The UAE Artificial Intelligence Office, working with the National Program for Coders, opened the eighth edition of its annual UAE AI Camp in Dubai on August 17, running through August 29. The two-week program targets a broad cross-section of participants, including school and university students, employees, small and medium enterprise owners, and anyone interested in AI, programming, or emerging technologies, through workshops, hackathons, and training sessions.
This years workshop lineup covers fraud detection, password protection, digital wellbeing, a Gemini Academy track for students, AI-assisted project management, and sessions on AIs role in legal operations and compliance. Global partners for this edition include Googles Maharat Min Google digital skills initiative, alongside Microsoft, Accenture, Intel, BytePlus, and several regional partners, plus the Ajman government transport regulator.
The camp is one recurring piece of the UAEs broader push to position itself as an AI-fluent economy, running alongside national programs aimed at building AI literacy and technical skills across government, education, and small business sectors. Neighboring Gulf states are pursuing comparable national AI strategies, with Saudi Arabia having designated 2026 its own Year of Artificial Intelligence earlier this year.