Dubai’s Business Events leaders share strategic insights into how our sector supports broader knowledge economy goals, with ideas that can be adopted by many other destinations worldwide.
As Dubai works to transform itself into a continents-connecting knowledge economy powerhouse, business events are playing a critical role, especially during these times of global geopolitical disruption.
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Dubai’s policymakers understand that hosting events such as World Diabetes Conference will lead to greater knowledge transfers and investment in local specialised diabetes centres of excellence. And the strategic fund that Dubai set up to attract scientific, high-tech and healthcare researchers from around the world is another key initiative that is likely to pay great dividends in converting event attendance into talent acquisition.
