What: The IGDS organised its annual set of conferences in Dubai, with the support of Al Tayer, last October.

Why it is important: The CEO of Ounass and Managing Director of Al Tayer, Khalid Al Tayer, made an introduction speech insisting on the fact that the only truth about the future we can know, is that we will collectively have to step out of our comfort zone.

This is the reason why, in addition to the usual corporate presentations of IGDS members, some guest speakers were invited to come to the stage and share their experiences of disruption or transformation. They all offered a different point of view, including sometimes conflicting with each other, and therefore brought an interesting variety of points of views.

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