SAS National Development Summit spotlights opportunities for federal government companies to enhance data-driven development in the UAE

The overwhelming response to the just recently concluded SAS National Innovation Summit 2015 showed the enhancing requirements essential to undertake data-driven development within the government companies in the UAE.

Dubbed as 'Taking UAE Government firms from Data to Insight and Innovation', the SAS National Innovation Summit combined over 100 policymakers, data science believed leaders and crucial stakeholders from leading UAE government organizations. The top concentrated on utilizing the genuine value and advantages of driving development through data insights and analysis.

"With the continuous information explosion happening internationally, evaluating big information will work as the crucial driver for innovation, efficiency and development throughout various sectors within public and private organizations. We, at SAS, are committed to supply cutting-edge data-driven options that line up with the UAE's strategic vision of making the country a regional hub for development," said Shukri Dabaghi, Regional Director for the Middle East and Francophone Africa at SAS.

One of the summit's keynote speakers, Colonel Barakat Yakoub Al Kindi, Head of Systems & Development, Abu Dhabi Police, highlighted the value of data and predictive analytics in today's policing. According to Al Kindi, Abu Dhabi Police was the very first government department to make use of and yield the advantages of information analytics to substantially minimize and prevent criminal activity in the capital.

Col. Al Kindi likewise discussed that by evaluating and understanding data, federal government companies can accomplish optimum advantages by producing chances including recognizing brand-new strategies for criminal activity control; road & traffic safety and decrease roadway accidents.

Marcel Yammine, General Manager, Gulf and Emerging Markets at SAS said; "The SAS National Innovation Summit was a fantastic success and the timing was ideal, ahead of the UAE Innovation Week that is set to take place on 22-28 November. In line with the UAE's vision to become the regional development hub, SAS intends to play a pivotal function in motivating and supporting government companies in exploring, understanding and learning the value of development through information.".

At the same time, Khawla Al Qubaisi, Director-- Information Technology, Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD), discussed utilizing the value of Abu Dhabi's Judicial Data. She explained the necessary function of information within ADJD in developing efficiency measures in addition to monitoring, examining and making better suggestions.

Among the other speakers at the top were Marco Rohrle, Manager-- Advanced Analytics, National Health Insurance Company (DAMAN), who shared the journey of DAMAN in medical insurance analytics; and Dr Mohammed Ebrahim Al-Mualla, CEng, MIET, SMIEEE, Senior Vice President-- Research & Graduate Studies, Khalifa University, who provided the vision of constructing a nationwide analytics information science talent swimming pool in the UAE.

In addition, global speakers from SAS consisted of Simon Dennis, Director of Central Government Practice, SAS UK, who spoke about information and digital dividend; and Dr. Wayne Thompson, Chief Data Scientist, SAS Institute from Cary, USA, who went over big information and analytics for government development.