Digital Dubai has concluded a notably successful participation in the Dubai Government Pavilion at the 43rd edition of GITEX Global 2023, which was held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 16-20 October 2023.
The Dubai Government Pavilion brought together over 40 government and private entities in the Emirate of Dubai, reporting significant turnout from attendees at the event, who visited the Pavilion to explore the latest developments, projects, services, and initiatives from Digital Dubai and other participating public and private-sector entities. This year’s edition was the largest in the event’s history, with 6,000 entities and companies from around the world taking part.
The Dubai Government Pavilion recorded significant turnout from visitors who came to explore the innovative exhibits. Additionally, more than 40 local and international official delegations visited the platform, which hosted over 40 events, including the signing of cooperation and partnership agreements between Digital Dubai and various parties, in addition to the signing of agreements between other parties at the platform, new launches, honoring ceremonies, and lectures.
His Excellency Tariq Al Janahi, CEO of Corporate Enablement Sector at Digital Dubai, asserted that Digital Dubai’s participation in this year’s GITEX Global 2023, the region and the world’s foremost technology exhibition, was a great success. “Taking part in the exhibition contributed significantly towards Digital Dubai’s goals to showcase the progress it has made on its projects and overall mission to digitalize every aspect of life in the emirate,” he said. “The event also provided an ideal opportunity for meetings and direct communication with technology experts and professionals to exchange insights and ideas and explore the best solutions for shaping the future of urban digitalization on a local and international level.”
At the unified Dubai Government Pavilion, Digital Dubai highlighted the landmark projects launched by all its affiliated institutions, especially in the fields of cybersecurity and data, in addition to its own projects. The platform included updates on cybersecurity-related projects like Al Maha, Dubai Application Programming Interface (API) Tester, Mrqab, and the Cyber Security Operations Center (CyberSOC) – ‘Asaas’.
The platform also shed light on data-related projects like ‘Know Your Customer’, the Dubai Population Now project for real-time population count, the Dubai Statistics Center (DSC) Website, Dubai Talks platform, the Opinion Polls Empowerment Project, the ‘Household Income and Expenditure Survey for 2024’, and the Dubai Dashboard project.
As for Digital Dubai’s projects, the platform showcased the DubaiAI interactive platform, along with the 5.0 edition of UAE PASS, and the Digital City Experiences initiative.
