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For anyone looking to experience the rich legacy of Saudi Arabia’s past and understand the vision that is shaping its future, there is no more inspiring place to come than the historic town of Diriyah. Located in an oasis just outside the fast-growing capital Riyadh, for hundreds of years traders and pilgrims from Asia, Africa and Europe would gather here to rest on their journeys.

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, SEAT released a concept car that represents a radical new answer to the challenges of urban reinvention. The Minimó, combines the safety and comfort of a car with the agility and easy parking of a motorbike.

SEAT is completing a digital transformation to transform from a car manufacturer into a mobility company, where software will be one of their core competences. Having their own software house in Barcelona will help develop new business models and mobility services.

Not only in Dubai but in the Gulf states in particular, and across the Middle East and North Africa in general, technology has empowered women.Technology is one of the biggest gifts that women have received. It has changed their lives dramatically.

With less than 18 months to go until Dubai starts welcoming millions of visitors to Expo 2020, a critical priority for organizers is to protect the world fair from the increasingly audacious ranks of cyber criminals.

São Paulo is home to 20 million fiercely proud paulistanos (as residents are known), all of whom will happily tell you at length to you how they'd never live elsewhere. Spend time with them and the reasons will soon unfold.

More than 200 nationalities now own a property in Dubai, and the Dubai Land Department is ranked the seventh in the world for property registration in the World Bank Doing Business Report. Without the technologies developed by ERES, that may not have been possible.

In the race to develop new mobility services based on connectivity and the shared use of vehicles, Barcelona-based car manufacturer SEAT has emerged as an industry pioneer.

The Dubai Future Foundation was launched as a natural extension of Dubai’s vision of bringing the future forward. Launched in 2016 DFF plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of Dubai with the adoption of innovative technologies for the advancement of humanity.

With over 365,000 Nissan LEAF vehicles sold since the model debuted in 2010, Nissan has made use of its existing EV experience to develop the all-new powertrain for its Formula E race car. In turn, the learnings from the track will shape the next generation of EVs from the Japanese car maker.