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As the year 2021's premier and
one of the world's foremost virtual
collaboration platforms for global
dialogue among the world's and
the SA-ME-NA region's topmost
organizations and decision-makers,

the SAMENA Council Leaders'
Summit 2021 was a power-packed
one-day virtual journey through
different time zones around the globe
as well as a display of leadership
power and commitment toward
addressing important industry issues
in the "Final Decade of Action".

power and commitment toward addressing important
industry issues in the "Final Decade of Action".

As an annually anticipated leadership event, the Lead-
ers' Summit 2021 congregated Public and Private sector
Leaders with diverse industry backgrounds from across
the world and encompassed proactive ICT as well as
cross-industry stakeholder participation, experience
exchange, and intellectual discourse among key deci-
sion-makers and innovators. Encapsulating a multi-di-
mensional agenda, ranging from policy statements, dis-
cussions on a complex subject matter, to live insights from
renowned personalities in the world, Leaders' Summit
2021 welcomed Chairmen and CEOs from the ICT Private
Sector, and top decision-makers from various Regulatory
Authorities, and Thought Leaders from across developed
and developing economies, and Leaders who are demon-
strating progressiveness in policy and regulatory reforms,
digital transformation, and in driving cross-industry syn-
ergies. To this effect, the Summit included participation of
global leaders and entities focused on institutionalizing
and fostering cross-sector collaboration with Finance,
Education, and Healthcare sectors under the "EDISON Al-
liance" initiative, launched by the World Economic Forum.
Special focus was casted on the ITU's upcoming WTDC-
21 conference, on Intelligent Connectivity, Technology
Demonstration, Global Action & Collaboration, Vertical
Industry Segments, Interview Sessions with Media, Dig-
ital Application & 5G Ecosystems, Digital Sustainability,
and the Internet Economy. Other key technology subject
matter that came under discussion during the Leaders'
Summit 2021 included the role of broadband networks
and advanced digital technologies, such as cloud com-
munications, IoT, AI, with a particular emphasis on under-
standing their implementation in correlation with emerg-
ing social and business value ecosystems as well as
thriving digital application ecosystems.

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