Dubai:Startups and entrepreneurs are set to present innovative projects, prototypes, and future-focused ideas at The Pitch, one of the main platforms of Dubai Future Week. The event will be held from 18th to 21st November at Emirates Towers and the Museum of the Future.
According to Wam, Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) is organizing the event under the theme 'For the Human of the Future,' with more than 10,000 experts, inventors, innovators, and future-makers from the UAE and around the world expected to attend.
The Pitch will concentrate on six key sectors: heat- and climate-adaptive infrastructure; food and supply-chain resilience; human development and learning; urban living systems; longevity and preventive health; and energy and water resource systems. The platform is open to Dubai-based startups with viable products, prototypes, or promising ideas that meet market needs both in the UAE and globally, as well as research-backed projects and university spin-offs.
Applications will be assessed based on a range of criteria to select the most promising startups. These startups will have the chance to present their ideas and prototypes over three days, connecting with investors, experts, strategic partners, government entities, and industry leaders. The leading startups will advance to the Shark Tank Dubai finale on the last day of The Pitch, where they will present their projects before a panel of prominent figures from Dubai's entrepreneurship ecosystem for a chance to secure investment.
The judging panel includes Abdullah Al Ashram, CEO of AMA Group; Mohammed Al Zaabi, CEO of OBK Investment Group; Mona Ataya, CEO and founder of Mumzworld; and Abdullah Abu Sheikh, founder of Mal. Abdulaziz Al Jaziri, Deputy CEO of DFF, emphasized that The Pitch will offer more than just live startup presentations by providing workshops, roundtables, and other activities aimed at enhancing communication and collaboration within the entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Al Jaziri also noted that entrepreneurs will directly pitch to investors, companies, government entities, and strategic partners, fostering a sustainable innovation network focused on the real needs of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Pitch aims to involve entrepreneurs in anticipating future transformations and designing solutions that can shape the future of humanity and vital sectors, aligning with DFF's vision of leveraging innovation to serve people.
Dubai Future Week will also feature keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, debates, challenges, competitions, exhibitions, immersive experiences, and closed-door meetings, organized across eight main platforms: The Big Stage, The Prototype Floor, The Pitch, The Policy Room, The Challenge, Offstage, 500 Future Minds, and The District.