World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa

19–21 May 2017 Dead Sea, Jordan

Enabling a Generational Transformation: A Compendium by the Regional Strategy Group for the Middle East and North Africa

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Chairman, Rio Tinto

Assistant Minister of Defense for Executive Affairs, Ministry of Defence and Aviation of Saudi Arabia

Khaled bin Hussein Biyari

President, World Economic Forum Geneva

President, I-AFRIKA

Khadija Idrissi Janati

Chief Executive Officer, Crescent Petroleum

Philippe Le Houérou

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Publicis Groupe SA

President of the European Commission, European Commission

Ursula von der Leyen

Agenda in Focus: Middle East and North Africa 2017 View all

1,200 global leaders just met in Jordan. This is what they discussed

Anna Bruce-Lockhart and Mark Jones 21 May 2017

The King of Spain's speech at the World Economic Forum in Jordan 2017

King Felipe VI of Spain 20 May 2017

Crown Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah II speaks to the World Economic Forum

H.R.H Al Hussein bin Abdullah II 20 May 2017

6 things to know about jobs and skills in the Middle East and North Africa

Till Leopold and Vesselina Stefanova Ratcheva 20 May 2017

How Saudi Arabia can become a post-oil economy

David Hobbs 19 May 2017

Israel is a tech titan. These 5 charts explain its startup success

John McKenna 19 May 2017

Why it’s time for the Arab world to unshackle its start-ups

Philippe Le Houérou 19 May 2017

‘Art saved me from jihad’ – tackling Tunisia’s extremism problem

Omezzine Khelifa 19 May 2017

From the rubble of Syria's economy, an inspiring small-business story emerges

Pierre Krähenbühl 19 May 2017