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Future &Happiness
Edition 01 · Dubai · November 2026

Future & Happiness™

An event organizing company that brings the people building the future to one table, through immersive gala evenings, premium hospitality and film, to shape a vision of a flourishing humanity.

Project
Edition 01
Origin
UAE
First gala
20 Nov 2026, ZENON Dubai
Next
Documentary, 2027

The Gala is the beginningThe Map is the visionThe Documentary is the legacy

00The Mission

To bring the world's leading minds to one table, and shape a flourishing humanity together.

New technology is giving humanity new possibilities. The boldest ideas are born at one table.

Future & Happiness brings founders, investors, scientists and cultural leaders together, human to human, to talk about where humanity goes next: in the coming year and in the coming decade.

From that conversation, the room creates one shared picture of the future.

Our themes

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Longevity
  • The Future of Business
  • Happiness
The main dining room at ZENON by day, tables laid under a gold chain chandelier beside a tall Art Deco window
Edition 01 venueZENON, Downtown Dubai
  • 20 November 2026

    The Gala is the beginning.

  • Revealed on the night

    The Map is the vision.

  • Filming from 2027

    The Documentary is the legacy.

01What We Do

Events with a purpose.

We organize private gala evenings where leaders meet human to human, and capture what happens on film.

Tables laid with white linen at ZENON, under walls of immersive LED screens and a gold chain chandelier01
The evening

Events & Galas

Immersive gala dinners with a live conversation at the tables. Our hosts make personal introductions between the guests who should meet.

Flagship
Edition 01, Dubai Gala, 20 November 2026
A projection-mapped relief lit in blue above the lounge at ZENON, beside a column of warm light02
The evening, on film

Film & Digital Legacy

The official film of each gala evening, plus a feature documentary about the people and ideas shaping humanity's future.

Flagship
Documentary, filming from 2027
Afternoon tea at ZENON: a tiered stand of pastries and macarons, scones with cream and jam, and porcelain painted with horses03
Beyond the evening

Premium Hospitality & Experiences

Private experiences that continue the conversations our guests started at the table.

Status
Coming next
02Edition 01, The Dubai Gala

Friday 20 November 2026 · ZENON, Downtown Dubai · By invitation

A dinner to shape a flourishing humanity.

A private, invitation-only dinner show during the Synergy forum week (18 to 21 November) in Dubai. 100 founders, investors, scientists and the forum's guests of honour share the same tables. By the end of the night, AI turns their conversation into a vision of a flourishing humanity, shown on the screens of ZENON.

Invited guests of honour of the Synergy forum. Attendance is confirmed individually.

Guests, each approved individually
100
Revenue of the companies they lead
USD 5M+
Tickets sold, every seat is by invitation
0
The main dining room at ZENON, Downtown Dubai, with tables laid under immersive LED arches and gold-chain chandeliers

The evening in six acts

  1. 1

    Arrival

    Guests are welcomed by our hosts.

  2. 2

    Gala culinary show

    A one-night menu served as a performance under the immersive screens of ZENON.

  3. 3

    The live conversation

    Led by our host among the guests, at the tables.

  4. 4

    Personal introductions

    Our hosts bring together the people who should meet.

  5. 5

    The reveal

    AI turns the room's conversation into a vision of a flourishing humanity, shown on the screens.

  6. 6

    DJ & VIP lounge

    Until late.

Questions for the room

  • Do we create technologies, or discover laws that already existed?
  • Is AI a continuation of human intelligence, or something fundamentally new?
  • If we live to 120, what will we do with the extra decades?
  • What will make life more fulfilling in ten years than it is today?
  • And what does this mean for the businesses we are building today?

ZENONKempinski Central Avenue, Downtown Dubai

Reserve a table (opens WhatsApp in a new tab)
03Roadmap

Where the map goes next.

  1. 2026

    Edition 01, Dubai Gala.

    The first map of a flourishing humanity.

  2. 2027

    Documentary.

    Filming begins, carrying the map and the people behind it on screen.

  3. Next

    New editions.

    Each edition passes the map on to the next. Locations to be announced.

04Deliverables

From one conversation to a shared vision.

  1. 1

    Listen

    Microphones at every table. AI follows the conversations, with each guest's consent.

  2. 2

    Synthesise

    AI brings together the ideas, the hopes and the disagreements of the room.

  3. 3

    Reveal

    Before the night ends, the screens of ZENON show how this room sees a flourishing humanity.

  4. 4

    The film

    Highlights and the AI vision become the official film of the evening.

  5. 5

    The magazine

    The leaders' visions are published in the Future & Happiness magazine.

  6. 6

    The relay

    The map passes on to the next edition, and the vision keeps growing.

The dining room at ZENON in Dubai, set for dinner beneath two immersive screens
In development, filming 2027

The Documentary

A feature-length film for international platforms about the people and ideas shaping humanity's future.

05Partners

Not only a beautiful night. Real value for your brand.

A table at ZENON seen from above, set with patterned porcelain, shared dishes and gold cutlery
Limited to 6 tablesOn request

VIP Table for Six

  • Premium gala dinner with beverage pairing
  • The immersive show programme
  • Introductions arranged by our hosts
  • VIP guests seated at your table, from a list agreed in advance
  • Your name on the table and on the partner wall
  • A mention by the host
Request a table (opens WhatsApp in a new tab)

Partnership options

  • Your story in print (UAE Business Playbook)

    A page in the printed UAE Business Playbook that every guest takes home.

  • On the screens

    Your brand on the immersive screens of ZENON.

  • Your VIP zone

    A zone of the venue in your name.

  • The film of the evening

    Your brand in the official film of the night.

  • Photos with guests of honour

    Event photography with the evening's guests of honour.

    Invited guests of honour of the Synergy forum. Attendance is confirmed individually.

  • Your product in the show

    Your product presented inside the dinner show.

  • Take the floor

    Your expert speaks in the live conversation at the tables.

  • Personal introductions

    Our hosts introduce you to the guests you want to meet.

Early partner offer

Sign by Friday 16 October and your logo opens the show on the screens of ZENON.

Long-term partnership

Edition 01 is the first of a series. A long-term partner stays with us through the 2027 documentary and the editions that follow.

  • Institutions

    Your institution at the table in every edition, part of the conversation about where humanity goes next.

  • Funds

    Early access to the documentary IP, and introductions to the founders and scientists at the tables.

  • Brands

    Your brand at every edition, on the screens of the evening and in its official film.

06Contact

Two ways in.

We organize events, hospitality and film that bring people together to shape a flourishing future for all life.

Tables laid for dinner in the ZENON dining room, under a wall of immersive screens

Reserve a table

For owners and founders who want to bring their circle to the table.

The ZENON terrace at night, a long table set for dinner with the towers of Downtown Dubai beyond

For brands, funds and institutions.