IGCF 2022 explores the role of government communication in crisis management, 4th Industrial Revolution

IGCF 2022 explores the role of government communication in crisis management, 4th Industrial Revolution

Sharjah: Two key discussions highlighting the essential role of strategic government communications in transforming crisis into opportunity and encouraging youth to invest into tech-driven ventures to successfully seize the myriad prospects presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) will be staged at the 11th annual International Government Communication Forum (IGCF 2022), which unveils in less than two weeks, in Expo Centre Sharjah.

Taking place on September 28 - 29, these two main sessions at IGCF 2022 titled ‘Economic Crises - Between Positive Containment and Negative Adjustment’, and ‘Implications of Public Communication for Emerging Projects’ will be led by an elite group of speakers including CEOs, communications specialists and government officials.

Transparency to win people’s confidence and participation

In ‘Economic Crises - Between Positive Containment and Negative Adjustment’, moderated by Marwan Alhel, a presenter at Dubai Media Inc, panellists Younis Haji Al Khoori, Under Secretary, Ministry of Finance, UAE; Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr, CEO, Forbes Media LLC; Dr. Ehab Abu Aish, Deputy Minister of Finance for Treasury Affairs and Public Services, Egypt; and Dr. Shashi Tharoor, former UN diplomat, author and public intellectual, will discuss how transparent and timely communication from governments generates awareness in people and motivates them to collectively partake in executing