DIFC Celebrates Innovation Month by Bringing Together 250 Speakers From Over 40 Companies

DIFC Celebrates Innovation Month by Bringing Together 250 Speakers From Over 40 Companies

The Innovation Month at DIFC helped connected like-minded people to discuss ideas, explore new technologies and learn the latest on industry trends. The core themes covered, Future of Finance, Regulation and Legal, Growth and Funding, Technologies of Tomorrow and Sustainability and Future Skills. DIFC Innovation Hub is home to start-ups such as YAP, Sarwa, Baraka, StashAway, Ebury, Adyen and Mamo as well as Thunderbird School of Global Management, which is part of Arizona State University and recognised as the most innovative college in the US for the sixth year running and has chosen to set up its Global Innovation Centre in DIFC. Other established tech companies including Amazon Payment Services, Flybits/Mastercard, Ernst & Young, S&P, Huawei, HSBC and Standard Chartered hosted events during the Innovation Month at DIFC. Arif Amiri, CEO of DIFC Authority , said: "With the launch and expansion of the DIFC Innovation Hub, we are further accelerating the FinTech start-up environment of Dubai, and supporting innovative ventures by entrepreneurs from around the world. The Innovation Month at DIFC catalysed discussions around innovation, incubation and growing fresh ideas by listening to experts and like-minded entrepreneurs. We are confident that the initiative will encourage more people to explore opportunities