What Future for Saudi Arabia? Keys to competitiveness, investment, innovation, education, diversify economy - Saudi Arabia keynote

Future of Emerging Markets - Keynote Speaker

Future of Saudi Arabia - keynote at Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF 2015) organised by SAGIA. Comments by Patrick Dixon, Chairman Global Change Ltd, following keynote at the Riyadh event.

With a young and rapidly growing population, a key government objective is to create several million new jobs over the next few years, for nationals rather than for migrant workers.  Indeed the future well-being of the nation may depend on being able to generate enough new jobs, particularly for those from 18-30 years old.  While national policies have been developed to encourage companies to employ local people, Saudi Arabia is also looking to stimulate growth of local business and encourage inward investment. Need a world-class keynote speaker on competitiveness in the Middle East for your event? Phone or e-mail Patrick Dixon now.

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10 trends that will really DOMINATE our future - all predictable, changing slowly with huge future impact - based on new book The Future of Almost Everything by world-class Futurist keynote speaker

Future Trends, Economy, Markets, Keynote Speaker

86,000 views of this post.  Read FREE SAMPLE of The Truth about Almost Everything. Our future will be shaped by hundreds of trends which are changing relatively slowly and predictably despite frenetic media hype and sudden disruptive events. Here are ten of the most significant. Fall in technology and connectivity costs.  Universal access to global web.  1 billion children alive today.  85% of humanity living in emerging markets in 10 years. Huge growth in life expectancy in many nations.  Huge growth in multinational mergers and global trade. Increased automation in cars, homes, factories and offices.  Tribalism feeding radicalism and terrorism.  Search for purpose, meaning and spirituality, coupled with worries about sustainability.  

(And watch out also for Wildcards - I warned in the same book that Number 1 on my list was risk of a new global viral pandemic - written several years before COVID.)

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INNOVATION in Saudi Arabia: Festival of Science and Creativity - MAWHIBA - Futurist keynote speaker on Saudi Arabia - SLIDES and VIDEO

Innovation Keynote Speaker - invent your future

MAWHIBA festival of Science and Creativity - report by Futurist keynote speaker Patrick Dixon.

Future of education, high schools and university in Saudi Arabia. Research into science. Encouraging students in innovation, science, learning. Olympiad competition.

Patrick Dixon is a futurist, physician, health keynote conference speaker and author of 16 books on the future.

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Why cash STILL has a GREAT future in a mobile payments, e-cash, e-commerce, FinTech world, and why most predictions about death of cash were so wrong - payments Futurist keynote VIDEO

Banks, Banking, Financial Services Keynote Speaker

Cash will continue to grow in use despite boom in e-commerce, cash handling costs, and mobile payments. Future of Banking and Financial services.

Slides of Keynote by Futurist Patrick Dixon for clients of Glory Global (huge ultra-wide screen and stage).  Future of notes and coins.  Why young people are using cash more in many nations.  

Over half of all payments in the UK were still conducted with physical cash in 2013.  What about the future?

Need a mobile payments keynote speaker? Phone or e-mail Patrick Dixon now.

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