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Investopia 2024 holds 11

panel discussions

exploring investment

opportunities in the new

economy, technology,

circular and creative

economy

24-7 Press Release Newswire Friday, March 1, 2024 at 12:00pm GMT+4

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
global economic trend and cited Africa, where the continent grew for many countries from being a low-income
region to becoming middle-income.

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