The 25th SLA/AGC exhibition and conference, which was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from the 5th through the 7th of March, 2019, focused on providing better opportunities for dealing with the future. Participants shared a vision of a future that will comprehensively depends on online data collection and manipulation. This included a view where AI, AR, machine learning, etc. will prompt smart devices to make decisions and carry out actions on our behalf