Smart Dubai joins ArabNet for Digital Summit

Dubai — The Smart Dubai Initiative, which is leading the drive to make the city the happiest on earth, has announced it will be a knowledge partner at next week’s ArabNet Digital Summit.

The third edition of the ArabNet Digital Summit, which will be held on May 27 and 28 at Atlantis, the Palm, will bring together local leaders and enterprises for a two-day set of panels with topics ranging from smart government services to new advertising technologies.

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Over 130 international speakers, 70 companies and 30 start-ups will be represented at the summit.

Dr. Aisha bin Bishr, Assistant Director-General of the Executive Office, Member of the Smart Dubai Executive Committee and Team Leader of the Smart City Taskforce, said that Smart Dubai’s partnership with ArabNet is part of the initiative to implement smart technologies in the city.

“Guided by the vision and leadership of His Highness, we have been hard at work laying the foundation for the future of Dubai based on innovation and smart technology,” she said.

“Our goal is to make Dubai the happiest city on earth and to improve ease of doing business of all residents and visitors. To achieve that we are setting a plan to foster and integrate smart services across the public and private sector together with our Strategic Partners.”

Omar Christidis, founder and CEO of ArabNet, said the Digital Summit will serve to highlight Dubai’s efforts to implement the “smart city” concept. “We’re excited to partner with Smart Dubai with whom we have a shared vision to promote innovation and to highlight the corporates and entrepreneurs who are leading this drive towards innovation,” he said.

“This partnership will bring to the fore the government’s vision and commitment to build Dubai into a global innovation hub and a world-class smart city, not only in infrastructure and governmental services, but also in efficiency, economic opportunity and the free flow of people and ideas,” he added.

Among the speakers participating at the Digital Summit are Majid Al Futtaim Finance Executive Director Alejandro Carbon, Al Tayyer Group CEO Abdulrahman Mutrib, and IBM Cloud Chief Technology Officer Anthony Butler.

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