VIP INTERVIEWS
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Margarita Cabello Blanco
Colombia
Minister, Ministry of Justice and Law
“We must support the industry, but always respect the existing legal framework.”
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Abdul Rehman Shaikh
Saudi Arabia
Vice President, Education e-Solutions
“Embedding AI into teaching curricula through supervised and unsupervised learning and incorporating AI technologies within learning environments are two essential steps to empower stakeholders in the education sector.”
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Naser Nabulsi
UAE, Dubai
Vice Chairman & CEO, Al Mal Capital
“A very important aspect of the financial industry is regulation.”
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Khaldoun Bouacida
Morocco
Managing Director and Country Cluster Head North West Africa, BASF
“In Morocco, most of the digital trends we are following are related to agribusiness.”
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Luis Miguel Morelli Navia
Colombia
President, National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH)
“We need to be the most competitive country in the region and to have the best E&P model contract for investors.”
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3 Retail Trends in 2019
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Focus: On-Demand Manufacturing
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ECONOMY
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From "paradigm shift" to "exit strategy," we take a look at the language of business and its pitfalls and clichés.
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TOURISM
Focus: From Belarus to the Zambezi
Top 4: Tourism in 2019
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ENERGY
Focus: From Baku to Odessa, Texas
Top 5: Pipeline Projects in 2019
The groundwork of our energy future is being laid now, and the geopolitical relations they foster will define the decades to come. These are the pipeline projects to watch in 2019.
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