Dubai (Union)
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, the activities of the “Knowledge Summit” in its seventh session, organized by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program, are taking place on two days March 14 and 15 at the headquarters of “Expo 2020 Dubai”, and from 16 to 18 through virtual sessions, parallel sessions were held under the name “Knowledge Space” in the second hall of the summit halls at the headquarters of “Expo 2020 Dubai”, dealing with the policies and mechanisms followed, and reviewing the statistics of reality. Global knowledge in order to foresee the future. The “Space of Knowledge” sessions include 10 sessions over two days, 5 sessions per day. The first session, titled “Increasing the capacity for endurance and adaptation – flexibility – in times of uncertainty”, discusses mechanisms for enhancing endurance and adaptation in the face of challenges and changes. future, shifting from local ecosystems to regional and global ones based on resilience and adaptive capacity, and rethinking static strategies that lack a flexible approach.
The second session, which is held under the title “A New Model for Education”, discusses the importance of assessment in education, data analysis, readiness for institutions and learners, and how to make e-learning more interactive. In addition, the participants in the third session, entitled “Knowledge Dialogues – Spreading Knowledge in Unconventional Ways: The Experience of the “Researcher”, will discuss the power of the media to influence, by reviewing the experience of the “Al-Baheth” series.
In the fourth session, entitled “Consolidating and Strengthening Collaboration and Innovation Strategies and Mechanisms for Risk Management,” participants will discuss how to remove restrictions and obstacles to global cooperation, enable and promote radical and strategic innovation methods, establish a multi-stakeholder network, and manage innovation risks.
On the second day, the sixth session of the “Knowledge Space” sessions, entitled “Knowledge Future Foresight Report 2022 – A Transformative Capacity Model for Future-Ready Societies”, reviews the Future of Knowledge Foresight Report 2022, and future knowledge trends to prepare societies more prepared for the accelerated future changes.
sessions
A session entitled “Data Availability and Use: The Basis of Resilience” discusses how to set data-driven policies, ensure data quality, and traditional data compared to big data and advanced analytics.
In addition, the activities of “Space of Knowledge” include the holding of the College of Humanities at the United Arab Emirates University, a workshop at the end of each day of the sessions under the title “Data for Development”; With the aim of helping learners understand existing data and develop insightful and actionable decisions.
It is noteworthy that the “Knowledge Summit” 2022 is held under the slogan “Protecting humanity and the challenge of pandemics”. Aiming to enhance and empower knowledge in the societies of the region and the world, as a main objective and action plan to build faster and more accurate solutions to health, environmental, economic and social challenges, and provide a better future and a clear path for sustainable development.