In its eighth year, the Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC) Congress will host experts and stakeholders from the building and construction industry to discuss the role of a circular economy in promoting sustainable development. Building on last year’s landmark Congress on Net Zero Buildings and Cities, the discussion will focus on how a shift to
Brexit and its potential impact on youth and education was firmly on the agenda at the seventh annual Global Education & Skills Forum (GESF 2019), a Varkey Foundation initiative, taking place at The Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai. With less than a week to go before the UK is scheduled to leave the EU, a panel
Science, technology, engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects are severely unrepresented by girls, observed panelists a session at the seventh annual Global Education & Skills Forum (GESF 2019), a Varkey Foundation initiative, taking place at The Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai. At the discussion on ‘Getting girls into STEM’, Global Teacher Prize finalists Yasmin Ahmed, Dr Ken
The Saudi Entertainment Ventures Company (SEVEN), which is fully owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), announced on 11thMarch the launch of the second family-friendly entertainment destination after the first project in December 2018. Situated on the intersection of Salah Ad Din Al Ayyubi street and Al Nahda in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi
The global annual technology conference “Microsoft Ignite | The Tour” is all set to pave its path in Dubai on March 27-28, for the very first time. In its inaugural event, Microsoft will continue to play a key role in driving the global conversation around workplace diversity and inclusion issues. The two-day stop in the
Climate change is the biggest crisis the world faces right now and humans will perish if we don’t find solutions for it, warned former President of Colombia and the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos. During his session ‘Changemaker for peace’ at the seventh annual Global Education & Skills Forum (GESF 2019), a
The Minister of Education for Ghana, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, met onstage with with the Kenyan Minister of Education, Armina Mohamed to talk about how Edtech can enable access to education and promote social and learning impact in a session entitled ‘What can politicians do to accelerate Edtech?’ Mr Prempeh opened the debate, saying that technology
