Summit
Agenda
Virtual Conference
Day 1
16
Mar
2022
11:00 AM
12:00 AM
Effective Leadership During Crisis: Transforming Cultures & Driving Innovation
Speaker
John Metselaar
Dan Wong
Gabor George Burt
Moderator
Rima Najjar
Topics
How to innovate during crises?
How to build post-pandemic resilient institutions?
How can emerging technologies support innovative leadership?
New leadership qualities for success post pandemic
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Reinventing Jobs and Employment
Speaker
Dima Najim
Moderator
Safiya Al Shehhi
Topics
How Will Technology Influence the Future of Work?
How Can Non-Standard Workers be Protected?
How Are Firms Ensuring Their Workforces Are Future Proof?
Can Generation X Keep Up with Future Work Technologies?
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
Rethinking Media for the Post Pandemic Web3 age.
Speaker
Tom Goodwin
Moderator
Sally Mousa
Topics
How can we build a better internet, one where empathy and understanding are the business model
What role can web3, blockchain, the metaverse and NFT’s have in this future, if at all?
How can we inspire the change we need to see, what role can we all play?
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
SDG-Based Learning: Qualifying Young Changemakers
Speaker
Siva Nanda Rajesh
Maria Dua Lima
Larissa Moreira
Moderator
Raya Bidshahri
Topics
Designing Solutions to Tackle Youth Mental Health in Brazil (SDG 4)
Improving Access to Healthcare in Low-Income Countries (SDG 3 & 10)
Making Education More Affordable and Interactive Through Virtual Reality (SDG 4)
7:00 PM
8:00 PM
Water Security: A Cornerstone for Economic, Social and Environmental Development
Speaker
Sunil Lalvani
Galen Welsch
Moderator
Naoufer Ramoul
Topics
Water Mismanagement
Improving Water Security Through Improved Technology
Water Crisis: A Global Concern
Day 2
17
Mar
2022
11:00 AM
12:00 AM
Thinking Like a Global Citizen
Speaker
Libby Giles
Moderator
Maya Hojiej
Topics
The purpose and practice of global citizenship
Knowledge, skills, and wisdom
Learning to Live Together
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Knowledge Management and Big Data in Business: An Industry 4.0 Perspective"
Speaker
Eric Tsui
Moderator
Jessy El Murr
Topics
Automated Knowledge Acquisition
Harnessing Data, Knowledge and Expertise for Business Excellence
Predictive Knowledge and Decision Making
Blended Learning Systems
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
The power of youth: Knowledge or investment?
Speaker
Dr. Thabet Al Nabulsi
Moderator
Dr. Hany Torky
Topics
A comparison between owning knowledge and utilizing it.
The role of youth in knowledge investment and economy.
How youth utilize knowledge when dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic.
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
Coexistence and synergies in the marine space
Speaker
Dr. Habiba Al Mar’ashi
Moderator
Sally Saeed
Topics
Promoting Ocean Literacy and Ocean Citizenship
Uncovering the Opportunities of the Blue Economy for Small Island Developing States
Restoring Ocean Health and Productivity
7:00 PM
8:00 PM
The impact of Covid- 19 pandemic on the health sector
Speaker
Dr Majd Naji
Moderator
Fadia Altaweel
Topics
COVID-19 timeline
Impact of the pandemic in the UAE
How did the health sector power through the pandemic?
lessons learned in the health sector from this experience
Day 3
18
Mar
2022
11:00 AM
12:00 AM
Co-Creating a Resilient Future: Disability-Inclusive Societies
Speaker
Maya Beydoun
Dr. Victor Penda
Micael Haddad
Moderator
Hazem Ibrahim
Topics
Disability Inclusion Strategies: Access and Opportunities
Towards Rights-Based Approaches
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Futures literacy’ and how can it reduce human fragility and vulnerability?
Speaker
Riel Miller
Moderator
Stephanie Boustany
Topics
What is ‘futures literacy’ and how can it reduce human fragility and vulnerability?
What are the anticipatory systems and processes that characterize all living organisms?
How can we sense and make-sense of human anticipatory systems and processes?
Would diversifying why and how humans imagine the future change how we create and use knowledge?
Is there a relationship between the imbalance in how humans ‘use-the-future’ and war
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
The role of knowledge in the Energy Transition
Speaker
Dr. Rabia Ferroukhi
Moderator
Dr. Elsa Sattout
Topics
Renewable energy in the post-Covid recovery agenda
Policy frameworks for the energy transition
Socio-economic benefits of a transformed energy system
Education and knowledge needs
5:00 PM
8:00 PM
The role of entertainment during the pandemic
Speaker
Nashaat Eldehy
Nadine Samra
Moderator
Amira Mohammed
Topics
How covid impacted entertainment in general
How covid impacted digital entertainment and VOD? Was it positive or negative overall?
Statistics in the entertainment category
Covid implication
7:00 PM
8:00 PM
Promoting science and policy dialogues: Science-policy interfaces
Speaker
Robin Fears
Moderator
Jana El Baba
Topics
Climate change is already affecting health (systems) and this will increase.
The global network of 140 science academies has worked on the issue.
It will present its global (incl. MENA region) analysis and recommendations.
