Intelak's Idea Lab is an immersive programme for UAE nationals geared to help them develop innovative approaches to business challenges in the travel, aviation and tourism sectors. It teaches participants how to formulate start-up ideas and turn them into transformational and viable businesses. The ultimate goal for graduates of this lab is to progress towards the Incubator and then Accelerator programmes within the Intelak Hub.

This event showcases the most promising projects developed by 'Cohort 5' of the programme, and celebrates their achievements in a graduation ceremony at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Intelak’s Idea Lab 2021

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This event showcases the most promising start-up ideas around travel, aviation and tourism developed during Intelak's Idea Lab 2021 Programme. It also covers the graduation ceremony of 'Cohort 5' candidates.

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Inside Expo: Sustainability I: The World’s Oldest Innovator

Inside Expo: Sustainability II: Harnessing the Sun

The Powerhouse Pavilions

Terra - The Sustainability Pavilion - Audio Guide

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Terra offers two different, immersive tracks that take visitors either Under the Forest or Under the Ocean in order to learn more about the beauty of the natural world. 

Under the Ocean Track - Terra

See the Expo Young Innovators exhibition, which brings to life the creativity of students across the UAE who worked on developing solutions to global challenges.

Expo Young Innovators Exhibition Terra 

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At Expo 2020, sustainability is an urgent, attainable reality, and Terra – The Sustainability Pavilion is the proof. Both immersive exhibition space and exemplar of environmental self-sufficiency, Terra is a pioneering piece of architecture that pushes the limits of renewable design.

The pavilion’s 130-metre-wide solar canopy – so vast that you could park 10 city buses head-to-tail atop it – converts sunshine into electricity for the exhibits below. Artfully funnelled natural light and local plant species, together with technologies that can reduce water consumption by 75 per cent, show the way to a sustainable future.


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Inspiring experiential journey through our shared sustainable future

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Two immersive paths to choose from: beneath a forest and beneath an ocean

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LEED Platinum environmental features, including solar power and water recycling

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Image Gallery

Videos

The Making of Terra - The Sustainability Pavilion

Drone Footage: Terra - The Sustainability Pavilion

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Interactive Tour: Terra - The Sustainability Pavilion

Terra is a super-sized marvel of forward-thinking design. The pavilion’s technology generates enough energy in a year to power a Nissan Leaf to drive halfway to Mars, while another system captures moisture from the air you breathe and turns it into drinkable water. Enter and take a fantastical journey through the wonders of nature, humanity’s challenges and the promise of our shared future. 


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Terra is home to five thought-provoking art installations from artists around the world, with each piece demonstrating a response to the issue of sustainability.

Directions

Terra Art Installations

Young visitors can explore a fantastical world inspired by Terra's very own octopus, Octavia.

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Octavia's Playground

Timelapse of Terra 

Intelak's Idea Lab Showcase and Graduation Ceremony

North Macedonia is a land of stunning natural beauty and historic, ancient buildings. Rich in Greek, Roman and Ottoman heritage, and steeped in history and culture. In this session, discover the opportunities that are emerging in North Macedonia's travel, trade and tourism sectors.

Opportunities in Travel, Trade, and Investment

Discover the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites in North Macedonia.

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Discover North Macedonia and the opportunities emerging in its travel, trade and tourism sectors.

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With its mix of Greek, Roman and Ottoman heritage, North Macedonia’s history is as complex and diverse as its modern national identity. Influenced by the Balkan and Mediterranean worlds, this historical nation shares its story at the North Macedonia Pavilion. Admire sights such as the serene Lake Ohrid, tour Skopje’s titanic neo-classical buildings and learn how a blossoming tourism industry is helping drive the country’s future economic development.


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North Macedonia: Opportunities in Travel, Trade, and Investment

Digital communication in the 21st century is a powerful vehicle to put unknown and unexplored locations on the map; and while many of them are prepared to welcome droves of new visitors, others may not have the appropriate infrastructure or culture. In 2019, over a billion tourists travelled to the world’s most popular destinations. While there are obvious economic benefits to a thriving tourism industry in any country, mass tourism can also create overcrowding and pollution, creaking infrastructure, and, at times, damage the cultural fabric of a community. 

