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Robotics in the real world
Industrial robotics is expanding beyond manufacturing. Discover adoption data, AI-driven advances, and the future of robotics deployment.
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A small change in ocean tech that could change sustainability at scale
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Ocean tech is finding its depth
Ocean tech is evolving – from autonomous ocean data to seaweed farming and tidal energy. Discover three innovations that are changing climate, food, and energy systems.
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Is AI forcing everyone to pick a side?
As AI adoption surpasses 70%, companies face a strategic choice: build, buy, or drift. Explore how positioning (not technology) is creating competitive advantage.
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How to be a master of change
A way to think about change when everything feels uncertain
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Robotics in the real world
Industrial robotics is expanding beyond manufacturing. Discover adoption data, AI-driven advances, and the future of robotics deployment.
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Ocean tech is finding its depth
Ocean tech is evolving – from autonomous ocean data to seaweed farming and tidal energy. Discover three innovations that are changing climate, food, and energy systems.
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Is AI forcing everyone to pick a side?
As AI adoption surpasses 70%, companies face a strategic choice: build, buy, or drift. Explore how positioning (not technology) is creating competitive advantage.
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Climate tech is booming – so why does it feel like a slowdown?
Climate tech investment is still rising, but venture funding is more selective. We look at data from BloombergNEF, IEA and Dealroom to see where climate capital is going now.
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Designing cities that start with people
Jonathan Reichental on building human-centred cities, smarter innovation, and leading through constant change.
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Will agentic AI become your travel agent?
Agentic AI is changing travel tech – and creating new opportunities for entrepreneurs to build customer relationships and platform loyalty.
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LEAP’s fifth edition takes place from 31 August – 3 September 2026 in Riyadh. Explore the available passes and choose the option that best matches how you want to take part.
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A Surgical LEAP, Shaping the Future of Surgery
Step into the theatre as we explore the future of surgical technology and how innovative discoveries are reshaping the way surgeons operate and train the next generation. Join some of the worlds most renowned surgeons as they look to the future of health tech and how technology can change lives
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Investors and NFTs: Is It Worth The Investment?
Today, it seems as if you cannot avoid NFTs. The news, social media, business moguls, venture capitalists, and teenagers alike are all buzzing about them. From mid-2021, we have started to see venture capital investment in NFT marketplaces, along with some exclusive NFT-directed funds being established. Now we want to
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Women In Tech, Inspiring Future Generations
To celebrate International Women’s Day and the theme #Breakingthebias, we will be looking at exciting projects that are being led by women and how tech is opening opportunities for female leaders. Get first-hand experience from female leaders in the tech industry, including 2019’s Woman of the Year in
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Industry 5.0: How, What, Where and When?
Industry 5.0 is said to already be on the horizon but what is the actual difference between Industry 4.0 vs Industry 5.0? What technologies are at the cusp of the fifth industrial revolution? And what will real personalisation look like in Industry 5.0? Find out from
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The Unlimited Potential of Web 3.0 and the Metaverse
Web 1.0 was static, decentralised, mostly read-only home pages. Web 2.0 is about blogging, social media and e-commerce centralised and owned by tech giants. Web 3.0 is about whatever we want it to become. According to Chris Dixon: “We are now at the beginning of the web3
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Interview: Electrified air travel by 2028
Did you know that in the not-too-distant future you could be flying to work in electric aircraft, or heading to a vertiport (instead of a train station or an airport) to catch a domestic flight? If you didn’t know this, you’re not alone. But as we’ve talked
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How to develop tech that people want
#LEAP23 was a hotbed for idea-sharing and IRL market research, with over 170k people in attendance. Here’s a reminder to make research a core component of your tech and business development. subscribe This week we’re quoting… Reena Sooch (Head of Digital and Connected Health at Ipsos) What Sooch
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The top tech growth areas for 2023
One of the investors who levelled up our knowledge at #LEAP23 was Alvaro Abella (Managing Director at Gulf Capital). With more than 20 years of experience in tech investments across Europe, the Americas and the MENA region, Abella has led investments into companies including Careem, SellAnyCar, and Vezeeta. With the
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From agile research to effective health tech
Just before she arrived in Riyadh for #LEAP23, we caught up with Reena Sooch (Head of Digital and Connected Health at Ipsos) to get a quick preview of the wisdom she’d share on the keynote stage. Sooch leads Ipsos in developing capabilities in evolving digital techniques, and has a
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Network assets and learning on the job
It happened. #LEAP23 was huge – and while we all take a minute to absorb some of the world-changing tech we experienced in Riyadh, here’s more from our keynote speakers. subscribe This week we’re quoting… Edosa Odaro (Chief Data Analytics Officer at Tawuniya) What Odaro said: “On the one
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On data awareness and data diversity
Edosa Odaro (Chief Data Analytics Officer at Tawuniya) is a new Saudi Arabia resident, bringing his huge data science experience to the Middle East. Before he takes to the keynote stage at #LEAP23 we asked him to share just a little of his unique, powerful perspective on data, connectivity, and
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Understanding green hydrogen
According to a comprehensive 2019 report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), women only make up 22% of the labour force in the oil and gas sector – in spite of the fact that women account for 48% of the global labour force across industries. The balance is a little
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Fintech to help local communities thrive
There’s something we’re addicted to at LEAP: the stories of how tech founders navigate the entrepreneurial road and create ways to make life better. We asked #LEAP23 speaker Hamish Blythe (Founder of Trilo) how his journey led him to launch a fintech startup, and he said: “While at