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FEEL

A Disruptive
Futures Program

AED 45,000Program fee
30Limited Seats · Selection-based
30 June 2026Application Deadline
About the program

Three weeks to feel
the future

Spanning three weeks, this global training program is aligned with Dubai's strategy to enhance individuals' readiness to prepare for and lead the future. The program aims to elevate the participants' intellectual and experiential capacities. It includes keynote speeches by world-renowned global and local visionaries and experts in a wide range of fields, experiences in the forefront of disruptive innovations, and visits to national tech labs and major innovative organizations.

FEEL program cohort group photo
His Excellency
Khalfan Belhoul
CEO, Dubai Future
Foundation

FEEL is more than a leadership programme — it's a long-term investment in shaping future-ready mindsets. With this initiative, we are building both national and global capacity, preparing a new generation of leaders to navigate uncertainty, anticipate change, and act with purpose. Successful leadership is no longer about forecasting the future — it's about experiencing it, and actively experimenting with it, firsthand. By embedding innovation and foresight at the core of decision-making, FEEL empowers individuals with the tools, insights, and connections to drive impact across governments, industries, and societies.

Why FEEL

Disruption is no longer a future scenario. It is already transforming the industries, institutions, talent, markets, and societies you lead within. To stay ahead, you need more than awareness. You need the ability to read signals of change, make sense of complexity, test new ideas, and mobilise people toward future opportunities.

FEEL is built around this need. It brings you into direct contact with the technologies, thinkers, systems, and environments shaping the next era — from artificial intelligence and robotics to foresight, critical thinking, health, longevity and entrepreneurship.

By the end of the journey, you will leave with a stronger future lens, a broader global network, and a practical understanding of how to turn uncertainty into action.

Why Dubai

Dubai is not only imagining the future, but it is also actively designing, testing, and scaling it. Through its future-focused institutions, regulatory sandboxes, innovation districts, advanced technology labs, and global convening platforms, Dubai has become a living testbed for new ideas, emerging technologies, and future-ready governance.

FEEL gives you direct access to this ecosystem, offering you a rare opportunity to experience how a city can turn foresight into action, strategy into systems, and ambition into measurable progress.

Program Eligibility

Who we are looking for?

This program is tailored for the world's movers and shakers: mid to top-level executives, entrepreneurs bursting with ideas, innovators at the forefront of change, thought leaders shaping the narrative, policymakers crafting our future, government officials driving progress, industry specialists with deep insights, angel investors ready to bet on the next big thing, and venture capitalists fueling groundbreaking ventures.

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 the whole duration of the program (Three Weeks).

Program Promise

What you will gain

Build future-ready thinking and decision-making

Develop the mindset and tools to anticipate change, navigate uncertainty, and make better decisions in a rapidly evolving world.

Experience moonshot technologies first-hand

Experience cutting-edge technologies, emerging trends, and disruptive innovations through hands-on experiences, curated field visits, and access to leading labs, innovation hubs, and future-focused institutions across the UAE.

Connect with a global network

Learn alongside a diverse community of leaders and changemakers from the UAE and around the world.

Turn insights into impact

Apply what you learn to identify new opportunities, shape ideas, and create meaningful impact within your organisation and beyond.

Learn from leading experts and visionaries

Gain insights from global and local leaders, innovators, and experts shaping the future across key sectors.

Program Journey

A learning journey designed to move from insight to action

FEEL is structured as an immersive and integrated learning journey. Throughout the program, leaders engage with the forces shaping the future through expert sessions, emerging technologies, innovation ecosystems, leadership practices, and applied experiences. Each element is designed to reinforce the others, creating a dynamic environment where insights, experiences, and practical application come together to drive real-world impact.

  1. 01

    Explore

    Understand the forces shaping the future through expert sessions, futures thinking tools, global perspectives, and emerging technology insights.

  2. 02

    Experience

    Step inside laboratories, innovation hubs, future-focused institutions, and industry environments to see transformation in action.

  3. 03

    Apply

    Work in teams on practical projects that translate learning into actionable ideas, outputs, and recommendations.

  4. 04

    Connect

    Build meaningful relationships with global peers, experts, innovators, and decision-makers across Dubai’s future ecosystem.

  5. 05

    Lead

    Leave with a sharper future lens, stronger strategic confidence, and the tools to lead transformation in your organization, sector, and society.

Program Themes

A multidisciplinary journey into
the forces shaping the future

FEEL is built around two core learning themes designed to shift how you think, help you navigate uncertainty, and bring you closer to the future as it takes shape. Together, these themes combine the strategic disciplines of futures thinking with direct exposure to cutting-edge technologies, moonshot innovations, and scientific frontiers shaping the next era.

Futures &
Foresight

Build the capabilities needed to navigate uncertainty, anticipate change, and make better decisions in a rapidly evolving world. You will develop practical foresight and critical thinking skills to identify emerging opportunities, understand complex challenges, and lead with greater confidence and long-term perspective.

Sub-themes
  • Futures Thinking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Foresight methods and tools

Emerging Frontiers &
Moonshot Innovations

Explore the breakthroughs shaping the future of business, society, and human potential. You will gain insights into emerging technologies, longevity, and scientific advancements, helping you identify new opportunities, broaden your perspectives, challenge conventional thinking, and make more informed strategic decisions in a rapidly evolving world.

Sub-themes
  • Moonshot Technologies & Innovations
  • Longevity and Health
  • Emerging Sciences
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
Field Trips

Field trips across UAE

Dubai Future Labs
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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
— Story 01 / 03

This collaboration originated through the FEEL FutureLeaders program, 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
— Story 02 / 03

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