03 · Programme

Four roundtables. One annual event. A national platform.

The 2026 programme is structured as a cumulative arc — each themed roundtable feeds into the next, culminating in the annual flagship convening in December.

#CRR1 · Q1 2026

Foundations

Setting the shared baseline: what the UAE clinical research ecosystem looks like today, where the gaps are, and the principles that will guide the year's roundtables.

#CRR2 · Q2 2026

Institutional Readiness & Regulatory Enablement

How the UAE moves from capable to predictable — aligning hospitals, regulators and sponsors around shared standards for trial readiness and start-up timelines.

Industry & Academia Collaboration

Aligning universities, hospitals and industry around how UAE-based research becomes UAE-led trials — from investigator development and shared infrastructure to the working models that let academia and industry build together rather than in parallel.

#CRR4 · Q4 2026

Investors & Scientific Ecosystems

Closing the loop between scientific opportunity and investable capital in the Gulf — what investors need from the ecosystem to confidently back early-stage healthcare innovation.

Annual Flagship

Dec 2026

The UAE Clinical Research Event.

An invite-only evening dinner bringing together participants from the year's roundtables, alongside the wider ecosystem, to consolidate key findings, publish the national platform, and shape the 2027 agenda.

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