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H.E. Dr. Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr, Director General of the Smart Dubai Office, recently showcased Smart Dubai's experience of changing the emirate right into a totally smart city to a number of future city leaders during the key session on the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.

Throughout the presentation, H.E. Dr. Bin Bishr said: "Our vision is to make Dubai the happiest city on earth with a promise to make sure the joy of its people in everything we do. We have realized that modern technology can develop a positive effect on everybody's joy and continue to be fully commited to harnessing the most up to date innovations to improve city experiences to earn everybody pleased. Today, Dubai residents are not required to existing passports to get in or leave the city as they can simply check their Emirates ID at the E-Gates for smooth, quick and simple flow. Furthermore, the RTA's Nol Card permits customers to spend for bus, city and taxi fares along with admission costs for public parks. In addition, the Dubai Power and Water Authority has established greater than 100 electric vehicle billing terminals across Dubai. We are just working with all our companions to define the future of Dubai with the purpose to make its inhabitants delighted."

The Director General included: "We have produced a roadmap for the smart transformation of Dubai which incorporates 6 dimensions, namely the smart economic situation, smart living, smart individuals, smart environment, smart mobility, and smart governance. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has meticulously examined our progress and Dubai's smart transformation experience has actually because been made use of as a benchmark for all cities worldwide. Over the previous 3 years, we introduced as many as 121 smart campaigns and 1,129 smart solutions. We are currently carrying out a happiness schedule under 4 portfolios, specifically, discovery, education, dimension and adjustment, every one of which offer the goal of Dubai's smart transformation for the happiness of its people."

"We have a unique joy meter, an open platform for all customers of the Dubai Government and private sector entities to gauge the level of their happiness. This will allow us to introduce new programmes and develop our smart services according to individuals's needs which will result in enhanced citywide happiness. The Smart Dubai effort has an ambitious goal of making Dubai not only a technologically innovative city yet additionally the globes happiest. In 2016, we collected more than 6 million ballots through the joy meter, attaining a citywide joy rate of 90 per cent," wrapped up H.E. Dr. Bin Bishr.

Discussing the Smart Dubai campaign, H.E. Dr. Bin Bishr explained that the difficulty of building the Dubai Smart City lays in the ability to integrate the initiatives of both the government and economic sectors. To offer this end, Smart Dubai's smart transformation approach is focused on offering the best facilities and information and communication technologies (ICT) for incorporating initiatives and unifying the citywide process of smart transformation. Starting with just nine (9) tactical companions, Smart Dubai currently takes pride in a network of 24 partners representing both the government and economic sectors.

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