Ideas Abu Dhabi

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Ideas Abu Dhabi has explored challenges across a multitude of sectors including Space, Artificial Intelligence, Polarization in Society, Ending Cancer, the Future of Transport, and more.

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Abdulla Al Haidan

Special fellow, Ideas Abu Dhabi 2017

The main opportunity was to interact, ask questions and have one-to-one informal conversations with distinguished world class leaders. For that we are very thankful

Nick Thompson

CEO, The Atlantic

I loved the event, was honored to participate, and am thrilled to now be in the alumni network.

Josh Giegel

CEO and Co-founder, Virgin Hyperloop

I had a fantastic time and it was a great program!

Jack Stewart

Senior Writer, WIRED

Thank you for the opportunity to take part in Ideas Abu Dhabi. I thoroughly enjoyed it – I found the sessions to be extremely engaging, with well selected speakers and great moderators. That’s the feedback I got from everyone else I spoke to, too.

Mary Lou Jepsen

Founder, Openwater

What an event. My mind is still reeling – all the people and conversations. What an incredible forum for discussion and celebration of ideas. Thank you for making me part of it.

José del R. Millán

Carol Cockrell Curran Endowed Chair

I really enjoyed Abu Dhabi and the event –you have organized a truly unique mix of speakers and attendees in a close atmosphere. I’m also looking forward to a long-term relationship with you and Abu Dhabi.

Rt. Hon. David Cameron

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The whole event was first class.

Terry Virts

NASA Astronaut

This event changed my impression of Abu Dhabi entirely. Now if I want to do a project in the Middle East, I want to do it in the UAE. That’s the impact it had on me.

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Reformists v Populists: The Dangers of Difficult Change

Sen. Matteo Renzi, Italian politican and former Prime Minister of Italy, discussed the reformist approach as a reaction to populism, and proposed education as the best method of combatting it.

Reframe: Changing our Narratives About Each Other

National Cyber Strategies: Challenges and Solutions

Rejuvenating Biotech: Why Age May Soon Cease to Mean Aging

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To Preserve a Peaceful World Order, We Must Embrace Moderation and Inclusion

HE Yousef Al Otaiba

March 16, 2019

After a quick read of the morning’s headlines, it can seem as if the world is coming apart. This is especially true if you live in the Middle East, where it sometimes feels like everything is coming apart around you.

But the collapse of world or regional order is not our collective fate. In the UAE, reasonable people and enlightened leaders are trying to bend history. Guided by values of tolerance, compromise, and moderation, we are charting a different course of steady and positive change.