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Global Trade & Supply Chain Summit to Discuss

Innovating in an Era of Shocks and Shifts

July 23, 2025

Fifth Annual Economist Impact Summit to take place in Dubai from October 1st–2nd 2025

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The global trading system has shattered, as long-held certainties over rules, alliances and

norms are jettisoned. New trade relations and commercial routes are being established. What
might the future look like, who wins and loses—and what can companies do to prepare?

Join leading experts in supply-chain operations, procurement, technology and trade policy to
explore the changes. With the support of the New Economy Academy of Dubai, this summit is a

major meeting point to consider the fallout of tariffs, the reordering of supply-chain networks
and insights into how companies can harness AI to improve procurement, resilience and

performance.

Confirmed speakers include Sanjeev Majoo, chief procurement officer at AbbVie; Kristyn

Harkins, head of global supply chain services at Johnson & Johnson; and H.E. Raja Al Mazrouei,
chief executive of Etihad Credit Insurance. They will be joined by supply and procurement

leaders, trade policymakers and AI experts from across the globe.

Unlike other forums focused only on trade policy, this summit will provide actionable insight

from within the business community. Discussions will go beyond theory, with case studies from
organisations navigating the new era of protectionism, climate disruption and critical mineral

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