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The long road to scale for surgical robotics
Surgical robotics is scaling through evidence and institutional adoption. Explore targets, global procedure growth, and the future of robotic surgery.
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Towards a Fair World: Can AI Overcome Systemic Bias?
Saad Toma (General Manager at IBM) came to #LEAP22 to talk about AI. And with good reason: “Twenty years ago the prediction was that every company would become an internet company,” he said. “Now people are saying every company will become an AI company.” In 2019 research by Accenture found
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Blend it: how to create a sustainable investment ecosystem
“We can mobilise money into the Middle East and Africa, but unless we have that reliable pipeline of investible startups, we are not going to get anywhere.” The tech industry often puts the responsibility for securing investment very heavily on the shoulders of startup founders. But in reality, investments depend
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You can’t always get what you want
Welcome to this week’s LEAP:IN newsletter. Each week, we unpack leader’s powerful quotes and decipher the tech landscape. With exclusive content from some of the world’s leading experts in AI, robotics, space, edutech, climate tech and more, read on to discover this week’s insights and
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How Can Female Entrepreneurs Find Their Place in Tech?
There’s a gender gap in the tech industry. According to the Harvard Business Review, women fill only 26% of computer and mathematical science roles in the US; 15% of engineering roles; and only 24% of all technical positions, in spite of inclusion and diversity programs now being commonplace among
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Transition Now: From Experimental to Applied AI
The sheer volume of data being generated by current technology has created the need for AI. New stats show that that 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every single day in 2022, and no team of humans could handle that in any meaningful way. But during his keynote
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How can we create tech policy for the common good?
“We need to find a way to invest in our technological and digital sovereignty. At the same time, we [must be] able to share data in a way that does protect the rights of people, but also allows us to really harness this information.” These were the wise words of
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Guillaume Pousaz (CEO, Checkout.com) on How to Grow Business in the Digital Economy
The next edition of LEAP will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 6-9 February 2023 with 100,000+ visitors. Under the theme Into New Worlds, each of the festival’s days will focus on a different pillar of innovation: Spark, Collaboration, Momentum, and Future. 500+ global CEOs, investors, unicorns
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Reskilling and upskilling key to plugging the critical digital skills shortage
The world is in the middle of a severe digital skills shortage. The KPMG 2020 CEO Outlook survey identified “talent risk” has risen to the number one threat key to future success. The talent risk was behind 11 other risks to long-term growth just a year before, evidence of the