Abu Dhabi boasts the status of being by far the largest and most prosperous emirate, but also the most forward-looking in terms of heavy investment in cutting-edge research and development facilities and initiatives, particularly when it comes to ground-breaking feats of engineering and breakthroughs in the
future of energy use.

A marvel of urban planning and home to an impressive range of designs by world-renowned architects, and with no shortage of spectacular palaces, hotels and seaside resorts, the U.A.E.’s capital has boundless pastimes to offer, ranging from the gorgeous shoreline of clean beaches alongside the two hundred islands that dot the coast, the refreshing radiance of the Al Ain Oasis, and man-made attractions such as the Yas Marina Circuit, the F1 race track that serves as the venue for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Abu Dhabi is no doubt the religious nexus of the UAE (and home to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, one of the largest and most magnificent of its kind across the world, a stunningly spacious structure set in marble and bejeweled with semi-precious stones), but it is at the same time a highly tolerant city with a strongly multicultural imprint – an attribute which is obvious in its long-time operation as a key business hub in the Gulf region and host of important international conferences across many sectors on a year-round basis, as much as in its undertaking in a series of cultural projects that have brought museums such as the Louvre and the Guggenheim to its shores.