The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award honours individuals, teams and organizations who have made significant sporting contributions in the United Arab Emirates and globally. It is the largest award of its kind, in terms of prize money and categories, and the first dedicated to creativity in sports.

Sponsored by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, the Award is organised under the chairmanship of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the National Olympic Committee, and translate the directives of the country’s wise leadership to support and raise the level of creativity in sports.

The ceremony to award the winners of the 11th season will take place in the Dubai Exhibition Centre at Expo 2020 Dubai, bringing the curtain down on a busy season that saw a record total of 409 applications.

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The 11th edition of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Awards celebrates its winners at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Dubai Exhibition Centre - Audio Guide

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Take in conferences and performances a mere 300 metres away from Al Wasl Plaza.

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Enjoy the serene movement of the DEC's shading element.

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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

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A group photo with His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (L4), Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai and the awardees during Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award at Dubai

A group photo with His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (R5), Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai and the awardees during Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award at Dubai

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (C), Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai hands out an award during Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award at Dubai Exhibition Centre

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Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award Ceremony

With the ever-increasing complexity of our world, fostering innovative societies can be part of the solution to addressing global challenges. Governments have an important role to play in widening the lens around innovation and implementing systems that generate robust and creative communities.

As innovation ecosystems mature, there are exciting opportunities to create truly innovative societies where all sectors—governments, corporations, NGOs, academia, entrepreneurs and individuals—collaborate to solve complex societal challenges.

Governments have an important role to play in fostering creative and collaborative communities. They can move beyond a narrow sector perspective and "innovation for innovation’s sake", towards enabling environments—systems and culture—where cross-sectoral innovation is applied to major challenges and produce "innovation for greater good".

Mission-driven approaches can provide us with valuable models through focused, time-bound, and cross-sectoral approaches to innovation. These models help us harness our collective knowledge to address complex challenges such as climate change, pollution, well-being, digital ethics, and clean energy for all, and could light the way forward.

Innovation Nation: Creating Innovative Societies to Solve Humanity’s Greatest Challenges

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Organized with Spain, this is the first of two sessions discussing how societies create innovative solutions to solve humanity’s greatest challenges. Stay tuned for the next session taking place on February 15.

Session agenda - Innovation Nation (Session 1)

Creating a Cultural Renaissance

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The Spain Pavilion at Expo 2020 is an open, eco-friendly exhibition that seamlessly blends ancient heritage and cutting-edge innovation.

An airy ground floor features several small, naturally cooled plazas that are ideal for relaxing or snacking on tapas. Venture underground into aroomy basement, and you’ll explore a “forest of the future” filled with thought-provoking exhibits on Spain’s contributions to global sustainability.


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Inspired by Spain’s age-old links to the Arab world, the Spain Pavilion takes the shape of a lively field of sheer, conical towers in hues of brick, orange, and saffron yellow. Visitors venture under this vast canopy of peaks, built from reusable materials including wood, iron and fabric, to explore a series of breezy plazas. The underside of each airy dome is decorated with unique textures that reflect their exhibits: swirls of woven straw, a green canopy of plants, falls of digital water, and more. One dome also shelters a tasty tapas restaurant.

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Prof Javier Garcia Martinez, President of the International Union of Pure Chemistry, Spain speaks during the World Majlis Innovation Nation at the Spain Pavilion m43257

Oscar Di Montigny, Ideator of the Humanovability vision, Italy speaks during the World Majlis Innovation Nation at the Spain Pavilion m43250

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Amin Gafaranga, Founder, Atelier Design-Thinking Academy, Rwanda speaks during the World Majlis Innovation Nation at the Spain Pavilion m43262

Alya Al Mazrouei, Director, UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science, UAE speaks during the World Majlis Innovation Nation at the Spain Pavilion m43258

World Majlis | Innovation Nation: Session 1

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.

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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The second session of this World Majlis commences today, to continue the discussion about creating innovative solutions to solve humanity’s greatest challenges. Organized with UAE Innovates.

Innovation Nation Session Agenda 

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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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.


Inspiring experiential journey through our shared sustainable future

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

LEED Platinum environmental features, including solar power and water recycling

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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.

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