WHAT NOT TO MISS AT THE FESTIVAL

> Future machines exhibition

Live visual shows offering children insights into the new digital age, models, and replicas that run on the basics of artificial intelligence and the principles of how robots function will be some of the exhibition’s attractions.

> 3D book exhibition

It will bring together 250 pop-up books from the 3D Book Centre in the Italian city of Forli. The books on display will represent eight periods of time, starting with The Beginnings (1880), and From Three Dimensions to Modelling (1920), and The Birth of the Concept Model (1930), The Fan (1940), The Global Achievement (1950), Kopasta Books (1960), Phase of Modelling Books (1970), and finally, the New Amazing Millennium (2000).

> Illustrations

The Sharjah Children’s Books Illustrations Exhibition will feature 355 artworks by 104 illustrators and artists from 32 countries. This will include 29 artists from Arab countries and 67 illustrators from the rest of the world.

> Fun robotics

The first robotics centre in the UAE offers opportunities to children and adults to develop their knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering and mechanics. At the festival, they will organise several intellectually stimulating workshops and activities on a range of interesting topics.

> Social media café

Social media café will see the participation of a number of famous social media influencers, both young and adults, to enrich children’s knowledge and experiences, and offer them useful information, since social media platforms are increasingly used by young individuals for both entertainment and learning. Through its numerous activities, the social media café will seek to strengthen the youth’s awareness about major risks of sharing information via social networking platforms, guide them on how to use online channels safely and beneficially.