5 Monday The Power of Digital Innovation - in Partnership with McKinsey LS05 10.30-12.00 Dubai C Technological innovations of the type of the internet and digital communications are now recognized as especially powerful, as they are providing the “fuel” to many companies and entrepreneurs to leverage those technologies to innovate products, services and a vast area of new business models. What are the true facts as to the innovation power of internet technologies and their impact on economic growth? How does this differ between different types of countries and economies? Saving Lives with ICT - in Partnership with BDT LS06 14.00-15.15 Dubai C Emergencies and natural disasters are occurring with ever-increasing frequency, and ever-more severe social and economic consequences, around the world. Disasters disrupt national economies, severely weaken poor and vulnerable communities and leave a legacy of lost and broken lives. In 2011, natural catastrophes such as the Japanese earthquake or floods in Thailand cost the global economy upwards of US$380bn. ICTs have a critical role to play in the prediction and detection 32 leadership sumit