Sat.Nov 17, 2018 - Fri.Nov 23, 2018

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SDG Center of Excellence for the Arab Region Launched

Sustainable Development Network

On 18 November, 2018, The Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA) , in collaboration with the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, launched the Sustainable Development Goals Center for the Arab Region (SDGCAR) at the Rosewood Hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The SDGCAR will link to the SDSN’s global network of regional centers of excellence located in Southeast Asia (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); Sub-Saharan Africa (Kigali, Rwanda); Latin America and the Caribbean (Bogotá, Colombia), and China (Beijing, Chin

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To See the Future, Think Both/And

Daniel Burrus

Whenever a new game-changing technology is introduced, our instinct is to assume that the current technology we are using will quickly become obsolete and will vanish from our use. History has shown that the hottest new breakthrough technologies do not necessarily replace older ones. Instead, they often coexist side by side because the old technology has its own unique profile of functional strengths that the new technology never fully replaces.