Creating Opportunities

Once again we're back at Expo 2020, Dubai for another episode of Creating Opportunities and it's February 14th. St Valentine's Day. A day for flowers, chocolates, romance and Love, with a capital 'L'.However, even though we're celebrating Valentine's Day, our approach isn't all about romance. We wanted to debate the age-old argument of Love vs. Money. And, we live-streamed the discussions in front of a live studio audience at the Opportunity Forum at Expo 2020, Dubai.Whether you believe money can buy you love, or that money doesn't matter without love our event moderator, TV presenter and media personality Aishwarya Ajit, kept the questions coming for our guests...entrepreneur and business personality Paria Gorashi and clinical psychologist, Pascal Nakhle.Does money make you happy? Can love survive without money? Can money buy you love? Is love really all you need?We attempt to answer all of these questions, and more...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As you might have noticed from the last few episodes, we've been spending a lot of time touring Expo and at Emirates NBD's Expo 2020 branch, enjoying the bank's Future Banking 'Pods'.The 'Pods' are all designed to be immersive, interactive exhibits offering visitors to the branch the chance to get involved and to take part to learn just how banking may well be in the near future.In this episode, it's the Personal Data Economy 'Pod' that we're taking a look at.It's fascinating stuff. It's all about our data, understanding just how much information we WANT to share online and how much of a digital footprint we leave behind online.This 'Pod' concept gives us a chance to seize control of our own data..and perhaps even monetize it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's no doubt that Expo 2020, Dubai is the ideal place for Emirates NBD, the event's premier banking partner, to showcase what it believes might become the next big thing in banking and to demonstrate how advancements in technology, robotics and artificial intelligence might influence and shape our lives in the decades to come.After all, the very idea of an Expo is that they're all about the future. They're all about a universal coming together to consider what might happen, what might emerge...in terms of technology, in terms of inventions that might become 'the norm'.In this episode we're back once again at Emirates NBD's Expo 2020, Dubai branch considering potential new ways that we might be able to grow our money by investing in and owning an alternative asset class...Art.This time, on Creating Opportunities, we're looking at Emirates NBD's latest Pod here at Expo 2020, Dubai, the ‘Future of Investing'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're heading back to Emirates NBD's 3,000 square foot Expo branch once again to try out another of the bank's special Future Banking 'POD' concepts at Expo 2020.This time it's an initiative that rewards people for being healthier and more planet-friendly that the bank is championing in line with the key Expo theme of sustainability.Emirates NBD's Green Citizenship Pod is aligned to the UAE's Green Agenda and employs a smart mirror that will allow us to track how well we're doing in terms of green contributions.A Smart mirror may well sit in our home in the future, connected to smart home appliances and wearable fitness and health apps to reflect, advise, track and reward good green behaviour.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Expo 2020 Dubai is a chance to show us all where our futures might be headed. It's a chance to showcase ideas for the betterment of humanity, often through advancements in technology.And that's why Emirates NBD, the premier banking partner at Expo 2020, Dubai is showcasing what they believe could be the way forward through technology in the banking industry.For this episode of Creating Opportunities we're heading back to the Expo branch once again to consider another of the bank's Future Banking 'Pod' concepts. This time it's the Quantum Computing pod that we'll be trying to explain!Emirates NBD employs quantum computing in its daily banking life. It means the ability to track transactions at lightning speed, in real time. And that means better security for customers.The great thing about this 'Pod' experience at Expo is that it's gameified. Visitors get to take on the persona of the bank's fraud prevention officer and learn how to spot real life fraudster attempts, using a Sherlock Holmes style method of solving scenarios.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.