Dubai, UAE, 3 November 2026:  The Mohammed Bin Rashid Library will host the third Dubai International Library and Publishing Summit on 16 and 17 November 2026 under the theme "The Architecture of Trust: AI and the Future of Knowledge Institutions." The event will bring together international leaders and experts from libraries, publishing, academia, museums, cultural organisations and technology to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping the creation, credibility and preservation of knowledge.

Dr Mohammed Salem AlMazrooei, Board Member at Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Library Foundation, said: "Artificial intelligence is transforming every part of the knowledge ecosystem, from research, publishing and translation to the way information is accessed, verified and preserved. This year's summit will focus on a defining question: how can we safeguard the authenticity and credibility of knowledge when machines can generate and reshape content?"

Four Key Pillars

This year's programme is built around four pillars that reflect the transformation of the knowledge ecosystem in the age of AI.

Making Knowledge explores creativity, authorship, and intellectual output, alongside research, publishing, translation, and intellectual ownership.

Trusting Knowledge examines authority, authenticity, and evidence, as well as ways to verify the credibility of content and its sources.

Whose Knowledge? addresses language, representation, access to knowledge, and the diversity of cultures and knowledge systems within emerging knowledge infrastructures.

Keeping Knowledge focuses on memory, preservation, and stewardship, highlighting the role of libraries, archives, and other knowledge institutions in protecting cultural and intellectual heritage, preserving digital content, and ensuring its continuity.

Global expertise and timely discussions

Featuring more than 50 speakers from over 40 organisations, the summit will host more than 20 panel discussions, alongside keynote addresses, workshops and expert sessions. Participating institutions include the University of Cambridge's Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, MIT Media Lab, UCLA, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Qatar National Library, Zayed National Museum, Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi and the Technology Innovation Institute, alongside the University of Lille, Aga Khan University, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Sharjah Public Libraries, Barjeel Art Foundation, Al Salwa Publishing House, Dar Al-Muna, the National Library of Korea, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, the National Library and Archives, Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment, and Motivate Media Group.

Prominent participants include H.E. Mohammed Ahmed Al Murr, Chairman of the Board of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Library Foundation; H.E. Abdullah Majed Al Ali, Director General of the National Library and Archives; H.E. Younus Al Nasser, Chief Executive Officer of the Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment at Digital Dubai; H.E. Dr Mohammed Salem Al Mazrooei, Member of the Board of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Library Foundation; Shatha Amin Al Mulla, Assistant Undersecretary for the National Identity and Arts Sector at the UAE Ministry of Culture; Sheikh Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Founder of Barjeel Art Foundation; Dr Peter Magee, Director of Zayed National Museum; Dr Peter Kjærgaard, Director of Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi; and Ian Fairservice, Managing Partner and Group Editor-in-Chief of Motivate Media Group.

The summit will also bring together leading experts and keynote speakers from the UAE and abroad, including Dr David Toman, Founding Co-Director of the National University of Dubai; Dr Saeed Al Dhaheri, Director of the Centre for Future Studies at the University of Dubai; Dr Stephen Cave, Academic Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge; Kim Kyung-chul, Director of the Conservation and Research Centre at the National Library of Korea; Dr Monojit Choudhury, Professor of Natural Language Processing at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence; Dr Hanada Taha Thomure, Endowed Chair Professor of Arabic Language and Director of the Zai Arabic Language Research Center at Zayed University; and Mona Henning Zureikat, Founder and Publisher of Dar Al-Muna.

Sessions will tackle questions including whether AI can be trusted to tell history, how Arab and Islamic cultural memory can be preserved, what survives translation and who shapes children's stories. The Technology Innovation Institute will demonstrate the latest Falcon models in Arabic language, speech and document processing, while Dr Kos'myna will deliver a virtual evening lecture on AI's impact on learning, memory and human judgement.

The summit is aimed at professionals across the knowledge, cultural, publishing and technology sectors, as well as researchers, policymakers, students and interested members of the public.

Partners and registration

The Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism is a key partner, Emirates NBD a platinum sponsor, Emirates the official airline partner, Clarivate a silver sponsor and Naseej the technology partner.