Knowledge Space 14-15 March
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
Reception and registration
10:30 AM
11:30 AM
A new model for education
Speaker
- Aziza Osman
- Prof. Jelel Ezzine
Topics
- What do education measures tell us?
- Schools without walls: Are institutions and learners ready?
- How to make e-learning more interactive?
11:45 AM
12:45 AM
Food Security: Between Sustainable Supply Chains & Self-Sufficiency
Speaker
- Louise Nash
- Armen Sedrakyan
- Abdel Mageed Yahia
Topics
- The Need for a Resilient Supply Chain That Outlasts the Pandemic
- Sustainable Agricultural Development: Meeting Current Needs While Ensuring Future Resources
- How the UAE Avoided Food Shortage During the COVID-19 Pandemic
12:45 PM
1:30 PM
When Science Goes Wrong
Topics
- Exposing fraud, bias, negligence and hype in science
- Behavioural science in policymaking
- Fragility of scientific knowledge
2:30 PM
3:30 PM
Fostering collaboration and innovation mechanisms to manage risks
Speaker
- Bashar Kilani
- Nicole Manger
- Philip Weiss
Topics
- Combatting collaboration bottlenecks
- Enabling strategic and radical innovation
- Multi-stakeholder network building
- Managing innovation risks
3:30 PM
4:15 PM
Toward an Ocean Economy – Blue Growth
Topics
- The opportunities and returns of a sustainable ocean economy
- Driving investments into the blue economy
- Rethinking our biodiverse ocean resources
5:00 PM
7:00 PM
Data for development
Speaker
- Raya Bidshahri
- Stephen Rawson
Topics
- Key definitions and concepts
- Big data for good
- Data life cycle
- Role of data in machine learning
- Key data fallacies
- Our world in data
- Data and the SDGs
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
The Researcher: Disseminating Knowledge in a Non-traditional Way
Topics
- The power of media
- The Researcher’s experience
11:00 AM
11:45 AM
The Future of Knowledge Foresight Report 2022: A transformative capacity model for future-ready societies
Topics
- A transformative capacity model
- Leveraging alternative metrics
- Future directions
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Epidemiology & Public Health: A Profound Impact on How We Live Our Lives
Speaker
- Dr. Hanan Al Suwaidi
- Dr. Alawi AlSheikh-Ali
- Maria Van Kerkhove
Topics
- Rational Approaches VS. Sacrificing Science to Emotion
- Sustainability: Building Health Systems to Handle Long Term Diseases
- The Controversial Concept of Herd Immunity
- The Importance of Broad Thinking in Public Health
1:00 PM
1:45 PM
The Global Knowledge Index: Sectoral perspectives
Speaker
- Najoua Fezzaa Ghriss
- Ali Ibrahim
- Youssef Sadik
Topics
- A timely, holistic revision
- GKI findings
- Special focus on Arab States
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
The Global Knowledge Index: Sectoral perspectives
Speaker
- Prof. Yousry Elgamal
- Dr. Khalid AL- Wazani
- Dr. Motaz Khorshid
Topics
- A timely, holistic revision
- GKI findings
- Special focus on Arab States
3:30 PM
4:30 PM
Data availability and access: The key to resilience
Speaker
- Dr. Emilia Tantar
- Donald Farmer
- Dr. Stuart Ritchie
- Dr. Imad Bou-Hamad
Topics
- Data-driven policymaking
- Ensuring data quality
- Traditional data vs. big data and advanced analytics
5:00 PM
7:00 PM
Data for development
Speaker
- Raya Bidshahri
- Stephen Rawson
Topics
- Big data for good
- Key definitions and concepts
- Data life cycle
- Role of data in machine learning
- Key data fallacies
- Our world in data
- Data and the SDGs
