Area 2071, as a next-generation cluster, exists to co-create disruptive solutions for the advancement of humanity

Expressions of interest from more than 100+ ecosystem players seeking to co-create disruptive solutions. The list comprises global companies, government entities, investors, startups and searchups.

Located across 100,000+ square feet, at Emirates Towers.

Dubai: Area 2071 has received an unprecedented number of expressions of interest from over 100 global and local institutions looking to co-create an ecosystem, to answer the world’s biggest questions facing humanity.

The list comprises highly innovative multinationals from diverse industries such as aviation, technology, healthcare, consulting and education, as well as innovation-focused government entities from a number of countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Area 2071 will also serve as a critical node to over 10 other ecosystem nodes - ranging from the talent magnet of Silicon Valley to the digital innovation of Estonia, and the manufacturing innovation of Shenzhen.

Located across 100,000+ square feet in Emirates Towers, Area 2071 is a high-energy space purposefully designed for disruptive experiments to grow to scale.

Abdulaziz Al Jaziri, Director Area 2071 stated, “Given that the world’s most pressing problems are large-scale in nature, we need a different operating model to solve them – a model that is centred on co-creation through experimentation, in order to deliver on fundamentally new economic and social value.”  

He added, “Area 2071 is the experimental nucleus that enables diverse stakeholders to come together to solve large-scale questions facing humanity as a whole. By large-scale, we mean questions, which serve a social need, can reach billion plus people with a business model that enables scale.”

Area 2071 ecosystem will seek to address disruptive questions, examples include:

  • What if we could construct high-quality houses for 1/10th of the cost and 1/10th of the time on current projects?

  • What if we could get to anywhere we want at 1/10th the current cost and at our personal comfort?

  • What if we could customize the education curriculum for each individual to harness inherent strengths?

  • How might we build a city using 100 per cent renewable energy?

The most viable and disruptive solutions that address will get to spend one year gaining access to world-class programming that is created by, with and for the ecosystem. The objective is to turn experiments into scalable ventures that will have an outsized impact on the world.

“Whether they are operating as researchers or hackers, startups, corporate x-labs, VCs or governments units – we invite experimenters from all over the world to come and co-create large-scale change,” said Al Jaziri.

Are 2071 invites your disruptive questions to be posted on http://www.area2071.ae/  

About Area 2071:

Area 2071 was inaugurated by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai in May 2017. Area 2071 was created to meet the objectives of UAE Centennial Plan 2071, making the UAE a beacon for advanced societies and become the world’s leading nation.

The name Area 2071 originates from the UAE Centennial Plan 2071, the naming of which signifies 100 years since the formation of the United Arab Emirates. Through its vision and objectives, UAE Centennial Plan 2071 seeks to work for UAE to be the best nation in the world by 2071. For more information please visit http://www.area2071.ae/

© Press Release 2017