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Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Airline execs to meet in person for first time in two years
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Aviation meets in Boston in-person (0m 44s)
Evolving into a people-focused industry (6m 24s)
The fight for sustainable flights (9m 19s)
IATA's outlook and the relationship between Airbus and Emirates (12m 39s)
- Emirates to restore more A380 routes as travel demand continues to recover
- BP, Adnoc and Masdar to produce hydrogen in UK and UAE in clean energy partnership
- Heathrow and BA zone in on net-zero 'perfect flight' using sustainable jet fuel
- Aviation sector pledges to increase use of greener fuels by 2030
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Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
How the UN‘s SDGs get grassroots solutions on a corporate budget with this platform
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
UpLink was launched at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting at Davos in January 2020, with an ambition to accelerate the Decade of Delivery – to source and scale the innovative solutions that would make achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 a reality.
Through co-operation between the WEF, Salesforce, Deloitte and Microsoft/LinkedIn, a crowdsourcing platform was built to connect grassroots solutions with investors, experts and potential markets to help them scale their businesses.
One year later, through a series of challenges, UpLink has unveiled more than 2,500 innovations from 38 different countries to tackle issues ranging from waste to carbon capture and healthy oceans. Entrepreneurs who have pitched investors on UpLink have secured more than $100 million in funding since joining the platform.
To dig into the impact the funding has had and what social entrepreneurs can expect from participating, co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner are joined this week by the WEF's John Dutton.
Hosted by Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner
Produced by Arthur Eddyson and Ayesha Khan
In this episode:
What is Uplink and how is it helping? (0m 39s)
What does scaling mean for Uplink? (9m 30s)
The archetype of problem owners (11m 36s)
Uplink's necessity for WEF (13m 45s)
- UNGA 2021: Guterres launches assembly with gloomy 'cascade of crises' forecast
- Majority of world's adults say Covid-19 economic recovery will take two years
- Abu Dhabi releases red list of at-risk species
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Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Facebook AI, public policy and responsibility in the Middle East
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
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Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
UAE investors and innovators face a pivotal week
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Coding the future (4m 43s)
AI for programmes for leaders (8m 33s)
Adnoc listing (9m 42s)
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Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Can the Middle East find a point of economic convergence?
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
The Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia region is at a turning point. There are opportunities for sustainable economic development through reforms and technological shifts but there are challenges in the form of political obstacles and conflict.
Recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic will also be uneven. After the success of a summit in Baghdad this week that brought together regional leaders, Iraq's President Barham Salih said the country has become a “point of convergence”.
Mr Salih said the region was in need of a new “political, security and economic system to meet the challenges of terrorism, extremism and the economic crisis”.
With the fallout from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan likely to require a response from all its neighbours, a regional solution to its problems is needed now more than ever. Co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner break down the current scenario.
Hosted by Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner
Produced by Arthur Eddyson and Ayesha Khan
In this episode:
The Baghdad summit (0m 50s)
The significance of the meeting (3m 16s)
Is Iraq ready to deliver on their ambitions? (7m 17s)
Opportunity for dignity (9m 55s)
- Iraq becomes ‘point of convergence’ after hosting regional summit
- Iraq PM urges leaders to work together for Middle East peace
- Mena region faces a ‘turning point’ and needs to press on with reforms as it recovers from pandemic, IMF says
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