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Figure 6  Industry Creation Action Areas

3 Thought Leadership
In this pillar, Dubai aims to lead the global thinking on blockchain technology and become the hub for
blockchain intellectual capital and skill development. For this purpose, it has set five key action areas as
follows (see Figure 7):
a) Skill Development
Dubai aims to become the regional and global hub for blockchain skill development by offering the most
comprehensive and frequent training programs aimed at blockchain coders, policy makers, and strategists
and project managers.
b) Intellectual Capital
Dubai will create and share intellectual capital related to its blockchain adoption through the development
of case studies for each of its city pilots. It will also commission cutting edge research that would support the
evolution of the technology.
c) Blockchain Speaker Series
Dubai will host blockchain experts and speakers on a regular basis in order to stimulate debate and
discussions around the most pressing and controversial issues surrounding the adoption of blockchain
technology on a city level.

d) International Blockchain Award
Dubai will recognize the best global city applications of blockchain and reward those cities for taking the
initiative and pushing the innovation boundaries.
e) Academic Sector Activation
Dubai will heavily engage schools and universities in all blockchain activities such as pilot development,
training, speaker events, and intellectual capital building.

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