His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will patronize the opening of the 22nd Doha Forum 2024 Saturday, under the theme 'The Innovation Imperative,' at the Sheraton Grand Doha.A global platform for dialogue, Doha Forum brings together leaders in policy to discuss critical challenges facing the world and to build innovative and action-driven networks.In addition to Qatar’s prime minister and several ministers, the distinguished speakers and attendees include Presidents, Prime Ministers, First Ladies, ministers and other dignitaries from a large number of countries around the world.This year’s theme focuses on several pressing challenges as the world grapples with disruptive forces impacting security, climate, economies, and the global order itself highlighting the need for innovative approaches to cooperation and problem-solving has never been more urgent. In a dynamic world, innovation is not only beneficial – it is existential. Organisations, systems, and even societies that do not innovate will be disrupted.The ‘Innovation Imperative’ includes the need for a shift towards more open, collaborative, and cross-sectoral models of innovation. Critical to the process is the creation of environments that foster innovative thinking and practices that start with diverse, even difficult perspectives and ideas. Under the banner of "diplomacy, dialogue, and diversity” Doha Forum will address issues of geopolitics, economic development, emerging technologies, security, and cultural diplomacy, and serve as a platform for considering how to apply the power and principles of innovation to the most pressing issues facing our planet.
December 06, 2024 | 06:30 PM