Dubai to host 2024 World Cities Culture Summit

Dubai has secured the bid to host the 2024 World Cities Culture Summit (WCCS) from October 30 to November 1, marking the first time the event will be staged in the MENA region.

The announcement was made during this year's summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil, attended by a delegation from the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority.

The World Cities Culture Summit is an annual gathering of over 40 member cities of the World Cities Culture Forum, offering a platform for the exchange of groundbreaking ideas and best practices in cultural policymaking. It also seeks to consolidate efforts to elevate the quality of life across communities, ensuring they are better equipped to navigate future changes.

Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Member of the Dubai Council, affirmed that hosting the summit further cements the emirate’s position as a global cultural destination, continuing its journey of building a sustainable creative economy based on knowledge and innovation.

She added that hosting the 2024 World Cities Culture Summit "solidifies (Dubai's) standing as a hub for knowledge and cultural dialogue, emphasising the city's capacity to bring together cultural leaders from around the world to shape the future of cities, craft forward-thinking cultural policies, and catalyse social and economic progress".

Sheikha Latifa also stressed the summit’s significance as an international platform that brings together international cultural experiences, creative innovations, and scholarly research to envision the future of cities, redefining and reshaping them through culture and creativity.

.@LatifaMRM: #Dubai is preparing to host the World Cities Culture Forum @wccforum 2024 as the first MENA host, enabling the Emirate to continue its journey of building a knowledge and innovation-based, sustainable, creative economy.
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— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) October 29, 2023