His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, toured GITEX GLOBAL 2024, the world’s largest tech and startup occasion, which commenced on the Dubai World Commerce Centre (DWTC) at present.
Operating from 14 to 18 October, the forty fourth version of GITEX GLOBAL brings collectively over 6,500 exhibitors from greater than 180 nations. Underneath the theme ‘World Collaboration to Forge a Future AI Economic system’, GITEX GLOBAL 2024 options the world’s largest expertise enterprises alongside governments, buyers, consultants, startups, academia, and researchers. This 12 months’s occasion has an expanded programme that positions the UAE as a worldwide epicentre of AI innovation.
Talking on the event of the worldwide occasion, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum stated: “Because the UAE embarks on a brand new section of financial development, pushed by strategic investments in future industries, the nation is quickly consolidating its place as a worldwide hub for superior applied sciences similar to synthetic intelligence. We’ve a transparent imaginative and prescient to advance the UAE’s management within the world digital and expertise panorama, making it the world’s most future-ready nation. The outstanding enhance in worldwide participation at GITEX GLOBAL is a testomony to this imaginative and prescient. By fostering a tradition of innovation and excellence, we’re unlocking new alternatives for each established trade gamers and rising entrepreneurs to develop and thrive. Whereas we stay devoted to nurturing homegrown expertise and experience, we’re equally targeted on forging sturdy partnerships with world expertise leaders to speed up progress and form the way forward for this important sector.”
“GITEX GLOBAL 2024 additionally additional accelerates the expansion and innovation momentum created by our latest strategic initiatives just like the ‘Dubai Common Blueprint for Synthetic Intelligence’. Because the world’s top-ranked vacation spot for overseas direct funding in AI, Dubai is creating an setting that nurtures innovation and empowers firms to discover the huge potential of rising applied sciences,” His Highness added,
GITEX GLOBAL 2024 is about to offer a robust enhance to the targets of the Dubai Financial Agenda D33 to double the emirate’s GDP and generate an annual AED100 billion contribution from digital transformation by 2033.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid visited a number of key pavilions at GITEX GLOBAL that showcased cutting-edge AI options and digital improvements. He stopped by the pavilions of Etisalat, Huawei, H3C, Oracle, G42, Microsoft, and IBM, the place he engaged with trade leaders and consultants to discover the most recent developments in synthetic intelligence, cloud computing, and digital transformation.
His Highness was accompanied on the tour by His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama, UAE Minister of State for Synthetic Intelligence, Digital Economic system and Distant Work Purposes; His Excellency Helal Saeed Al Marri, Director Common of the Dubai World Commerce Centre and Dubai Division of Economic system and Tourism; and a number of other administrators common of presidency departments and senior officers.
This 12 months’s GITEX GLOBAL options the very best worldwide attendance in its historical past. The occasion has seen a virtually 40% enhance in worldwide participation, with greater than 400 authorities and digital companies and a bunch of latest individuals. Alongside GITEX GLOBAL regulars, the brand new nations debuting this 12 months will showcase their newest groundbreaking tech improvements. The occasion delivers over 120 hours of AI-focused content material and can see the launch of the area’s largest Information Centre Symposium, which units the stage for AI Every little thing World 2025.
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