Expo 2020 – What, when, how...

Before I moved to Dubai, I will be honest, I didn’t know what an ‘Expo’ was. So let’s start with what is Expo? As over the next 68 weeks, 1 day, 12 hours and 44 minutes at the time of writing this, we will be hearing more and more about this spectacle.

What is an Expo

An Expo brings the world together in a grand and common project to find solutions to a fundamental challenge facing humanity. This challenge is addressed via the Expo’s theme, which acts as a springboard for what participants will showcase and what cultural events will be organised.

In their individual pavilions, countries display