دبي.

شريك البنية التحتية وخدمات التشغيل الذكية

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برنامج الآغا خان للتنمية

أسبوع التنمية الحضرية والريفية

World Majlis | Next Gen | The Places You’ll Go: Imagining the Perfect City of Tomorrow

لطالما كانت معارض إكسبو الدولية بمثابة أماكن لالتقاء الناس من مختلف الثقافات والمناطق الجغرافية، فهذه المعارض كانت على مر الزمان فرصة للالتقاء والاحتفاء ببراعة الإنسان وتكوين روابط إنسانية ذات مغزى. وباعتباره أول معرض إكسبو دولي يقام في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وإفريقيا وجنوب آسيا، وبحجم المشاركة الدولية اللافت إذ وصل عدد الدول المشاركة أكثر من 192 دولة، يتطلع إكسبو 2020 دبي إلى الارتقاء بهذا الإرث إلى أبعد الحدود. ويتميز مسار بناء الجسور ضمن برنامج الإنسان وكوكب الأرض في إكسبو 2020 دبي بسلسلة من الفعاليات التي تحتفي بإنسانيتنا المشتركة والروابط الحيوية التي تدعم جهودنا لتحقيق الازدهار معا كمجتمع عالمي تجمعه الإنسانية.  

لنعرف بعضنا أكثر 

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مسار إكسبو 2020 دبي الثقافي 

بناء جسور 

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World Cities Day at Expo 2020 Dubai will focus on reimagining the future of cities to become more inclusive, resilient and dynamic. With a focus on climate solutions, the Day will be brought to life through a series of discussions, dialogues, and showcases of best practices to explore how to collectively adopt a green recovery for more sustainable, smart, resilient and livable urban environments.

A Place for Everyone

World Cities Day

The true value of smart cities is evolving. While they are important in stimulating economic activity and sustainability, increasingly, the new measure of a smart city’s success will be the holistic wellbeing of its citizens. In the past smart city technologies were thought of primarily as tools for improved efficiency behind the scenes. The need for this is clear - as growing populations and stretched infrastructure systems put unprecedented pressures on cities, smart cities provide a valuable tool, to use data and technology to improve quality of life. However, beyond this, as smartphones and connectivity transform the way we interact with our surroundings, putting instant information about traffic, health services, and community news into millions of hands, cities are recognising that effective smart city strategies start with people and not technology. In a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for cities to be resilient in the face of radical changes, will the true measure of success for smart cities be in their ability to improve the holistic wellbeing of its residents?

What Does a Human-Centric Future for Smart Cities Look Like? 

Smart Cities

A discussion between thought leaders, visionaries and changemakers on what a human-centric future for smart cities looks like.


Session programme - Smarter than Smart Cities

Learnings and insights from the World Majlis conversations on Urban and Rural Development

Insight Report from Urban & Rural Development Week

Smarter than Smart Cities - Documents 

Access to safe and affordable living conditions is a fundamental right. More than 70 per cent of the world’s population is forecasted to live in cities by 2050 and over one billion are already living in informal communities. As the demand for both cities and communities escalate, Expo will bring together experts, citizens, and governments to re-think the way in which habitats are designed and managed. From innovative transport, sustainable housing and green public spaces to renewable energy and circular economies, living spaces of the future will be imagined as resilient, sustainable and inclusive.  

 How do we live and grow in harmony with our planet?

Creating a blueprint for future smart cities

Siemens is a global technology powerhouse that unites the digital and 
physical worlds to benefit society through its focus on smart infrastructure, digital industries, and intelligent mobility solutions. As Expo 2020 Dubai’s Premier Partner for Infrastructure Digitalisation, Siemens is reshaping the future of urban living by creating a blueprint for the smart cities of the future. By integrating its technology, the company is helping to create history’s most digitalised, sustainable and secure Expo. Siemens is also an anchor tenant at District 2020, the future city that will live on as a legacy of Expo 2020 Dubai.

Creating a blueprint for smarter cities

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Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)

Urban & Rural Development Week

Wesam Lootah is the Chief Executive Ofﬁcer (CEO) of the Smart Dubai Government Establishment, the technology arm of Digital Dubai (previously known as Smart Dubai). Digital Dubai is the government entity entrusted with Dubai’s city-wide digital transformation envisioned by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Wesam has more than 20 years of strategic leadership experience during which he has leveraged Information Technology to create innovative new channels and a world-class Smart Government infrastructure to improve the quality of public services for citizens, residents, visitors and businesses alike, in Dubai.

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CEO, Smart Dubai Government Establishment, Digital Dubai, UAE

H.E. Wesam Lootah

Eithne Treanor is a professional conference moderator and international communications consultant. Having worked as a business TV reporter, her knowledge covers energy, technology, security, infrastructure, and leadership. She is the managing director and founder of E Treanor Media based in Dubai, UAE. In recent months, she has moved her reporting and moderating skills online to facilitate a number of major global conferences. As a former international broadcast journalist, her TV reporting experience spans major television networks including ABC News, Sky News, BBC World, Bloomberg and CNBC International. 

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Eithne Treanor (Moderator)

Dr. Altwaijry is the CEO of Data and AI for Smart Cities in SDAIA, he is also the Assistant Director for iDART in NIC at SDAIA. Prior to that, he co-founded Estishraf (Insights) platform in NIC. 
Dr. Hotham was the Deputy Supervisor for the joint centers of excellence program in King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).

