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Open Registration · Cohort 03

FEEL

A Disruptive
Futures Programme

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AED 45,000Programme fee
30Limited Seats · Selection-based
31 July 2026Application Deadline
About the programme

Three weeks to feel
the future

This three-week long, global training programme executes Dubai's grand design to ready tomorrow’s leaders. To cultivate intellect and experience, the agenda includes keynote speeches by world-renowned visionaries and experts in a plethora of fields, involvement in the forefront of disruptive innovations, and visits to national tech labs and major moonshot organisations.

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His Excellency
Khalfan Belhoul CEO, Dubai Future
Foundation

FEEL invests long-term in priming mindsets for what lies ahead. Leaders flourish when experimenting with the future firsthand, so by building national and global capacity, we prepare the next generation’s trailblazers to handle uncertainty and act on change with purpose. This initiative roots decision-making in new measures and foresight, thereby empowering participants with the insights and connections to drive impact across governments, industries, and societies

Why FEEL?

Disruption already stirs up the industries, institutions, talent, markets, and societies you lead within. To stay ahead, you need to forecast changes, decipher complexity, test ideas, and rally people towards opportunities.

FEEL answers this need by joining you with the technologies, thinkers, systems, and environments forming the next era, from artificial intelligence and robotics to foresight, critical thinking, health, longevity and entrepreneurship.

By the journey’s end, you will walk away with a clearer future lens, a vaster global network, and practical understanding of how to act on uncertainty.

Why Dubai?

Dubai designs and scales the coming times. Through its future-focused institutions, disruptive districts, regulatory sandboxes, global gatherings, and state-of-the-art technology labs, the city has become a living testbed for fresh ideas and adaptive governance.

FEEL invites you to this ecosystem, offering a rare chance to experience how Dubai can turn foresight into ventures, strategy into structures, and ambition into measurable progress.

Programme Eligibility

Who we are looking for?

Professional background

Mid to top-level executives, entrepreneurs, change-makers, thought leaders, policymakers, investors, industry experts, or venture capitalists.

Nationality

Open to all nationalities.

Leadership experience

Minimum of 5 years in a leadership role.

Language proficiency

Fluent in spoken and written English.

Time commitment

Ready to commit for all three weeks of the programme.

Programme Promise

What you will gain

Make forward-thinking decisions in a swiftly developing world

Experience moonshot technologies through hands-on experiences

Connect with a global network by learning within a mosaic of leaders and agents of change

Learn from leading experts across key sectors like AI, energy, health, and so forth.

Immersive Experiences

FEEL the Innovation

Lab visits & hands-on experiences Field trips & industry visits Practical projects with positive impact
  • Lab visits & hands-on experiences
  • Field trips & industry visits
  • Practical projects with positive impact
State of the Art Tech

Field trips across UAE

Dubai Future Labs
Schneider Electric's NEST Innovation Hub
Dubai Health Innovations Centre
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Faculty

A faculty of frontier practitioners

facilitators across foresight, AI, robotics, longevity, design, & policy — the people building the systems that will define the decade.

Success Stories
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This collaboration originated through the FEEL Future Leaders programme, where Captain Ali Al Ameemi and the founder of DroneX 360 connected and identified shared opportunities in AI-driven drone technologies. Their initial exchange evolved into an MoU signed at Dubai Airshow 2025 to advance autonomous cargo drone solutions and support the future of air cargo from Dubai.

Ali Hazeem Alameemi CEO, Wefly7 Aviation · FEEL 2025 Alumni
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Partnered with Salama to build StartX, an intelligent ecosystem that learns what kind of business you're becoming and automatically orchestrates your incorporation, compliance and growth. We've already built a Functional Design Report using everything we learned in FEEL.

Azil Ayub Co-Founder / Chief Commercial Officer, DroneX 360 · FEEL 2025 Alumni
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Co-developing a new MSc Health Informatics programme with Dr Sara from Emirates Health Services, ensuring strong alignment between real-world healthcare needs and academic innovation.

Fehmida Hussain Professor & Deputy Director, Middlesex University Dubai · FEEL 2025 Alumni

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