Dubai, UAE: Dubai is set to host the inaugural SuperBridge Summit from October 16 to 17, 2023, at the Museum of the Future. The Summit is a unique platform convening more than 500 investors, business, government, policy, and cultural leaders from 20 countries to accelerate investment and co-creation opportunities.
The Summit will contribute towards forming collaborations in the world’s largest and rapidly expanding economies, including China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Nigeria, the countries that collectively contribute over 45 percent of the world’s GDP by 2050.
The two-day forum will be attended by a diverse international line-up of influential speakers seen for the first time in the Middle East, including Dr. Tuan Le Anh, Chief Investment Officer of Dragon Capital in Vietnam, and Mr. Takashi Maruyama, Chief Investment Officer, Asset Management One, Japan’s second largest asset management fund with half a trillion USD in AUM.
Along with more than 60 speakers from across the globe, Dr. Tuan and Mr. Maruyama will unlock the multifaceted investment value of cross-border capital allocation for the world’s estimated $11.3 trillion worth of sovereign wealth funds.
According to Mr. Maruyama, cross-regional investments can play a beneficial role when building an investment portfolio, mitigating risk while offering the chance of superior returns. “However, they do expose investors to divergent regulatory frameworks, cultural nuances, and geopolitical dynamics. Japan’s equity market has long been neglected by global investors, despite the rally this year that captured wide attention,” the Chief Investment Officer noted.
“I am looking forward to presenting the case of investing in Japan at the SuperBridge Summit in Dubai and doing a deep dive into the due diligence and strategic considerations that investors need to look at before embarking on the cross-regional journey,” Mr. Maruyama added.
AI foundation models to advance research around cancer and other diseases
The Summit will foster connections among the world’s new leaders, accelerating growth and prosperity via the most pertinent topics and issues under the overarching theme of Connectivity, Liveability, Sustainability, and Investments in a New Global Economy.
Dr. Hongjiang Zhang, Advisor to the Beijing Academy of AI in China, an award-winning computer scientist, holder of more than 150 patents, a Chinese AI guru, and author of numerous books, will sit on an executive panel unleashing AI for practical purposes in the real world.
Dr. Zhang’s session comes as new research suggests generative AI, the type that powers LLM (large-language model) technology, will generate $4.4 trillion in new value annually, unleashing a new wave of AI-distributed productivity. According to Dr. Zhang, the huge technological breakthrough in AI foundation models has catalysed a new turning point in the third wave of this cutting-edge tool.
“As a fundamental platform, the AI foundation model will become the next generation of super entrance, systematically promoting industries into new paradigms and making critical contributions to the efficiency revolution in various industries,” Dr. Zhang shared, pointing to pharmaceuticals as a prime beneficiary.
“The Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence has made significant progress in using foundation models to reduce the design complexity of macromolecular drugs and is expected to be applied in new treatment plans for diseases such as cancer. The foundation model will also greatly improve the production efficiency of traditional industries, such as finance, education, agriculture, manufacturing, and other fields, and will change the manufacturing process, production mode, and business model of these traditional industries,” the advisor added.
A pioneering initiative by KAOUN International, a subsidiary of Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), and the SuperBridge Council, the Summit is held in partnership with the 43rd edition of GITEX Global, the world’s largest and most influential tech event hosted in Dubai, attracting tech executives and investors from 170 countries.
Other headline speakers attending the visionary programme include Dr. Jun Ma, Founder and President of China’s Institute of Finance and Sustainability and Asia’s number one economist according to Institutional Investor; Mr. Noor Sweid, General Partner at Global Ventures and ranked among the Forbes 100 most powerful Middle East businesswomen in 2023; and Mr. Lionel Zinsou, Founder and Managing Partner of SouthBridge Group, a financial advisory service company dedicated to Africa.
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