Expo 2020
| EXPO Dubai 2020 | |
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| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Universal exposition |
| Category | International Registered Exhibition |
| Motto | Connecting Minds, Creating the Future |
| Location | |
| Country | United Arab Emirates |
| City | Dubai |
| Timeline | |
| Awarded | November 27, 2013 |
| Opening | October 20, 2020 |
| Closure | April 10, 2021 |
| Universal expositions | |
| Previous | Expo 2015 in Milan |
| Next | Expo 2025 in TBC |
| Specialized expositions | |
| Previous | Expo 2017 in Astana |
| Next | Expo 2022 or Expo 2023 in TBC |
| Horticultural expositions | |
| Previous | 2019 World Horticultural Exposition in Beijing |
| Next | Floriade 2022 in Almere |
| Internet | |
| Website | http://expo2020dubai.ae/ |
Expo 2020 (Arabic: إكسبو 2020) is a Universal scale Registered Exposition time slot sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE), Paris on 27 November 2013. Dubai in the United Arab Emirates won the right to hold Expo 2020.
As a Registered Exposition it may be a maximum of six months in length and adhere to a wide universal theme that applies to all humanity. Past themes of Universal Expositions include "Man and His World" Montreal Expo 67, "Leisure in the Age of Technology" Brisbane Expo 88 and "Discovery" Seville Expo 92.
The following nations have announced their participation in Expo 2020.
Once the first city had lodged a bid with the BIE, other cities had six months to respond. In early 2011, Izmir of Turkey and Ayutthaya of Thailand submitted bids to the BIE, initiating the six-month window for other cities to bid. When this window closed on 2 November 2011, there were five prospective cities, with Dubai making a last minute entry. The BIE voted and selected the host city on 27 November 2013.
Five cities originally bid for the slot for a world's fair in 2020, with four remaining: Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Yekaterinburg, Russia; Izmir, Turkey; or São Paulo, Brazil. Expo 2020 will represent a first as a Middle Eastern destination will be hosting the event for the first time.
The following cities lodged bids to the BIE for hosting the 2020 EXPO:
São Paulo was eliminated from contention after the first round of votes. İzmir was knocked out in the second. Yekaterinburg lost to Dubai in the third and final round of voting.
UAE selected the theme "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future", sub-themes being Sustainability, Mobility and Opportunity.
"In today’s highly interconnected world, a renewed vision of progress and development based on shared purpose and commitment is key. While a married human mind, an individual country, or a specific community is both unique and remarkable, it is by working collaboratively that we truly advance." Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said in support of the bid.
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