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FEATURED SAMENA TRENDS

GCF 2023 seeks to expand dialogue on
these diverse challenges and opportuni-
ties, advance knowledge generation, and
steer collaborative efforts. The forum will
be divided into five thought-provoking
sub-themes.

In the last edition of GCF,
Bocar BA, CEO – SAMENA
Council, had stated that,
“In terms of technological
innovation, our possibilities
are limitless. Next year

at the GCF [2023] what
we may have to look at is
the convergence of two
businesses, the business
as we know it today and
the space economy.”

Cyberspace Amidst Polycrisis: Advanc-
ing collective action for cyber stability will
look at how multilateral cybersecurity can
be progressed in a global environment of
overlapping crises and institutional chal-
lenges. Inside Cyber Minds: Exploring behavior- The GCF, hosted by the National Cyber-
al levers and motivations in cyberspace security Authority (NCA), was launched
Cyber Growth Unlocked: Harnessing mar- maps the behavioral and psychological in February 2020, during the Kingdom of
kets, incentives, and global public cyber aspects of cybersecurity and cybercrime, Saudi Arabia’s G20 Presidency, as a global
goods delves into how cyber economics illuminating the impacts of behavior and platform aiming to build a more resilient
can be steered, driving growth of the cyber- decision-making in cyberspace. and better cyberspace for all. The platform
security sector to meet current and future emphasizes the importance of internation-
challenges and needs. The final subtheme, Emerging Cyber Hori- al collaboration among diverse stakehold-
zons: Maximizing the benefits of para- ers and nations to accomplish this goal.
Across Cyber Divides: Building a hu- digm-shifting technologies, considers the
man-centered and inclusive cyberspace, future of emerging technologies and their Registrations and the GCF 2023 program,
asks how we can bridge social and devel- cybersecurity dimensions, and how we can announcing high-profile international
opment divides across stakeholders and harness their accelerative properties. speakers, will be made available in due
within organizations and institutions. course.

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