Dubai (WAM)
The seventh edition of the Knowledge Summit will host more than 50 speakers from experts, leaders and government officials from all over the world, to present broad and in-depth discussions on food security, the impact of epidemics on climate, the future of education, public health and mental health during epidemics. combating poverty, the availability and use of data, and the path towards developing a knowledge economy; With the aim of discussing the challenges of the present and the future from all sides, and exploring the opportunities and options that knowledge provides in order to protect humanity. The summit, organized by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program, will host virtual sessions from 16 to 18 March. Jamal bin Huwaireb, Executive Director of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, said: The seventh session of the Knowledge Summit constitutes the largest knowledge discussion platform around the world, and is the most important in terms of its objectives aimed at exploring opportunities and options for protecting humanity at present and the future, two years after the repercussions of a pandemic that threw It has cast unfavorable shadows on humanity, and left health, political, economic and social challenges that intensify day after day, especially on lower-income countries. We aim for this version of the summit to be a regional and global reference on the practices that must be adopted based on knowledge during the current decade to overcome various challenges. He added: “The summit agenda includes for the first time more than 50 speakers from experts and leaders; In view of the sessions that you will witness parallel to the main sessions over a period of two days, as well as the continuation of the activities for the first time by default over a period of three days.” Speakers include Professor Shafi Ahmed, a multi-award winning surgeon, university professor, thinker and entrepreneur, Karam Gabr, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation in Egypt, Ali Jaber, Director of the MBC Channels Group, Ali Obaid Al Hamli, Director of the News Center at Dubai Media Incorporated, and Abdul Majeed Yahya, Director The United Nations World Food Programme, WFP Representative in the GCC, and Catherine Bruce, a Sustainability Consultant at ESG.