Smart Living City Dubai 2014, the city’s first event that brings together top company executives, high-ranking public officials, academic speakers and startups with a high-rated audience of decision makers, mentors and incubators, will take place at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers on 15 and 16 September 2014.
The event, held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, will feature a number of panel discussions on the smart city ecosystem of Dubai and the smart city trend globally, plus presentations of smart solutions, workshops and a startup competition.
Opening remarks will be given by Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, U.A.E. Minister of Economy, followed by keynotes on Dubai’s ambition to become the smartest city of the world by Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality and Hani Al Hamli, Secretary General of the Dubai Economic Council (DEC).
Al Hamli stated that DEC participation at this event comes in terms of its keenness to support the ‘Smart City” initiative launched last year by Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Al Hamli’s note will be addressing the significance of public-private partnership (PPP) paradigm in achieving the stated initiative. “PPP is the most effective tool that could harness the potentials of both public and private sectors in meeting the broader economic aims, including the smart city initiative”, he said.
The DEC’s Secretary-General spots light on the event, commented “It will showcase the best smart products and services, and major opportunities for sectors such as tourism, transportation, environment, education, and telecommunication.. It will also reveal effective strategies for the cooperative development and deployment of a smart integrated system between the private and public sectors.. Ultimately it will contribute to the efforts tend to turn Dubai to be on the top of smartest cities in the world,” Al Hamli concluded.
Top-notch moderators and speakers on the first day will dive into topics such as Creating a Smart Ecosystem, Big Data and Smart Government Solutions, Urban Development, Transport and Utilities, as well as the Future of Education, a panel hosted by Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University.
Day two puts in the spotlight startups and entrepreneurs that are a crucial part of a smart city ecosystem. Panels will focus on Creating an Innovation Hub, Funding & Scaling Startups and the Startup Ecosystem in the Middle East. The programme also features a competition where startups will be pitching their smart city solutions to a prominent jury. Winners will be announced in the afternoon. Moderators and panelist include representatives from Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), New York University, Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, Schneider Electric, San Francisco Mayor’s office, University of California Berkeley and the Government of Dubai, among others.
The event is organised by Inside Investor and Tasweek Real Estate Marketing and Development in partnership with Dubai Municipality. Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University and Dubai Economic Council are two main partners in the event.
Source : WAM News Agency for United Arab Emirates
