Clinical Research Roundtables
Building the infrastructure to make the United Arab Emirates a global destination for clinical trials — one focused theme at a time.
What is the Clinical Research Roundtable?
The UAE Clinical Research Roundtables bring senior decision-makers together four times a year to advance the country's clinical research ecosystem — one focused theme at a time.
Curated
Invite-only, private high-end dinners with senior leaders across the ecosystem.
Thematic
Each roundtable focuses on a single strategic theme with two to three actionable discussion topics.
Cumulative
Outputs feed a national platform and culminate in an annual flagship event in December 2026.
The 07+ stakeholder groups we convene.
Each roundtable is curated to bring senior voices from across the ecosystem into the same conversation — not just one slice of it.
- 01RegulatorsEDE, DoH, DHA, MoHAP
- 02Hospitals & health systemsPublic and private
- 03AcademiaUniversities & research centres
- 04Industry sponsorsPharma & biotech
- 05CROs & service providersOperational backbone
- 06InvestorsVC, sovereign, corporate
- 07Government & policyHub71, DSP, free zones
Why this matters — and why now.
The UAE has world-class hospitals, an ambitious life-sciences agenda, and regulators actively modernising. But there's still work to do to connect the ecosystem, attract sponsors and champion clinical research in the UAE.
- Regulatory momentum
- UAE regulators are actively signalling openness to faster, more modern approval pathways. The window to help shape that framework is now.
- Hospital readiness
- Major UAE centres are building world-class research capacity — and shaping what 'trial-ready' looks like for the region.
- Sponsor demand
- Global sponsors are actively seeking Middle East data and more diverse trial populations — the UAE is positioned to deliver both.
- Strategic alignment
- From UAE Vision 2031 to Hub71 and Dubai Science Park, the country's strategy, capital and infrastructure are pulling in one direction: clinical research as a national priority.
The 2026 programme at a glance.
Four roundtables. One annual event. A national platform.
A national Clinical Research Platform — a centralized hub for regulatory updates, trial activity, and ecosystem news.
The UAE Clinical Research Event.
An in-person evening dinner bringing together participants from the year's roundtables, alongside the wider ecosystem, to consolidate key findings and shape the 2027 agenda.
Public release of the 2026 findings and the national platform.
Regulators, hospitals, sponsors and investors in one room.
Public commitments and the published 2027 thematic roadmap.