
Winning strategy drives key industries in Dubai
Dubai World Trade Centre has won nine new international congresses, boosting growth in key sectors including healthcare, energy and engineering.
Seoul is set to welcome the UIA 2017 World Architects Congress, as the city backs up its reputation as a UNESCO City of Design.
New Zealand will host the AMN8 conference in 2017 as nanotechnology – manipulating materials on the atomic scale – becomes big business.
Sydney is set to ramp up its global security profile by hosting leading international defence event MAST Asia Pacific 2020.
Apple’s new Maps product office in Hyderabad has reinforced the Indian city’s image as a major information technology destination.
Scientists in Massachusetts are increasingly turning to ‘bioinspiration’ – using nature’s blueprints to create breakthrough medical technologies.
Abu Dhabi aims to become an international medical meetings hub, with its medical association, congress centre and convention bureau joining forces.
Reykjavík is drawing on its expertise in geothermal and renewable energy in a bid to become the world’s first carbon neutral city by 2040.
Scotland’s INNOVATETHENATION campaign aims to attract business events by focusing on the contribution they make to the country’s knowledge economy.
Singapore has boosted its reputation as an international technology ‘thought leader’ by winning a string of high-profile meetings in key sectors.
Construction has begun on a new children’s hospital campus in Dublin, creating an integrated knowledge hub for paediatric healthcare.
Innovative research at the Masdar Institute is strengthening Abu Dhabi’s position as a global leader in treated wastewater reuse.
Melbourne hosted 203 events over the last year, bringing in AU$300 million in value – “not just dollars” to the city.
In Part One of a two-part video series, we look at ‘The Melbourne Effect’ and how it has positioned the city as a biomedical leader.
Convention bureaux and economic development agencies must collaborate in order to successfully deliver on the growth of a knowledge economy.
IW Capital’s top 16 high-growth industries to watch in 2016 puts the UK’s leaps in technological innovation at the forefront of future growth.
An increasing number of professional associations setting up in Dubai are helping to drive the emirate’s knowledge economy.
Dublin is reaffirming its place as a global technology hub, with aims to attract 10,000 delegates to the inaugural Dublin Tech Summit 2017.
London has branded itself Capital of Cutting-Edge, focusing on its leading expertise in the technology, finance, life sciences and creative sectors.
Perth has used the 18th International Conference & Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG 18) to ignite a key pillar of Australia’s economy.
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