Future Technology Week opens door to GCCs Us$1 Billion Network Security Sector
This week's inaugural Future Technology Week at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) will offer a tactical referral point in driving regional network security spend in a GCC-wide sector set to grow from US$ 340 million to US$ 1 billion by 2018, according to a Frost & Sullivan report.
Beginning on Tuesday 29 and running up until Thursday 31 March, Future Technology Week is DWTC's brand-new umbrella identity collecting Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC), the Internet of Things Expo (IoTX), The Big Data Show and Gulf Enterprise Mobility Exhibition & Conference (GEMEC).
The consolidated platform shows up as Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Everything (IoE) technologies spur fast regional growth in the adoption of secure connection, business movement and big information services.
As the GCC moves to a new period of cyber security preparedness and IoT savviness, Future Technology Week will offer a cluster program for an awaited 10,000 public and private sector Information Communications Technology (ICT) experts-- consisting of suppliers, vendors and purchasers - to converge and check out software application, hardware and infrastructure investments chances.
Spread over three days, Future Technology Week consists of a series of ground-breaking technology exhibits, game-changing plenary talks and innovation-centric workshops and entrepreneurial competitions featuring ready-to-market developments that will interfere with the future of how civilians and organisations live, work and link.
"Technology is flourishing and the relentless progress is changing our everyday habits, way of life patterns and business functions-- a world of possibilities is readily available to us faster and much easier than ever before," said Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice President, Exhibitions & Events, DWTC. "In this environment, the concern of how safe, protected and dependable our technologies are is paramount. Future Technology Week gathers 4 of the region's leading specialist programs to create a compelling umbrella principle where global ICT leaders can assemble and experience, talk about and dissect the market's top trends, concerns and solutions.".
In addition to its core exhibits and conferences, Future Technology Week will host free-to-attend training sessions for Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) delivered by (ISC)2 CBK recognized trainers. Covering multiple verticals, the sessions - called 'Future Tech Market Labs'-- will permit visitors to upgrade their technical knowledge on numerous topics including interconnected and behaviour analytics, the impact of IoT, mobility for leading enterprises and insights into international cyber threats.
Talking about Future Technology Week, Faisal Al Bannai, Chief Executive Officer of DarkMatter, the Cyber Security Innovation Partner for GISEC, said: "Cybersecurity now stands at the centre of further progress of the modern-day, electronic-based international economy. Pro-activity and a holistic approach to cybersecurity has never been more important and we're anticipating holding discussions around this crucial subject throughout Future Technology Week.".
"IoT is sustaining development in nearly every part of our lives," included Tommi Raitio, Regional Director of IoT, Intel. There are numerous IoT companies as well as start-ups in Dubai and Intel thinks the development potential of the UAE's IoT market is relatively untapped.We look forward to working with relevant ecosystem companies to achieve His Highness vison of the UAE being a global smart city leader.
Future Technology Week will house a number of interactive features consisting of a live hackathon for innovative developers, designers and entrepreneurs to pitch and develop prototype options for smart transportation, smart environment and smart cities, in addition to a one-day, code-cracking Capture The Flag competition where designers, engineers and code breaking lovers will vie for cash prizes.
"Middle East businesses are early adopters of digitisation strategies in the Internet of Things period," stated Irfan Khan, Chief Technology Officer, Global Customer Operations, SAP. "They now deal with the pressing obstacle of enduring the digital change while re-imagining business processes and customer experiences. SAP saw a strong market reaction to IoTX 2015 - the area's crucial spring IT event - and we're back to assist drive the Middle East's digital and innovation-led economy.".
Each of the four occasions at Future Technology Week will feature conferences led by leading speakers from throughout the world. Among the essential speakers headlining GISEC are Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP, previous Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom; ber Hacker John Bumgarner, Chief Technology Officer, United States Cyber Consequences Unit; Tudor Enache, Specialist, aeCERT; Mark Hughes, President - BT Security, BT Global Services; and Faisal Al Bannai, Chief Executive Officer-- DarkMatter. Speaking at IoTX are Younus Al Nasser, Assistant Director General - Dubai Smart Government Office; Karine Dognin-Sauze, Deputy Mayor, Greater Lyon; Safder Nazir, Regional Vice President Smart Cities & IoT-- Huawei; Jonny Voon, IoT Leader, Innovate UK; Dilip Rahulan, Executive Chairman & CEO - Pacific Controls; Irfan Khan, Chief Technology Officer - SAP Global Customer Operations; and Rutger Reman, President of Industry & Society Unit - Ericsson Middle East.
Meanwhile, speakers at The Big Data Show and GEMEC include Aamena Alshamsi, First UAE, Phd Graduate in Big Data and Assistant Professor at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology; Mike Bugembe, Global Chief Analytics Officer, JustGiving; Mohamed Mikou, Region Services Lead, Microsoft; Ashi Sheth, Manager Enterprise Platforms, Netflix; and Eric Eifert, Senior Vice President - Managed Security Services, DarkMatter among others.
Future Technology Week is supported by Dubai Smart Office as Smart City Partner to drive awareness on Dubai's Smart City initiative. The Big Data Show and IoTX has actually brought in sponsors including Microsoft as Hackathon & Business Intelligence Analytics Partner of The Big Data Show; while IoTX has Pacific Controls as Keynote Sponsor; Huawei, Intel Corporation and SAP as Diamond Sponsors; Advantech B&B SmartWorx, Cisco, Dell and Ericsson Middle East as Platinum Sponsors; General Electric and MachinesTalk as Gold Sponsors; and Cybercom, Red Solutions and WebNMS as Silver Sponsors.
Key sponsors of GISEC consist of Strategic Partner BT, DarkMatter as Cyber Security Innovation Partner; GBM as Diamond Sponsor; Spire Solutions as Platinum Sponsor; Cisco, Fidelis Cybersecurity, VMWare, and Forcepoint as Gold Sponsor; Guidance Software as Silver Sponsor. Furthermore, The Big Data Show has attracted Microsoft as the Hackathon & Business Intelligence Analytics Partner.
IoTX opens on March 29 and concludes on March 30, the one-day GEMEC works on March 29, GISEC opens on March 30 and ends on March 31, and the one-day The Big Data Show runs on March 31. The exhibit segment runs for 3 days from March 29 to 31.
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