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Investopia 2024 holds

11 panel discussions

exploring investment

opportunities in the new

economy, technology,

circular and creative

economy

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Urgent need for investment in human capital, education, and infrastructure to address challenges for
economic growth highlighted

DUBAI, UAE, March 01, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The opening day of Investopia 2024, held at St. Regis
Sadiyaat in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), witnessed 11 panel discussions featuring 37 experts,
who offered their insights into investment opportunities in the new economy sectors, technology, the circular
economy, creative economy, hospitality, sports and aviation. Attendees who witnessed these sessions
included investors, economists, leading government officials, policy makers, and entrepreneurs from around
the world.

One of the morning panel sessions considered macroeconomics in the context of where the global economy
is moving post COVID-19, how a successful COP28 is setting all countries on a sound footing to tackle
climate change, what the impact of the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election will be; and why the global
economy remains resilient to geopolitical shocks.

Under the theme New Economic Frontiers Unveiled: Navigating the Unknown, the panel discussed factors
driving the new economy sectors, markets and the role of governments and the private sector in optimising
economic growth.

Participants in this session were Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Executive Director of the International Monetary
Fund; Dr. François Bourguignon, Honorary President of the Paris School of Economics; and Dr. Nathan
Sheets, Chief Economist at Citi; and John Defterios, Professor of Business Administration at NYU Abu
Dhabi.

Dr. Mohieldin highlighted the necessity of paying attention to low and middle-income countries in a changing

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