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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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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.
Find the right pass for LEAP 2026
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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Why MENA VCs fell in love with food and fintech apps
The past two years has transformed the Middle East’s entrepreneurial evolution into a revolution. Regional governments had been planting the seeds of this nascent industry for years, but it kicked into fourth gear over the past 18 months to combat the challenges of the pandemic. As our physical world
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Why networks (and courage) are the future of business
It seems obvious now he’s said it, doesn’t it? But Klein wasn’t just talking about traditional networking. He wasn’t waxing lyrical about the power of community and collaboration in a very conventional sense (although we do believe in that, too). At SAP, networks are being transformed
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Join the accessibility revolution in tech
Accessibility isn’t a new concern in tech design. The World Wide Web consortium published its first set of accessibility guidelines in 1999, and the latest updated version was released in 2018. But although many tech companies factor accessibility into their product development, they’re not all getting it right
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Could a digital twin of the earth solve climate change?
“We want to be able to simulate the planet Earth up to a kilometre small,” said Dr. Simon See (Head of Nvidia AI Technology Centre and AI Nation) at #LEAP22. “We want to be able to visualise it.” He was talking about technology under development by Nvidia that could change
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The power of augmented reality in e-commerce
The e-commerce industry has benefited enormously from pandemic-accelerated digitisation. According to IBM’s 2020 US Retail Index assessment, Covid-19 has accelerated the shift to digital commerce by about five years. So, what exactly is causing this shift? According to reports, emerging technologies are playing a significant role in shaping the
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Welcome to the metaverse – the Internet’s next level
Metaverse is a word that has only recently entered our dictionary. The word popped up 128 times in company conferences in 2021, compared to only 7 in 2020. We can credit Mark Zuckberg for bringing the obscure term to common usage. In October 2021, the founder of the social media
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Building the Future with Geospatial Imaging
Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion, smart mega-city, NEOM, is breaking ground on the unspoilt coastline of the Red Sea, setting in motion a chain-reaction of construction projects creating a city where robotics is revolutionizing everything and outnumbering people, and self-driving cars are the norm. NEOM will be Saudi’s first
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AI in life sciences: What we can learn from China
The US is recognised as the current leader in AI research and development – but China is closing the gap. And when it comes to the use of AI in life sciences, China has already edged ahead, as Dr. Kai-Fu Lee (CEO and President at Sinovation Ventures) noted during his keynote