His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, attended today (Tuesday) the activities of the “Artificial Intelligence Summit 2024”, which witnessed the participation of more than 2500 officials, experts, and specialists in the field of artificial intelligence, in addition to 50 executives from leading local and international technology companies such as Microsoft, IBM, Google, Amazon, Oracle, SAP, Nvidia, and Samsung. New partnerships and initiatives were announced by governmental entities and private technology companies participating in the event.
During the summit, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum met with directors and officials of governmental entities, in the presence of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. He emphasized the need to improve solutions and mechanisms to accelerate the implementation of initiatives and projects adopting artificial intelligence technologies, to support the leadership visions for the future and make governmental entities in Dubai the most competent and prepared to leverage artificial intelligence opportunities. As part of this, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed met with newly appointed artificial intelligence executives in 22 governmental entities in Dubai, emphasizing their key role in developing and adopting artificial intelligence solutions and the importance of the public sector keeping pace with these advancements.
He stated that the upcoming period will focus on using artificial intelligence to develop Dubai into the most future-ready city, transforming it into practical applications that enhance human capabilities, improve efficiency at work, and increase productivity.
Technology is directed towards serving humanity, and he announced his desire to enhance the positive impact of artificial intelligence applications to facilitate people’s lives. Their aim is to transform the goals of the “Dubai Annual AI Adoption Plan” into practical steps, initiatives, events, and programs to enhance competitiveness, economic resilience, quality of life, and future readiness in Dubai.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum witnessed some of the dialogues and discussions held at the “Future Museum” within the Artificial Intelligence Summit activities, focusing on four main axes related to financing and financial support, digital infrastructure, data empowerment, and talent development. The goal was to identify key opportunities in the field of artificial intelligence, including policies, legislation, governance, developing data centers supporting AI applications, in addition to enhancing funding, research, talent development, and other aspects.
During a tour in “Area 2071” at Emirates Towers in Dubai, he visited several workshops and events organized by international technology companies to showcase the latest artificial intelligence solutions and applications. These events included 11 workshops in collaboration with Microsoft, Google, IBM, Oracle, Amazon, SAP, Nvidia, and Dubai Future Foundation, as well as 8 panel discussions organized by Dubai Future District Fund, Dubai AI Campus, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Oracle, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Intel.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the next edition of the “Artificial Intelligence Summit” on April 29, 2025, expressing his desire to make the summit an annual platform for studying the transformations and deep changes caused by artificial intelligence in all sectors through collaboration between the government and private sectors, aiming to capitalize on opportunities and applications that contribute to significant progress in education, health, development, scientific research, and future design.
He confirmed that the positive approach inspired by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid helped us in transforming artificial intelligence opportunities into the reality we live in today in Dubai. We seek to accelerate the transition from the stage of exploring opportunities in smart applications to the practical implementation stage.
. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced during the events of the “Artificial Intelligence Summit 2024” a strategic partnership between “du” and “Oracle” to provide advanced solutions in the field of data and artificial intelligence. He emphasized the roleDubai as a leading platform for innovation and development in artificial intelligence applications and technologies. It emphasized the continued support for initiatives that enhance this sector and encourage the thoughtful use of its technologies to enhance Dubai’s position as a beloved hub for work, life, creativity, and shaping the future.
The “Oracle Alloy” platform will be utilized through the partnership to provide cloud computing and sovereign artificial intelligence services to governmental entities and the public sector in the UAE.
Through this platform, “Du” will be able to offer more than 100 services in cloud computing, in addition to its cloud applications and services. The event announced several partnerships and joint initiatives between the government and technology companies, aiming to provide opportunities to benefit from advanced artificial intelligence while respecting the highest governance and data security standards to support the UAE’s leadership in this future sector.
The “Artificial Intelligence Retreat 2024,” organized by the “Dubai Center for Artificial Intelligence Applications” in collaboration with the “National Artificial Intelligence Program,” kicked off at the “Museum of the Future.” His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications and Deputy Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation, delivered a keynote address highlighting the key objectives of the “Dubai Annual Plan to promote the adoption of artificial intelligence technologies and applications.”
Three main discussion sessions titled “From Dubai to the World: Establishing Dubai as a global hub for big companies” featured entrepreneurs Devyani Torakia, CEO and co-founder of “Kitopi,” Mohammed Balout, former CEO of Farfetch, and Martin Avetissian. The successful models in artificial intelligence applications embraced by Dubai and launched globally were discussed due to its leadership in digital transformation, advanced technological development, diverse and advanced legislation meeting contemporary requirements. The increasing and necessary role of the government in supporting innovations in artificial intelligence, enhancing their uses to develop smart community services, and boosting growth and improving living standards were also discussed.
Rod Slimani, Nick Prettijohn, and Karim Bejir participated in the session entitled “Governments’ Role in Accelerating the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence through Effective Legislation and Policies.” The importance of positive interaction between governments, economic sectors, and technology companies to develop a comprehensive framework ensuring ethical and secure use of artificial intelligence to enhance human life and serve communities was emphasized. Dubai’s annual plan to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence is a crucial step in enhancing the quality of life in Dubai through utilizing artificial intelligence in various strategic sectors and fields vital for the Emirate’s future.
The plan aims to provide a better environment for artificial intelligence companies and global talents in Dubai, making Dubai the leader in adopting artificial intelligence in government work and establishing it as a global laboratory for artificial intelligence governance and legislation, achieving the best applications for artificial intelligence uses in strategic sectors. Dubai’s annual plan supports the acceleration of adopting artificial intelligence uses and applications to achieve the goals of Dubai’s Economic Agenda D33, adding new economic value from digital transformation to the new economy, averaging AED 100 billion annually added to Dubai’s economy, enhancing Dubai’s position among the top three global economic cities, and increasing economic productivity by 50% through innovation and adopting digital solutions.
