The Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) and Expo 2020 Dubai have revealed that next year\u2019s edition of UAE Maritime Week will be held at Dubai Exhibition Centre, co-located with Expo 2020 Dubai, from December 6 to 10, 2020. Expo 2020 will be the world\u2019s greatest show of human brilliance and achievement, with a focus on \u2018Connecting Minds, Creating the Future\u2019 with subthemes of Mobility, Opportunity and Sustainability. Both parties have affirmed their commitment to utilize the potential available to advance the march of building a safe, renewable and sustainable maritime sector in line with the economic diversification plans of Dubai and the rest of the UAE.<\/p>\n
This came during the speech of Najeeb Mohammed Al-Ali, Executive Director of Expo 2020 Dubai Bureau, which took place on the sidelines of the Dubai Maritime Agenda 2019, he announced the hosting of UAE Maritime Week will be at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, co-located with Expo 2020 Dubai. Al-Ali also discussed how to increase international interest in the UAE Maritime Week, an interactive platform critical to shaping the future of an innovative, sustainable, and technology-driven global maritime industry. Maritime Week presents a world-class platform to promote the exchange of knowledge, expertise, and the industry best practices, while enhancing the local maritime sector\u2019s attractiveness, efficiency, and competitiveness, especially after Dubai was named one of the best maritime capitals in the world in 2019. Both organizations – DMCA & Expo 2020 – stressed the contribution of the maritime community to Expo 2020 and the value that Maritime Week could bring to the countries that will participate in Expo 2020. A record 192 countries have confirmed their participation in Expo 2020, the most in the 168-year history of the event.\u00a0 Expo 2020 is expected to bring AED 122.6 billion to the national economy between 2013 and 2031, according to an independent report<\/a> by EY.<\/p>\n Najeeb Mohammed Al-Ali, Executive Director of Dubai Expo 2020 Bureau, said: \u201cMaritime Week has established itself as a world class global platform for knowledge exchange, best practice sharing and the building of new networks. Expo 2020\u2019s theme of \u2018connecting minds, creating the future\u2019 is all about making new connections and demonstrating the power of collaboration to advance progress in opportunity, mobility and sustainability. DMCA and Maritime Week bring these to life through a series of activities, especially in a critical economic sector to the UAE and so many countries participating in Expo 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n The announcement aligned with DMCA\u2019s commitment to strengthen its communication channel with its strategic partners from the public and private sectors, including Expo 2020 Dubai. According to the latest industry figures, the sector now accounts for 7 per cent of Dubai\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP), which represents a contribution of AED 26.9 billion.<\/p>\n Amer Ali, Executive Director of DMCA, said: \u201cThis collaboration marks another turning point in our efforts to strengthen our alliances with different institutions across sectors to build a globally competitive local maritime industry, especially with a total of 7,400 companies engaged in 13,000 maritime activities in Dubai, generating an impressive 76,000 jobs for the emirate\u2019s citizens and residents.\u201d Ali reiterated the DMCA\u2019s commitment to positively impact the growth of the community and further increase its attractiveness to local, regional, and global investors, in line with Dubai Plan 2021 and UAE Vision 2021. The DMCA\u2019s collaboration with Expo 2020 Dubai will open up vast opportunities to enhance UAE Maritime Week as a world-class event and a leading forum for global maritime industry leaders.<\/p>\n Ali added: \u201cThe maritime community plays an important role consistent with the theme of Expo 2020 Dubai, which will enhance Dubai’s leadership as a major transit point for global trade. This leads us to intensify our efforts to promote the maritime sector to be one of the pillars of the emirate’s leadership as a regional and global influential player linking international markets. This is in line with the \u2018Dubai Silk Road\u2019 strategy contained in the 50-Year Charter, which aims to build a prosperous Dubai according the vision of our wise leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n Both organisations highlighted the role of UAE Maritime Week 2020 to transfer and localize knowledge, share experiences and the best global practices, and as a world class platform to host major activities and events that will further enhance Dubai’s position as a global destination for leading maritime events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) and Expo 2020 Dubai have revealed that next year\u2019s edition of UAE Maritime Week will be held at Dubai Exhibition Centre, co-located with Expo 2020 Dubai, from December 6 to 10, 2020. 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