New facility to host innovation labs focusing on health, education, smart
cities, energy and transport
An artist's impression of the Dubai's ‘Museum of the Future', which will open
in 2017 in the Emira
Plans for a ‘Museum of the Future’ in the city were revealed by His
Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime
Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai on Wednesday.
The Museum will open in 2017 in the Emirates Towers area near Sheikh Zayed
Road in Dubai.
A simulation walk-through of Dubai's Museum of the Future, a complex of
innovation labs that develop ideas and systems for future cities.
”The Museum of the Future will be an incubator for ideas and real designs, a
driver for innovation and a global destination for inventors and
entrepreneurs,” said Shaikh Mohammad at the launch.
“His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, our President, has
declared 2015 to be the year of innovation in the UAE. Today we show how
serious and committed we are to that mission by turning the UAE into a major
international destination for innovators.”
The museum’s motto, ‘See the future, create the future,’ is designed to
reflect a new approach to government innovation. The institution will use
design, technology prototyping and foresight to create real examples of
change.
The museum is the first of its kind and represents a leading example of
entrepreneurial governments embracing change and creating futuristic visions
for a better world.
“The future belongs to those who can imagine it, design it, and execute it.
Here in the UAE we think differently. While others try to predict the
future, we create it,” said Shaikh Mohammad.
Headed by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of
Dubai, the Board of Trustees will include several high-profile national
figures with Mohammad Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, acting as its
vice president.
“The world is entering a new era of accelerated knowledge and great
technological revolutions. We aim to lead in that era, not to follow and lag
behind. The Museum of the Future is the first step of many to come, marking
the beginning of great achievements,” said Shaikh Mohammad.
