Dubai Future Foundation's top researcher on life after Covid-19

As the world awaits a vaccine, technology is stepping in to help us cope in the meantime. To take steps to return to a new normal, health care tech, artificial intelligence and remote work tools are all being turned to and tested like never before. After years of hype over tech’s potential to take care of us - such as wearable health monitors and apps - has its moment in health care finally arrived? And to what end?  Patrick Noack, an executive director at the Dubai Future Foundation, joins co-hosts Kelsey Warner and Mustafa Alrawi to discuss the foundation’s work on a series of reports titled ‘Life After Covid’. They also dig into the future of manufacturing, where the new health technologies may lead and what other trends may be accelerated in life after the pandemic. In this episode: How do contact tracing apps work? (0m 49s) Dr. Shirley Yu on China's response (4m 11s) Patrick Noack on tech trends and 'Life After Covid' (6m 37s) Headlines (24m 34s) Read more on our website: • Working from home will be the ‘new norm’, Dubai Future Foundation predicts • Coronavirus: Doctors urge public to help track Covid-19 cases with tracing app • Emirates' Tim Clark: Coronavirus is a black swan event for the airline industry • Adnoc unlocks $1bn in value from digital hub as Covid-19 crisis accelerates roll-out of technology • Power of AI has limits in fight against Covid-19, experts caution • Dubai's Careem cuts 536 jobs as lockdowns hit ride-hailing across Middle East