Our mission is supported by our bold and visionary leaders.
By the year 2071, the UAE will be the world’s leading nation. This will be achieved through the implementation of a series of bold initiatives across a variety of industries mandated by our leadership in the UAE Centennial Plan.
AREA 2071 was established as a platform to drive global change through collaborative engagements between the public and private sectors, startups, entrepreneurs and innovators.
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Our Timeline
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1960
An airport is commissioned by a ruler of a small emirate – Dubai, with sand cleaved to run concrete runways. In around 60 years, this airport will become the world’s busiest.
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1961
A full decade before the UAE is formed, Khor Dubai, or the Dubai Creek, is dredged to allow larger vessels in. The city is determined to welcome the world.
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1971
A unified nation is created out of tribal lands by leaders of vision and foresight. The United Arab Emirates is born, and history as we know it is created.
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1979
With leadership’s visionary foresight, a gateway hub and a global trade link of the world is born in Dubai. Jebel Ali Port will earn the title as the largest man-made port in the world, connecting global markets and facilitating trade.
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2017
On May 21st 2017, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announces the establishment of AREA 2071 in the heart of Dubai to design the future.
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2020
AREA 2071 becomes home to the first UAE-made, state-of-the-art medical ventilator in response to the medical needs of the country.
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