Forbes Middle East Sustainable Innovation Summit 2021, 27 October 2021

World Expos since time immemorial have connected people, enriched countless lives and has supported the path of human progress by showcasing human ingenuity.

With the dawn of the novel coronavirus in early 2020 this year’s World Expo’s significance has completely changed, buzzwords like “Digital Transformation’ have become commonplace and saw massive implementation across multiple facets of our lives.

Middle Eastern leaders have always had sustainable innovation at the forefront of their development agenda and with the EXPO 2020 being hosted in Dubai this year, there is renewed interest with the spotlight squarely on the region and this time the country’s leadership has its focus on technology driven advancements under three broad themes.