Collaborating for Impact: Event Insights

This page features highlights, outcomes, and key takeaways from our recent gatherings — from high-level roundtables to regional workshops. Explore how our community is driving change through collaboration and shared insight.

AMGFL 2026 Workshop: Growing Up Online: Rethinking Youth, Social Media and Digital Governance

The session explored the tension between protecting young users from cyberbullying, misinformation, harmful content and potential mental-health impacts, while preserving access to digital opportunities for learning, self-expression and entrepreneurship.

Quantum Innovation Summit 2026 Panel - Preparing for the Quantum Economy: Governance, Experimentation and Responsible Commercialization

Powered by the Abu Dhabi Centre for Frontier Technologies, explored the practical considerations shaping the next phase of quantum technology adoption.

Consultation workshop on regulatory future-readiness

GRIP, the General Secretariat of the Cabinet of the UAE and PwC/Strategy& convened a closed-door consultation workshop, gathering input on a regulatory future-readiness framework and Index. The framework is meant to help governments define, measure and improve how ready their regulatory systems are for emerging technologies.

SDIM 2026 Roundtable: Regulating Through Uncertainty

Senior leaders from the UAE, Brazil, Pakistan and beyond came together to examine how governments and industry can make better decisions before regulatory frameworks are fully in place. Insights from the discussion will feed directly into the GRIP Regulatory Playbook.

Whitepaper Masterclass — The Regulatory Frontier

GRIP unpacked the findings of its flagship Annual Meeting publication, exploring the five decisions that determine whether regulation of frontier technologies actually works in practice.

MENA Private Sector Roundtable — Partnering for Progress: Business and Regulation in the Intelligent Age

Senior private-sector leaders from across the UAE and MENA came together in Dubai to discuss regulatory priorities, practical challenges and opportunities for collaboration in the intelligent age.

ITU Global Symposium for Regulators 2026 Panel: Experimenting for Regulatory Excellence

This panel held in Ankara, Turkey,  explored how regulators and industry can work together to drive innovation while protecting consumer trust. 

WGS 2026 Panel: From Red Tape to Smart Regulation: Designing Agile and Ethical Rules for a Rapidly Changing World

This session explored agile, ethical regulatory frameworks, public–private collaboration, and adaptive rules to govern fast-evolving technologies while reinforcing public trust.

Workshop: The Regulatory Frontier - A Leadership Dialogue

Global leaders explored adaptive AI regulation, trust-based governance, and ecosystem collaboration to accelerate innovation, inclusion, and interoperable digital economies worldwide.

Workshop: Building Smarter Rules for Innovation

Explore how agile, trusted regulation can bridge innovation gaps, boost competitiveness, and enable collaboration through the Global Regulatory Innovation Platform.

Panel: Regulation - Friend or Foe

Regulation can be both a friend and a foe — if done poorly it stifles innovation, but done well it’s essential to steer emerging tech safely and adaptively.

Workshop: Smart Regulation for Growth and Trust in the Intelligent Age

The General Secretariat of the Cabinet of the UAE and the World Economic Forum convened over 100 government leaders and experts in Dubai to advance global dialogue on future-ready governance.