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Featured Sessions
AI and Culture
This session explores the role of artificial intelligence in preserving and promoting cultural identity, while emphasising the importance of balancing innovation with the safeguarding of Emirati heritage, traditions, and values.
Museums and the Making of Culture and Knowledge
The session highlights the role of museums in building a more aware and culturally engaged society through their contribution to preserving history, producing knowledge, promoting learning, and engaging communities.
We Read Through Our Differences... and Learn Together
An interactive workshop highlighting the importance of making books and knowledge more inclusive and accessible to People of Determination.
When Words Become a Message
A dialogue session exploring the journey of words from ideas that are read to influential messages and tangible projects.
The Hidden Code for Business Success: Jigar Sagar on Building Companies
Jigar Sagar discusses "The Hidden Code for Business Success", informed by his experience as an entrepreneur, investor and government adviser in the UAE.
The UAE and the New Language of Space Diplomacy
Dr Naser Abdullatif Al Hammadi discusses "Fostering Intergovernmental Trust Through UAE Space Diplomacy", his book on the UAE’s use of space and telecommunications as tools of international cooperation.
Arab Culture in Other Languages: Two Decades of Cross-Cultural Dialogue
The "First Publication" initiative is sponsored by the National Media Authority under its policy to empower local content. In partnership with national publishing houses, the Authority covers the printing of first works by a group of Emirati talents in short stories, poetry, and literary novels.
Award Ceremony: "The First Edition" Programme
An initiative sponsored by the National Media Authority, under the Local Content Empowerment Policy.
Award-Winning Perspectives: Translation and Literary Criticism in Conversation
Bringing together the Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2026 laureates for Translation and Literary and Art Criticism, this session explores the ideas, research, and intellectual journeys behind their award-winning works.
Braille to Bytes: How Digital Libraries Are Transforming Life for the Visually Impaired
The session explores the role of digital knowledge and artificial intelligence in enhancing access to information, reading, and learning for People of Determination, while examining how emerging technologies can contribute to creating a more inclusive and accessible knowledge environment.