World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship

The summit consists of inspiring themes that simultaneously address real issues facing entrepreneurs and innovators within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and across the world while providing opportunities for established leaders and entrepreneurs alike to spread prosperity for future generations and create a new and vibrant future.

Eight hundred of the World's leading innovators and entrepreneurs - with a talent for changing the global economy - will come together for three days of workshops and roundtable discussions to help create a new future for the next generation of entrepreneurs. One of the key factors that influence innovative thinking and economic and social development is the geopolitical factor associated to its respective region. Geopolitical factors mainly include macro-environment, religious freedom, public security and intellectual property rights. The World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship will shed light on these geopolitical factors with reference to the Arab world and regional geography.

In total, more than 85 confirmed high profile speakers from the MENA and across the globe will participate at the World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, including several preeminent thought leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and developers, including:

• H.E. Dr. Hassan Abdulla Fakhro, Minister of Industry & Commerce, Kingdom of Bahrain
• H.E. Sharif Al Zu'bi, Minister of Industry & Trade, Jordan
• T.H. Peter Hansen, Former Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency
• H.E. Noel Dempsey TD, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Ireland
• Dr. Jose Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Dr. Bruce Jenks, Director UNDP Bureau for Resources and Strategic Partnerships, United Nations Development Programme
• Dr. Naomi Tutu, Founder, Tutu Foundation for Development and Relief in Southern Africa
• Mr. Mohamad Saleh, Chairman, Al Aqariya TV
• Ms. Randa Ezz El Din Fouad, Secretary General, The Arab Media Forum for Environment and Development
• Dr. Iman Bibars, Regional Director, MENA, Ashoka
• Mr. Abdullah Atatreh, President, Bonyan Holding

The World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship is the ultimate platform, which will make innovation work for emerging nations, helping them achieve global competitiveness through initiative and action.

The Summit program focuses on six key themes:

• Infrastructure & Competitiveness
• Knowledge & Development
• Energy & Sustainable Environment
• Geopolitics & Innovation Society
• Growth Strategies & Prosperity
• Disruptive Innovations & Value Creation

The World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship is organised by Global Leadership Team (GLT), a strategic leadership consultancy organization with core competencies in planning, capacity development, alliance management, and market innovations.

GLT has a documented track record in delivering powerful solutions for a cross section of prestigious clients ranging from leadership capacity building to alliance management for global live events and productions.

GLT Centers of Leadership work in partnership with over twenty international governments and numerous private sector companies as well as non-profit organizations and publications. GLT international presence has included successful working relationships with organizations such as Microsoft, Hewlitt Packard, DOW, Trinity Health, MetLife, Cisco, Ford, General Motors, Proctor&Gamble, PepsiCo, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman, Kingdom of Bahrain, and Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan.

GLT along with global leaders who form a part of the advisory board for the World Summit of Innovation & Entrepreneurship have developed the agenda and topics for the summit.