Influential Knowledge Experts from Around the World to Speak at the Knowledge Summit 2016

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Influential Knowledge Experts from Around the World to Speak at the Knowledge Summit 2016

Dubai, November 30, 2016-- Prominent knowledge professionals and distinguished characters from all around the world will be merging in Dubai to participate in the third annual Knowledge Summit, arranged by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF)-- member of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives - on December 5-7, 2016, at the Grand Hyatt Dubai hotel.

Birthing the theme "Knowledge ... Present and Future", the three-day Summit is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The Summit brings together prominent ministers, executives, and intellectuals to discuss methods to increase the production and dissemination of knowledge.

Going to as the Summit's visitor of honour, His Excellency Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will certainly also be joining a panel conversation. What is more, Sophie de Caen, Deputy Assistant Manager and Deputy Regional Director for Arab States at the United Nations Development Program(UNDP), will certainly additionally go to the event this year to speak about the duty of knowledge in the Program's 2030 Program for Sustainable Growth.

His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb, Managing Director of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Structure, said: "We have very carefully created a listing of one of the most prominent and influential figures and stakeholders in the knowledge industry to speak at the Knowledge Summit 2016, tackling on a host of pertinent future-focused topics. The Summit gives a platform for these specialists to trade expertise with each other, as well as with all the Summit's participants, in order to create suggestions and systems to construct knowledge economies and recommend remedies for the challenges that may inhibit that process.

The third annual Knowledge Summit combines a number of high-level professionals such as Philip Tetlock, Researcher and Futurist at the University of Pennsylvania, that will certainly go over the methods and tools of future insight - citing examples of federal governments that have been successful because respect-- while Thomas Frey, Exec Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute, checks out the question of exactly what's hidden and what's still ahead for future modern technologies.

Also speaking up in 2016, Vivek Wadhwa, Director of Research study at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Study Commercialization, will certainly clarify on the structures of smart cities and their contribution to the knowledge economic climate, while Dirk Ahlborn, CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies goes over future cities, discussing his locations of competence in smart mobility, consisting of self-driving cars and trucks and Hyperloop trains.

Elsewhere, Daniel Kraft, Physician-Scientist, Developer, Entrepreneur and Trendsetter of MarrowMinor, will certainly delineate arising innovations in genetics, robotics, and nanotechnology, and their usages in the medical sector. Meanwhile, Hugh Herr, Director of the Biomechatronics Study Group at the MIT Media Lab, takes a look at the impact of technological development on medical sector.

In addition to that, the Knowledge Summit 2016 will certainly showcase Brandon Stanton, American Bestselling Author, Photographer, and Blog writer, who will certainly delve into the subject of the media of the future, comparing and contrasting traditional and social media and exploring the dynamic between them. This while Tony Wagner, Expert in House at Harvard College's Innovation Laboratory, highlights the duty of innovation in education.

Prasad Ram, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gooru, will moderate a session regarding modern technology in education, where Jason Silva, Television Personality, Filmmaker, and Public Speaker, highlights one of the most famous and noteworthy patterns in future innovations, and Katsuhisa Sajisaka, Director, International Affairs Division, at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scientific research and Modern technology (MEXT), Japan, tackles academic topics suggesting methods for school educational program to equal future innovations.

The 2016 instalment of the Summit will certainly also include Mike Singh, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Telkom Caribe, who will certainly discuss the principle of future insight and ways to use it, while British Writer Ann Morgan checks out just how future insight can contribute to instilling tolerance and social and intellectual openness in societies. Morgan brings excellent understanding to the Summit having read a book from every country worldwide. In addition to that, distinguished TELEVISION Press reporter Riz Khan is additionally slated to talk at the Knowledge Summit 2016.

The yearly Knowledge Summit includes the news of the results of the Arab Reading Index, along with revealing the winners of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Honor, which honours individuals that have actually made outstanding payments to the circulation and production of knowledge all over the world. A range of occasions and workshops will certainly also be arranged on the sidelines of the summit, along with a variety of specialised workshops.