The lecture is about the Human Capital Index (HCI) that the World Bank launched in October 2018 with focus on the status of the GCC countries, their challenges, and the strategies to accelerate human capital formation beyond the HCI.

This lecture will discuss the emergence of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). Then, it will focus on the opportunities and risks of 4th IR on society. It will introduce Agile Governance as an innovative way to address the risks and the challenges of the 4IR. The lecture will illustrate the agile governance approach through a case study on China’s Artifcial Intelligence principles

How can we help people to fnd a job? To save for retirement? To do better in their exams? Evie will present case studies from the UK's Behavioural Insights Team - the world's frst Nudge Unit - showing that small changes can make a big difference.

The lecture will present the success story behind Toyota and explain how the method of TOYOTA management is applicable to any company and institution all over the world, especially the institution which seeks innovation and knowledge economy.

Dr Pal will present the current state of knowledge of climate change and highlight the use of high-resolution regional climate models to make future climate change projections and assessments. He will show that the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea regions stand to directly benefit from aggressive measures to mitigate climate change.