Wetex 2022

Throwback to the roundtable panel discussion about “The importance of the ecosystem approach in the empowerment of the sustainability innovation in the UAE”, held last week with the SEE Institute Pavillion at the education and innovation hub in WETEX & Dubai Solar Show at the . Where, I had the honor to moderate an inspiring discussion between impactful actors of the sustainability innovation ecosystem in the UAE, who generously shared their strategic insights from political, industrial, and academic perspectives over the triple helix model:

– Dr.  emphasized the crucial importance of the ecosystem approach to meet the determined vision of the UAE in the empowerment of sustainability innovation, towards a successful carbon net-zero social, economic, and environmental transition that cannot disconnect sustainability from business leadership anymore

– Mr. Matteo Boffa confirmed that the empowerment of sustainability innovation in the UAE stands on access to human as well as the financial capital to meet the market needs, where universities can play a key role by preparing a generation of innovative entrepreneurs and government by facilitating access to funding

– Dr. Marouane Khallouk explained that to nurture a generation of innovative entrepreneurs universities’ curriculums should focus on 3 areas:

1. Providing reliable knowledge about sustainability, innovation, and entrepreneurship
2. Growing innovative entrepreneurship skills set
3. Nurturing the entrepreneurial mindset
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