World Free Zones Organization (World FZO) has launched the ‘Free Zone of the Future Program’ at its second annual International Conference and Exhibition in Dubai.

The Free Zone of the Future Program is an international initiative revolving around three main pillars that will enable free zones around the world to contribute to a secure and sustainable future, said a statement.

The pillars constituting the program are: excellence and best practices, innovation and entrepreneurship, and sustainability. Each pillar contains components to help determine the tools and resources required for facilitating the program to achieve its long-term objectives.

The conference drew government officials, policy makers, global economic experts and academics into a series of panels followed by a strategic workshop.

Participants attended a workshop that provided an overview of the “Smart” World Free Zone Readiness Roadmap. The workshop aimed to help current and new world free zones assess their readiness to innovate and leverage state of the art technology for creating a model of stakeholder engagement and establishing best in class standards for free zones.  

The three-day conference and exhibition concluded yesterday (May 11). – TradeArabia News Service