Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Synergies Between the EU and the UAE

SPI - Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação is an international consulting group with offices located in Europe (Portugal and Spain), North America (USA) and Asia (Beijing and Macao), created in 1996 as an active centre of national and international networks connected to the research, innovation and entrepreneurship sectors.

SPI will host a networking event "Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Synergies Between the EU and the UAE" at Expo Dubai on Wednesday, March 9th, from 4:00 - 6:30 pm (GST). This networking event will showcase Dubai's vibrant innovation landscape and present Europe's entrepreneurial ecosystem, with the aim of exploring synergies between the EU and the UAE.

PROGRAMME

4:00pm | Opening remarks
Manuel Couto Miranda (Director of the Portugal Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai)

4:10pm | Fostering EU-UAE collaboration in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Sara Medina (Member of the board at SPI)

4:25pm | RISK = Reach > Invest > Start > Knowledge
Sailesh Nathan (President at Diplomats Summit)

4:40pm | Driving technology innovation – The Dubai Silicon Oasis
Hans H. Christensen (Senior Director at Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority)

4:55pm | The Sharjah RTI ecosystem – Academia, private & public sector
Ali Abuzinjal (Head of Digital Transformation at Sharjah Research, Technology & Innovation Park)

5:10pm | An Insight into an entrepreneur’s vision – A story made in the UAE
Samuel Jones (Mailedit Moments CEO & Founder)

5:25pm | Open discussion and Q&A

6:00pm | Visit to the Portugal Pavilion - Opportunity for informal business networking