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Dr. Noah Raford

Futurist — Strategic Advisor — Thought Leader

Served as Chief Futurist for the Dubai Government and Senior Advisor to the UAE Prime Minister's Office. Driving force behind the Museum of the Future, serving as Acting Executive Director and Creative Director for seven years. Founder of the Dubai Future Foundation.

Currently Managing Director of EMIR Intelligence, advising approximately 350 regional CEOs, multinationals, and family offices on emerging trends and power dynamics.

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TED Views

2M+

Clients

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DXB

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Managing Director, EMIR Intelligence
Strategic Advisory & Intelligence

NOW x1
4902
Chief Futurist, Dubai Government
Government Foresight & Strategy

PREV x1
4903
Senior Advisor, UAE PM Office
Prime Minister's Office

PREV x1
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Acting ED, Museum of the Future
Executive Director & Creative Lead

7 YRS x1
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Founder, Dubai Future Foundation
Founding Executive

FNDR x1
4906
Senior Consultant, Monitor/GBN
Strategy & Scenario Planning

PREV x1
4907
Co-founder, Futurescaper
Technology Foresight Platform

CO-FND x1
4908
Senior Fellow, LSE
London School of Economics

FELLOW x1
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WEF AI & Robotics Council
World Economic Forum

WEF x1

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WORLD FIRST

3D Printed Building

Fully Functional Structure

Pioneered the world's first fully functional 3D printed building

REGIONAL FIRST

Crypto Legalization

MENA Region

Helped legalize cryptocurrency and blockchain in the MENA region

LARGEST

Public Sector Accelerator

Government Innovation

Created the region's largest public sector accelerator program

VIRAL

TED Talk

2M+ Views

Virtual economies and politics — over two million views worldwide

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Speaking Topics

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Virtual Economies

Games & Politics

Non-Western AI

Public Influence

Networked States

Pre-Legal Tech

21st Century Regulation

Deep Work & Time

Future of UAE & GCC

Regional Geopolitics

Macroeconomics

Innovation Strategy

Next-Gen Urbanism

Real Estate Futures

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PhD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Doctoral Studies

MIT

MSc

Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL Advanced Architectural Analysis

2004

BA

Brown University Socio-spatial Analysis & Design

2000