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Smart Dubai Showcases its Experience at World Economic Forum 2017

H.E. Dr. Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr, Director General of the Smart Dubai Office, was the main rep of Dubai at the World Economic Forum 2017 in Davos, Switzerland. As part of the forum, a panel conversation was hung on global smart transformation of cities, during which Dubai's involvement held a solid visibility. Along with Dubai, the panel conversation hosted a group of global smart transformation leaders from Singapore, United States, Holland and India.

The Fourth Industrial Transformation and its effects was the major subject of the forum, which saw the celebration of hundreds of significant global magnate and the world's pioneers of innovation and smart city transformation.

The forum highlighted automation and smart transformation patterns in noticeable global cities led by Dubai as an introducing global benchmark in technological innovation, which is reviewed its population that are feeling happy in all walks of life.

Throughout the panel conversation titled 'Envisioning Global Smart Cities', Dr. Aisha offered Smart Dubai's strategy and approach for carrying out the campaign of transforming Dubai into the happiest and most intelligent city in the world.

She spoke about the collective initiatives put in by Dubai for smart transformation with technical innovation, which explores the power of the 4th Industrial Change and its impact on areas and people in the future when Dubai would certainly come to be the happiest and most intelligent city in the world. As an instance, Dr. Aisha said Dubai visitors really feel the difference when their arrival in Dubai due to the fact that all vital smart services that they require are easily provided.

In her comments at the verdict of the forum, Dr. Aisha claimed: "Dubai is presently amongst the top global cities completing in the field of smart transformation and our effective, pioneering experience is being currently showcased in global assemblies. This would not have actually been feasible without the keen vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who assisted us to touch the needs of the people in Dubai by using innovation and innovation, so that those who live in Dubai would certainly feel that the solutions they need are within reach and are effortlessly and easily provided anywhere and anytime. We are servicing fulfilling this vision, which is targeted at making Dubai the happiest and smartest city on Earth."

Dr. Aisha added: "Our passion in Dubai is limitless, and so is our passion for finding remedies and innovation in all fields. We like taking all global possibilities to share our know-how and experience for sustaining the world economic development and the growth of smart cities worldwide. We believe that the World Economic Forum as a global platform supplies an opportunity for picking up from various experiences and proficiency from worldwide and highlights the techniques and techniques followed for accomplishing such successes. This contributes to the future potential customers of many cities and uses a variety of innovative solutions in addition to difficulties and barriers encountered by cities throughout their smart transformation procedures. We in Dubai are saving no effort to offer our knowledge and showcase our smart transformation experience globally for sharing learnings that would certainly offer the future of all mankind."

Throughout the forum, the UAE likewise launched its 'State of the Future' report, the initial of its kind resource of knowledge for the future of numerous strategic industries such as power, health and education. Previously, the UAE revealed the establishment of the world's initial 4th Industrial Revolution Council, which is the world's very first open laboratory for trying out, testing and applying the Fourth Industrial Transformation innovation.

These efficient campaigns along with attending them at the global level are evidence of the UAE's leading setting in embracing the future innovation, and enhancing the future of the coming generations.

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