In 2020, the COVID pandemic brought global tourism to a juddering halt, reducing visitor numbers by up to 80 percent and threatening billions of jobs. For advocates of more sustainable tourism, this crisis could be an opportunity to rethink how we travel and stay around the world. 

Please join us in this World Majlis to share your insights and collectively contribute to building a better future.


Travel in the 21st Century

Off The Beaten Path: Travel in the 21st Century

In collaboration with India and Portugal, this World Majlis convenes thought leaders, visionaries and changemakers to reimagine how we travel and experience the world around us. 

Session programme - Off the Beaten Path

Learnings and insights from the World Majlis conversations on Travel and Connectivity


Insight Report from Travel and Connectivity Week

Off the Beaten Path documents 

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With its enormous population and diversity of ancient traditions, India is a place of incredible richness and complexity. The India Pavilion offers a new take on the country that goes beyond its famed culture and stunning landscapes to show a rising economic power that is very much open for business. The pavilion focuses on “New India”, an emerging global hub for innovation, inspiration and investment. Its wide variety of exhibits feature not just the food, tea and Bollywood entertainment that so many know and love, but also the country’s modern-day advancements in technology, aerospace, manufacturing and more.


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The India pavilion is a four-level rectangular structure, covered on its upper three floors with rotating tiles in hues of red, orange, and white. 

This kinetic exterior surface also serves as a screen for projected images, such as the face of Mahatma Gandhi. The bottom level features a plate-glass façade. 

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John Pagano (L1), Chief Executive Officer, The Red Sea Development Company and AMAALA, KSA, Luis Araujo (L2), President of Turismo de Portugal, Portuguese National Tourism Authority, Portugal, Saeed Al Saeed (C), Science and Technology Advis

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Luis Araujo, President of Turismo de Portugal, during World Majlis - Off the Beaten Path Travel in the 21st Century at the India Pavilion m32433

Rogers Valencia, Former Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Peru during World Majlis - Off the Beaten Path Travel in the 21st Century at the India Pavilion m32431

Saeed Al Saeed, Science and Technology Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, UAE and moderator during World Majlis - Off the Beaten Path Travel in the 21st Century at the India Pavilion m32435

Physical and digital connectivity not only brings us all closer together, but are also the bedrock of healthy and empowered societies. Under this Theme Week, Expo will explore the ways in which technology is being harnessed to better fields of mobility, health, travel and much more. Smart and sustainable mobility, AI (artificial intelligence) for good, virtual learning, remote work, and data privacy are among the myriad issues that will be addressed. 


Navigating a Changing World

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How will we balance the impact of digital expansion with our physical reality?

Travel & Connectivity Week

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Portugal Carousel

For centuries, Portuguese explorers such as Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan sailed the world, creating new connections with Africa, India and beyond. Now at Expo 2020, the country is honouring its heritage of multiculturalism at the Portugal Pavilion, a celebration of diversity and inclusion.

The pavilion’s theme is “A World in One Country”, and you’ll see this idea reflected in its exhibits, including the dynamic digital faces that welcome you and a garden area that showcases Portugal’s biodiversity. Other attractions include tours of the country’s aerospace industry and “blue” ocean economy, as well as the best of Portuguese cuisine.


Authentic Portuguese cuisine at the pavilion’s restaurant

Interactive library featuring graphic panels and interactive projections 

Wide-ranging celebration of Portugal’s diversity

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With tall sail-shaped façades that rise high into the air, the Portugal Pavilion recalls a white sailing ship cruising through Expo 2020, much as Portuguese explorers like Ferdinand Magellan, featured within, once sailed across the globe. 

The pavilion’s bottom level is open in the centre, with sturdy grey structures to either side. Resting upon these is the broad main exhibit hall, a squared-off take on the caravel, a 15th century Portuguese boat design renowned for its speed. Its four rectangular sails stand tall at various heights. 


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World Majlis | Off the Beaten Path

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

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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.