Transport, telecom chiefs to discuss post-pandemic plans at Expo
DUBAI, January 9, 2022
Expo 2020 Dubai’s Travel and Connectivity Week from January 9-16 will convene leading industry figures, innovators and policymakers around digitalisation and connectivity as a universal human right and force for good in a changed world.
Highlights include the Travel and Connectivity Week Business Forum, which kicks off on January 11 at Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo 2020. Speakers at the hybrid event will include Tewolde Gebremariam, Group CEO, Ethiopian Airlines and Estonia Minister for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Andres Sutt.
Hamad Buamim, President and CEO, Dubai Chamber of Commerce; Issam Kazim, CEO, Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM), and Mohannad Samara, Director, Business Development & Strategic Projects, Etisalat (UAE) are also slated to appear, according to a statement.
The sixth of 10 Theme Weeks under Expo 2020’s Programme for People and Planet, Travel and Connectivity Week comes almost two years after the Covid-19 pandemic began to upend global travel, transforming the approach to connectivity in the 21st century.
Underpinned by the belief that connectivity not only brings everyone closer but is the bedrock of healthy and empowered societies, the Week is co-curated with Expo 2020 Premier Partners Emirates and Etisalat, its programming targeting key issues for global policy-makers, business and agents of change alike.
The Nexus, home to the Programme for People and Planet, of which the 10 Theme Weeks are a key pillar, will see numerous events throughout the week – from a three-hour tech innovation session titled ‘Age of Disruption’ (January 12) to ‘Cultures in Conversation: A Cloud is Nobody’s’ (January 15).
The Women’s Pavilion will also host various events, including a World Majlis on ‘Closing the Digital Gender Gap’ (January 10) and a two-hour event ‘Super (S)heroes: How Arab and Muslim Women Use Media to Connect and Shatter Stereotypes’ (January 13).-TradeArabia News Service
