Dubai

Lt. General His Highness Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, today opened the activities of the Digital Economy Technologies Conference and Exhibition “Seamless 2022”, which will be held at the Convention and Exhibition Center in Dubai during the period from May 14-16, 2024, sponsored by the League of Arab States and organized by the Arab Union. For the digital economy and Terrapin International Conference Organizing Company.

The organization of the conference comes within the context of the “Arab Vision Project for the Digital Economy,” which was announced in Abu Dhabi in December 2018 with the generous support and sponsorship of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, may God protect and preserve him, and was approved at the Arab Leaders Summit held in Algeria 2022. .

His Highness attended the opening session of the conference, and His Highness and the attendees watched the announcement of the results of the Arab Index for the Digital Economy 2024 report, as well as the initiative to establish the “Hikma” Center for Scientific Research at the level of Arab and Islamic countries, and the Arab Artificial Intelligence initiative to support innovation, develop sectoral solutions, and access to information in the Arabic language, to Listen to the keynote speeches delivered at the opening ceremony.

A large number of government officials in the Arab region and an elite group of leaders in the private sector and international experts participate in the conference sessions in the main themes of the conference, which include digital banking services, digital identity, financial technology, digital currencies, electronic and digital payments, e-commerce, the retail sector, and services. Logistics, e-marketing, and digital banking services.

Remarkable presence

The opening was attended by His Excellency Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, Minister of Foreign Trade, His Excellency Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, His Excellency Eng. Atef Helmy, former Minister of Communications and Information Technology – Egypt, President of the General Assembly of the Arab Federation for the Digital Economy, and Lord Merlin Hay. , Member of the British House of Lords, Baroness Paula Auden, Member of the British House of Lords, His Excellency Hani Muhammad Mahmoud, Former Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Arab Republic of Egypt, His Excellency Professor Dr. Muhammad Othman Al-Khasht, President of Cairo University, and Sheikha Nawal Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah, President of the Arab Anti-Counterfeiting Union. and counterfeiting, His Excellency Counselor Khairy Ahmed Al-Kabbash, President of the Court of Appeal – Egypt, His Excellency Dr. Ali Muhammad Al-Khoury, Advisor to the Council of Arab Economic Unity and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Union for the Digital Economy, a number of ambassadors of Arab and Western countries accredited to the Emirates, and a large number of Arab delegations, government officials and experts. In the fields of the digital economy, and a number of specific Arab organizations and unions operating within the scope of the League of Arab States.