Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network 2023-2024

31Second Saudi Fourth Industrial Revolution Forum The event, co-hosted with the World Economic Forum, took place in Riyadh in October 2023, focused on fostering innovation for sustainable development. The event highlighted Saudi Arabia’s emerging role as a global leader in new technology and innovation, emphasizing the significance of supportive regulatory environments. Key topics included policy development and research coordination across essential sectors. The forum saw significant participation with approximately 400 in-person attendees, over 700,000 online participants, and an assembly of ministers and international experts in Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. Notable speakers included H.E. Bandar Alkhorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia. Biotech Future Forum The Biotech Future Forum 2023, held in Belgrade, Serbia, in October 2024, focused on fostering collaboration between academia, industry and policy-makers to promote innovation in AI and biotechnology and highlight their role in addressing global challenges such as healthcare, sustainability and climate change. The event attracted over 500 participants from more than 30 countries, including more than 40 speakers from cross-cutting sectors such as academia, government and business. Notable speakers included Ana Brnabić, Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia, and Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Innovation Summit The Innovation Summit 2024, held in Michigan, USA in August 2024, brought together over 160 industry leaders and decision-makers from the public and private sectors to drive the future of manufacturing at a national and global scale. This event focused on three key verticals: mobility, construction and textiles. The summit positioned the US Center for Advanced Manufacturing as a key driver of multistakeholder dialogue in the international manufacturing ecosystem. Oct2023 Oct2023 Aug2024