A three-day, government-hosted health summit at ADNEC, convening policymakers, clinicians, scientists and investors around longevity, precision medicine, digital health and AI, and life-sciences investment, under the 2026 theme "To Sense is to Predict".
The Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit is the annual flagship gathering of "Future Health, A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi", hosted by the Department of Health, Abu Dhabi. It is the rebranded successor to Abu Dhabi Global Health Week, relaunched in late 2025 as a year-round platform with an annual summit at its centre. The 2026 edition runs from 20 to 22 October at the ADNEC Centre and carries the theme "To Sense is to Predict", built around advanced sensing, predictive analytics and intelligent systems. The organiser reports 16,000 attendees, 1,750 conference delegates, more than 300 speakers and over 175 exhibitors from more than 100 countries.
The summit exists to move healthcare from reactive treatment toward proactive, data-driven prediction, and to attract collaboration and investment into the emirate. It is a government-led convening rather than a commercial trade show, weighted toward policy, science and capital. Its programme is organised around four impact areas, so digital health and AI sit next to longevity, health-system resilience and life-sciences investment as parts of one agenda rather than a standalone technology track.
The programme is organised around four named impact areas:
The summit runs across five programme spaces: a Forum for keynotes and C-suite conversations, partner stands, an exhibition, side events for roundtables and workshops, and a members club for VIP delegates.
The organiser cites participation from leaders across government and science, with named organisations including GSK, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, eGenesis and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. The predecessor Global Health Week editions drew more than 25,000 cumulative participants and produced the first Declaration on Longevity and Precision Medicine.
Yes, rebranded. The Department of Health, Abu Dhabi transformed Abu Dhabi Global Health Week into "Future Health, A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi" in late 2025, with the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit as its annual flagship. The former adghw.com address now redirects to the Future Health brand.
AI is one of four impact areas rather than the entire event. The 2026 theme, "To Sense is to Predict", puts predictive and sensing technologies at the centre, but the summit also covers longevity, health-system resilience and life-sciences investment.
The summit is held at the ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, the emirate's main exhibition and conference complex.
The summit is hosted by the Department of Health, Abu Dhabi under the Future Health initiative, directed at the emirate level. Founding partners of the initiative include M42, Mubadala Bio, PureHealth and the Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi.
The Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit is the emirate's rebranded flagship, a government-hosted gathering that treats digital health and AI as one of four pillars and frames its 2026 edition around predictive, sensing-driven care.
Entry uses a hybrid model. The exhibition, live stage and startup zone are free with visitor registration, while the conference Forum requires a paid delegate pass. A prior-edition all-access delegate pass was listed at around 1,650 US dollars; 2026 delegate tiers and local-currency amounts are not yet published. Registration is on the official website.
At the ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
Yes. The exhibition, live stage and startup zone are free with visitor registration; only the conference Forum requires a paid delegate pass.
20 to 22 October 2026. Some early launch pages listed April 2026, which has been superseded by the October dates.
| Official website | https://futurehealthinitiative.ae/events/abu-dhabifuture-health-summit/ |
| Register | https://futurehealthinitiative.ae/visitor-registration |
| Organiser | https://www.doh.gov.ae/ |