The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced a 2027 NextGen Internship Programme to give future family business leaders practical experience in DIFC firms. At the inaugural Dubai Future Finance Week, publications from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and DIFC Courts also addressed the infrastructure and legal mechanisms needed to support tokenised markets at scale. The internships will cover financial and professional services, technology and innovation, building on the inaugural NextGen leadership programme. The initiative responds to an estimated USD 18.3 trillion in global wealth transfers by 2030. Discussions at the Dubai Family Wealth Summit focused on structured succession, effective governance and leadership as foundations for preserving family enterprises across generations. The DFSA report, Scaling Tokenisation: The Road Ahead, examines market perspectives on tokenisation’s transition from experimentation to practical use across financial products, payments and market infrastructure. Related forum discussions examined legal certainty, institutional custody and interoperability as conditions for wider adoption. The DIFC Courts white paper proposes an open standard centred on a Dispute Resolution Oracle, an optional connection between smart contracts and a chosen court or other qualifying forum. Parties would select their forum before transacting, disputed assets could be preserved when a claim arises, and final decisions could be enforced directly on the blockchain. Disputes would remain subject to human decision-making, with safeguards including limited asset freezes, early review and appeal rights.

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