CEO of Data and AI for Smart Cities in SDAIA and, Assistant Director for iDART in NIC at SDAIA, KSA

Dr Hotham Altwaijry

Alberto Araque is VP of Internet of Things and Artiﬁcial Intelligence at Etisalat. He joined Etisalat in 2015 and since then, he is leading the IOT practice in Etisalat Digital and more recently the addition of the new 
AI unit and Industry Solutions. He accumulates a global and extensive experience of more than 20 years in ICT, Digital and Internet of Things services, participating and leading transformational telco projects. 
Formerly, he was Head of M2M & Financial Services at Telefonica in Spain and previously he was responsible at Telefonica in different areas such as strategy, marketing, business development, and service design in Spain and Latin America region. 
He received his Master Degree in Telecommunication Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 1994 and he has an MBA from IE Business School.

Vice President, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence, Etisalat Digital, UAE 

Alberto Araque

As Senior Vice President of the Transition Unit, Sanjive’s role is to oversee the transition and evolution of the Expo 2020 site into District 2020, the future smart and human-centric community and innovation ecosystem. His role includes strategy development and planning for the re-purposing and commercialization of assets inherited from the World Expo, into a global destination focused on supporting industry growth, and Dubai’s innovation-driven economy. Sanjive was formerly Chief Commercial Ofﬁcer at Expo 2020 Dubai, responsible for driving ticket sales, managing commercial sponsorships, developing on-site and off-site retail operations, establishing licensed merchandise and rolling out Expo’s F&B offering.

Senior Vice President, Transition Unit - District 2020, UAE 

Sanjive Khosla

After two decades at Siemens, with stints in the U.A.E., Libya, Germany and Pakistan, von Struve became the Chief Executive Officer of Siemens in the Middle East and the United Arab Emirates in May 2020. Prior to his current role, von Struve was the Managing Director of Siemens in Pakistan, a position he held since 2015. As an engineer and business executive, he has been an advocate of implementing technologies in infrastructure and industries that improve our lives and protect our planet. These days his focus is on melding technologies – such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, additive manufacturing, 5G and the future of automation – into a cohesive bundle that will create immense value for customers.



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Helmut von Struve 

Born in Madrid in 1968, PhD in Public State Law, by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Graduate in Law by Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Master in Territorial and Urban Planning Politics by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, specialised in Urban Planning and Master in Public Law by Universidad 
Carlos III de Madrid. 
Elected Madrid’s Senator in the twelfth parliamentary term and Mayor of Mostoles. President from the Spanish Delegation in the Local and regional Congress of the European Council and president of the International Affairs Committee of the Spanish Federation of Towns and Provinces. 
Member of the European Towns and Regions Directive Committee, the Executive Bureau of the United Cities and Local Governments and the 
OCDE Inter-Parliamentary Network. 

General Secretary of Urban and Housing Agenda, Spain 


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World Majlis | Smarter than Smart Cities

World Expos have always been meeting places for people across cultures and geographies; an opportunity to come together and celebrate human ingenuity and forge meaningful human connections. As the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, and with the participation of more than 192 countries, Expo 2020 Dubai looks to take this legacy even further. The Build Bridges track of Expo 2020 Dubai’s Programme for People and Planet features a tapestry of event series and experiences that celebrate our common humanity and the vital connections that can help us prosper together as a worldwide community.

Knowing One Another Better

Build Bridges 

Explore a series of exciting conversations inspired by the theme of Expo 2020 Dubai. The World Majlis is a vibrant forum where diverse points of views are shared on important topics of our time. Each conversation brings together globally recognised thought-leaders who are invited for their exceptional contributions to the theme and their unique perspective on the topic. In each Majlis, students and members of the public are also welcome to contribute and engage.

World Majlis

Conversations on complex issues that bring together thought leaders, visionaries and changemakers.

A panel discussion addressing innovative and environment-friendly ways to transport items across the world, or across town. 

Expo Live Impact Series

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A panel discussion addressing innovative and environmentally-friendly transportation systems.

Dubai: ‘Expo Live’ benefits 5.8 million people worldwide

Expo 2020 Dubai to fund small start-ups with big impact

Inside Expo: The Future of Wellness

The Good Place - Audio Guide

The Good Place by Expo Live Pavilion

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In February 1968, this nation's founding fathers met under a desert tent and shared an idea that would turn into something truly great: the United Arab Emirates. Animated by this spirit of collaboration, The Good Place by Expo Live is an exhibition space dedicated to showcasing human potential and those who work to advance it – through the Expo Live innovation and partnership programme and beyond.

With a design inspired by the tent where the UAE was conceived, the pavilion showcases social innovations conceived to improve our lives. Come and meet ordinary people doing extraordinary things – and be inspired to join our global community.


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Designed by renowned Emirati architect Ahmad Abdulrahman Bukhash, The Good Place’s structure expands the Bedouin tent shape into an elegant white canopy, folded with seven origami-like angles on each side to join at a tall peak. The tent seems to float over a clean, glass box. 

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Expo Live Impact Series: A Greener Way to Move Things

Expo Live's Impact Series highlights the impact of social and environmental innovations. Taking place at The Good Place by Expo Live Pavilion, Expo Live Global Innovators join change-makers around the world to discuss their visions towards collective action and meaningful change.

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Join a dialogue about social innovations and their impact showcasing Expo Live Global Innovators.

World Majlis | Next Gen | The Places You’ll Go: Imagining the Perfect City of Tomorrow

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أسبوع التنمية الحضرية والريفية.

هذه الفعالية جزء من
بناء جسور .

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أسبوع التنمية الحضرية والريفية.

هذه الفعالية جزء منبناء جسور .

هذه الفعالية جزء من
بناء جسور .