UAE Pavilion launches Dreamer Dialogues Series at Expo 2020 Dubai

UAE Pavilion launches Dreamer Dialogues Series at Expo 2020 Dubai

Dubai: The UAE Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai has launched the Dreamer Dialogues series of panel discussions. The series, hosted onsite at the UAE Pavilion, convenes leading innovators across the country who are at the forefront of embracing the greatest challenges and opportunities that face us today. Panelists in the six-part series are invited to share their personal journeys, expertise and insights on a range of topics, including agricultural innovation, the environment and climate change, water security, empowering youth, the creative economy and looking ahead to sustainable and scientific innovations in the UAE that are preparing us for our future. The first panel discussion was hosted yesterday at the UAE Pavilion under the title of “Growing Food in the Desert: Agricultural Innovation” and featured three speakers, Dr. Tarifa Al Zaabi, Acting Director General, International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Aphisith Joe Phongsavanh, Lead Project Manager, Sarya Holdings and Yazen Al Kodmani, Operations Manager, Emirates Bio Farm. The UAE’s long track record of agricultural innovation, beginning with a need to grow food in an arid, desert environment and the relationship between food, environment and community was discussed by the panel. While food may be more accessible now than in the past,