Muscat, The Public Authority for Investment
Promotion and Export Development (Ithraa) announced the launch of
its annual initiative “Economic Evenings” in its eighth edition, which will
include four interactive sessions aimed at highlighting the future trends
of selected topics, and converging various opinions about it.
The first evening will be held on Feb. 26th under the title (Exports
and the Fourth Industrial Revolution), combining computing, artificial
intelligence and automated systems.
The second evening, which will be held on Apr. 23rd, focuses on
Attracting Investment and Talent: Competitive Advantages. The third
economic evening will be held on Sep. 26th under the title “Future
Work Environment”. It focuses on the concept of the change in working
environment in light of the presence of emergency jobs, part-time jobs
and temporary freelance jobs.
The fourth economic event, to be held on Nov. 5th, will discuss the
future role of the entrepreneurship sector in supporting the
diversification of the economy in the Sultanate.
Sajida bint Rashid al-Ghaithiyah, Acting Director General of
Marketing and Media at Ithraa, said that the evenings will host a
number of distinguished speakers, representatives from the public and
private sectors in the Sultanate, and a number of entrepreneurs,
academics and interested parties from different institutions to promote
research into opportunities and trends that serve the business
environment in the Sultanate. She added that all evenings will be
organized at the training center of the Public Authority for Civil Aviation.
Source: Oman News Agency