Interesting examples came from the participants who spoke about the ongoing crisis in the country's media industry, the implementation of the Law on Broadcasting Activity and relations between regulation and self-regulation (co-regulation).
There can be co-marketing, such as with General Motors, but there will be resistance to this type of activity because it will impact the sales of U.S.-manufactured automobiles.
"Most of the institutionalised activity seemed to revolve around shopping malls or going for drinks or brunches, " says co-founder Ravi Bhusari, a Canadian-Indian who moved to Dubai in 2006.