BRIDGE Summit to define future of storytelling

The future of media is no longer defined by one industry, one discipline, or one worldview.

- Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

It is shaped at the intersection of intelligence, creativity, technology, power, and human impact. BRIDGE Summit 2025 brings those intersections to life through a lineup unmatched in scale and influence.

From December 8-10, BRIDGE Summit 2025 positions Abu Dhabi as the convergence point where the global content economy is rewritten — not in theory, but in practice — through conversations led by the individuals defining attention, trust, identity, ownership, resilience, and narrative power in a rapidly changing world.

In The Al Rewrite of the Content Economy, Graham Roberts — Emmy and Murrow Award-winning pioneer of immersive storytelling at The New York Times and now Executive Vice President of Global Information Design at Havas — joins Arya Bolurfrushan, the Harvard-trained CEO of AppliedAl and Accrete Capital, and Nikhil Kolar, Microsoft Al's Vice President of Publisher Monetization.

Cinema in the Middle East stands on the brink of interactive transformation. Egyptian actor and producer Ahmed Magdy, celebrated director Rami Imam, and award-winning Emirati filmmaker Nahla Al Fahad lead Arab Cinema’s Interactive Future to examine how co-creation, immersive stages, AR/VR experimentation, and regional studio expansion can expand Arab storytelling from regional acclaim to global resonance.

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