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AI is the beating heart of the metaverse. AI is driving massive changes in the structure and processes we use to run the government. However, AI also is a huge contributor to the degradation of the environment. The impact comes from the hardware, the software, and the data. The hidden carbon footprint of all our electronic devices and gadgets is more than the airline industry (1.04% of global CO2e), which contributes to !!! What is worrying is that this will exponentially inc

I was fortunate to give a keynote along with luminaires like HE Eva Kaili, EU Vice President, Prof. Herman Russchenberg, and Pro-Vice Rector Magnificus for Climate Action, DU Teft, just to name a few. So honoured to attend this conference organized by the amazing John Havens, Maike Luiken, and Stefan Buijsman. While there is tremendous opportunism on the metaverse, there are also some cautions if we are to enable this technology to unleash all its powers for good and the many

According to Joseph Nye, A country’s soft power is its ability to make friends and influence people – not through military might but through its most attractive assets, notably culture, education, language, and values. In short, it is the things that make people love a country rather than fear it; things that are often the products of people, institutions, and brands rather than governments. So, where does a social enterprise come in this discussion? In many ways. And I will

Source: Pixabay I am fascinated by the Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) ecosystems and consult and teach the same. For example, I teach the course in the Masters of Public Policy at the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government. All my students in this course analyze the STI ecosystem of their focus and recommend strategies. Over the years, we have created strategies for space, personalized medicine, Islamic banking, creative industries (NFTs), logistics, etc. We use

For policymakers, this is a wicked problem. Complex, inter-determinant, and highly resistant to finding solutions (or at least happy ones)! On the one hand, more people employed means more economic revenue (people need to buy things, rent houses, and use services like sending their kids to school). These transactions create a spillover from the one primary job in a sector. For example, the aluminum industry in UAE is very specialized; if you just look at the factory, it suppo