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Architecture of Trust — explore AI, storytelling and cultural memory

Join a two-day public summit examining what AI changes about the stories we tell and the knowledge we preserve. Library, museum, publishing and research specialists discuss trustworthy information, Arabic cultural memory, translation and the future of knowledge institutions.

Mohammed Bin Rashid Library’s business-book collection, photographed in October 2022. Venue photograph, not the 2026 summit or its session rooms.

Al Jaddaf, Dubai · Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Khail Road, Al Jaddaf, Dubai

Follow organiser directions for the exact entrance.

When to go

16 November: in-person programme 10:00–17:00; 17 November: in-person sessions 11:10–17:00, with breaks. Planner slots are selected panels: 16 November 11:00–11:55 (AI and institutional responsibilities) or 12:10–13:10 (AI and knowledge); 17 November 11:10–12:10 (Whose Arabic? or Trust by Design) or 16:00–17:00 (regional knowledge ecosystem). The 20:00 evening lectures are online and are not venue visits.

Registration required. Check the organiser for remaining spaces.

Who can go

Knowledge-sector discussion · venue admits ages 5+; confirm summit child suitability · Free public summit · advance registration and confirmation required

The current venue FAQ explicitly excludes children under five. The summit welcomes students and interested members of the public but gives no summit-specific numerical age or child programme; the venue minimum is not a promise of child suitability.

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What’s free & what to know

  • Register for the complimentary summit pass through the official linked form. Attendance is subject to the organiser’s confirmation and session availability; no place has been reserved.
  • The library invites professionals, researchers, students and interested members of the public. This is a knowledge and cultural discussion programme, not a children’s activity.
  • The venue admits only visitors aged five and over and requires appropriate modest clothing. Confirm child attendance with the organiser.
  • Choose an in-person session from the current programme. Parallel sessions and programme breaks mean there is not a continuous performance throughout the stated hours.
  • Online evening lectures are excluded from the in-person offer. Refreshments, travel, parking and any purchases are not included.
Sources & photo credit

Last successfully checked 6 Nov 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.

6 November 2026: Current original summit homepage offers a free pass for 16–17 November. Library’s current public LinkedIn post explicitly invites free attendance and registration; its 3 November press release welcomes students and the public. The linked public provider form is active, initially requests an email and contains a complimentary registration option. The hidden FULL template label is not a visible sold-out notice. No identity submitted; no capacity guarantee made. Official programme inspected for exact selected in-person panel times; online evening sessions excluded. Current venue FAQ confirms minimum age five and modest clothing.

Mohammed Bin Rashid Library — official 2026 summit

Current original summit programme with in-person and online sessions separated

Official complimentary registration

Library’s current public invitation and free-admission confirmation

Library’s 3 November 2026 press release: students and interested members of the public welcome

Library’s official visitor-age and dress rules

Photo: Ciell / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and compressed to WebP with the full composition preserved. The adapted image retains its source licence.