The Business Times Podcasts S2E13: From AI to Web3: Dubai’s model for a future economy
Dubai is engineering its future with uncommon precision. In this episode of Lens on Singapore, Claressa Monteiro speaks with Dr Marwan Al Zarouni, CEO of Artificial Intelligence at the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, and Mohammad Alblooshi, CEO of DIFC Innovation Hub, to unpack how AI, governance and digital assets are being built into Dubai’s economic architecture.
From the D33 agenda to tokenised finance, this conversation explores what Singapore can learn from a city that treats innovation as a national engine.
Highlights of the conversation:
01:38 Dubai’s AI blueprint and the AED 100 billion ambition
02:43 Governing AI: Ethics, trust and cybersecurity at scale
05:07 DIFC’s design advantage: How a financial centre became an innovation hub
07:13 Talent density: Why global founders are choosing Dubai
09:25 Blockchain, VARA and the future of tokenised finance
13:49 Singapore–Dubai synergies and what both economies can learn
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Written and presented by: Claressa Monteiro (claremb@sph.com.sg)
With Dr Marwan Al Zarouni, CEO of Artificial Intelligence at the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, and Mohammad Alblooshi, CEO of DIFC Innovation Hub
Post-production: Claressa Monteiro and Emily Liu
Coordinating producer: Emily Liu
A podcast by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media
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