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Conducted from Dubai
with the patronage and
support of Telecommn-
cation Regulatory Auth-
ority (TRA) of the UAE
and a special guest-of-

honor address by the
UAE Minister of Tol-
erance & Co-existence,
H.H. Sheikh Nahyan bin
Mubarak Al Nahyan, the
Leaders' Summit 2020
was 5G-powered in stra-
tegic collaboration with
Huawei Technologies

Middle East.
Conducted from Dubai with the patronage
and support of Telecommunication
Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the UAE and
a special guest-of-honor address by the
UAE Minister of Tolerance & Co-existence,
H.H. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al
Nahyan, the Leaders' Summit 2020 was
5G-powered in strategic collaboration
with Huawei Technologies Middle East.
The Summit vividly showed how large-
scale industry events can be enriched
with live experience-sharing across
countries, and how 5G can elevate the
remote digital collaboration experience.
Leaders and experts participating in participation through SAMENA Council's
the Leaders' Summit, representing digital remote-collaboration platform. Leaders' Insights on Industry Issues of
various industries, ensured their remote The Summit brought to light ways and Global Importance
• H.E. Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General of
ITU, said that the growth of connectivity
has slowed down in the recent years and
we are facing several challenges such as
geographical imbalance, lack of effective
guidance and industrial policies and more.
As a result, ITU data shows that over 46
percent of the global population is still
unconnected. All global partners need to
engage in a global dialogue for broadband
development if we are to close the digital
divide.
• In her speech, H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden
highlighted the importance of child safety
online and the importance of everyone in the
industry to work together to protect children
online.
• In his Guest-of-Honor's address, H.H.
Sheikh Nahyan Al Nahyan expressed that
technology helps promote easy exchange

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