Smart Dubai Office holds 7th Board Meeting to Highlight Achievements So Far
UAE, December 25, 2016 - The board of directors of Smart Dubai Office (SDO) held its 7th conference, which was supervised by H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, chairman of the board, as part of its goal to meet the required of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to boost the city with smart technology, sustaining a citywide transformation to execute his vision making Dubai the happiest city in the world.
In the meeting, the board of Smart Dubai additionally evaluated a full record on the initiative's accomplishments because the upcoming three-year anniversary of Smart Dubai. The record showed that Smart Dubai will certainly not only have actually fulfilled, yet will have surpassed its mandate, ahead of its deadline. The report additionally demonstrated that Smart Dubai is prepared to launch the next phase of the Dubai's smart transformation.
H.E Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Chairman, Smart Dubai Office said "I would like to praise the entire Smart Dubai team for all their initiatives and successes achieved in meeting the initial stage of the Smart Dubai required. Our success is likewise very credited to the strong cooperation between the general public and economic sectors and a joint objective of fulfilling the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, of making Dubai the happiest city on earth. Every member of the board is consistently working within their entities to ensure an effective and timely implementation of future services and efforts as we now enter the 2nd stage of our smart city transformation."
"Many thanks to the management of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, His Excellency Saeed Al Tayer, the Chairman of the Board of Smart Dubai, the members of the Board of Smart Dubai, the Smart Dubai group, and all of our calculated partners that are constantly devoted to embracing the most innovative technologies to enhance experiences throughout the city, we are honored to reveal that, today, residents and visitors to Dubai could delight in the benefits of 121 smart initiatives and 1,129 smart solutions that are making Dubai a new global benchmark for smart city experiences." stated Her Excellency Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr, Director General, Smart Dubai Office.
The Smart Dubai board participants likewise assessed three key plan suggestions from the Dubai Information Establishment, defining the classification, opening and sharing, commercialisation and privacy of Dubai's information, in line with the Dubai Information Legislation. In the conference, the board accepted embrace the policies, which outline demands for: information category and security of privacy and IPR; information usage and re-use; and the administration of Dubai's data.
During the meeting, participants additionally talked about the progression of the Dubai Information Portal, highlighting that 41 data collections from government entities will certainly be available on the Smart Dubai Platform from very early 2017. The advantages of common services offered by the Smart Dubai Government was also lauded, highlighting the AED 4.3 billion conserved over the last 13 years because of the implementation of smart technology.
The conference was also attended by H.E. Ahmad Bin Humaidan, Vice Chairman of the Board; H.E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority; Colonel Khaled Nasser Al-Razzuqi, Director General of Smart Solutions Department at Dubai Authorities; H.E. Yousef Hamad Al Sheibani, Director General of Dubai Cyber Security Centre; Mohammed Abdullah Al Zafeen, Director of IT Department at Dubai Town; Mansour Juma Bu Osaiba, Replacement CEO of Nedaa; H.E. Younus Al Nasser, Assistant Director General of the Smart Dubai Office and Chief Executive Officer of the Dubai Information Facility; Wesam Lootah, Chief Executive Officer, Smart Dubai Government, and Eng. Saud Aziz, Board Rapporteur.
