In collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Community Development, a public event to raise awareness and celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities, spotlighting the UAE’s leadership role in the area, and highlighting Expo Participant best practices and success stories.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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Public event to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities, spotlighting the UAE’s leadership role in the area.

Expo co-curating with the UAE Ministry of Community Development, and United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the International Day of Persons with Disabilities will focus on celebrating the achievements of inclusion and participation, increasing accessibility and mobility, and exploring opportunities and innovative solutions for an inclusive future for all. Through a vibrant agenda of discussions and activations, this Day will underscore the importance of leaving no one behind, and of reducing stereotypes around persons with disabilities. The theme for IDPD this year is “Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world.”

International Day of Persons with Disabilities - Flagship

The UAE Football Association (UAEFA) is bringing together football legends, celebrities, local dignitaries and VIPs to organise this exhibition football match at Expo 2020 Dubai. Watch as legendary football stars Patrice Evra, Michel Salgado, Bacary Sagna and Samir Nasri lead their teams of all stars to battle on the football pitch. This is a must see for any football fan!

UAE All Stars Tournament 2022

UAE All Stars Tournament

Watch as world football stars Patrice Evra, Michel Salgado, Bacary Sagna and Samir Nasri lead their teams of all stars to battle in a game like no other.

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Luis Figo (C), of Team Salgado in action during the UAE All Stars Football tournament at the Expo Sports Arena m30735

Luis Figo (C), of Team Salgado in action during the UAE All Stars Football tournament at the Expo Sports Arena m30759

Luis Figo (L), of Team Salgado in action during the UAE All Stars Football tournament at the Expo Sports Arena m30734

Luis Figo (R), of Team Salgado in action during the UAE All Stars Football tournament at the Expo Sports Arena m30744

Patrice Evra (C), of Team Patman during the UAE All Stars Football tournament at the Expo Sports Arena m30736

Patrice Evra (L), of Team Patman in action during the UAE All Stars Football tournament at the Expo Sports Arena m30757

Patrice Evra (R) and Robbie Keane of Team Patman celebrate a goal during the UAE All Stars Football tournament at the Expo Sports Arena m30761

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In collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Community Development and the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs, this event explores key issues including accessibility, education, decent work, innovation/technology, and sport, and the need to advance accessibility and inclusion as part of our progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Realising an Inclusive Future

International Day for People with Disabilities

Explore the opportunities and challenges to shape an inclusive future for People of Determination.

International Day for Persons with Disabilities - Specialist

Organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE), the postponed 2020 championship will see the reigning world champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, defend his title against the winner of the delayed Candidates Tournament, Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi.

The tenth game of this epic showdown between the two of the game’s finest Grandmasters will take place on the 8th of December in Dubai Exhibition Centre, with the two players competing for a prize fund of EUR 2 million (AED 9 million).

World Chess Championship 2021

FIDE World Chess Championship 2021

The tenth installment of the epic showdown between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi in the FIDE World Chess Championship. Carlsen now has a 6:3 lead with just five games to go.

Dubai Exhibition Centre - Audio Guide

Dubai Exhibition Center

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Expo 2020 connects minds from around the globe. These connections are not limited to the pavilions and parks, but also extend to the vast Dubai Exhibition Centre: a new, state-of-the-art venue for conferences, concerts and more. 

Conveniently located next to the recently completed Expo 2020 metro station, with striking views of the magnificent domed Al Wasl Plaza, the DEC offers 45,000 square metres of customisable event space, 14 exhibition and multi-use halls, on-site catering, and best-in-class audio-visual resources.


A light geometric pattern decorates the DEC’s extraordinarily broad front façade, which features a giant overhanging arch over the entrance to the central plaza area, as well as sloped surfaces that seem to angle away from the entrance like a pair of wings

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

International Day of Persons with Disabilities.