Abu Dhabi Smart Solutions Teams With Microsoft To Host Innovation Summit

Abu Dhabi Smart Solutions and Services Authority, today partnered with Microsoft to host an Innovation Summit at Jumeirah Etihad Towers, in the UAE capital

ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 22nd Apr, 2019) Abu Dhabi Smart Solutions and Services Authority, today partnered with microsoft to host an Innovation Summit at Jumeirah Etihad Towers, in the UAE capital.

The event gathered over 500 IT decision-makers with digital transformation experts to help them achieve more and further emphasised on how innovation can happen jointly.

Dr. Rauda Saeed Al Saadi, Director-General of Abu Dhabi Smart Solutions, noted, "We are glad to host the Innovation Summit in partnership with Microsoft, one of the world’s top firms in Technology. The Innovation Summit, being held in Abu Dhabi, reflects Abu Dhabi Smart Solutions’ strategy of driving digital transformation across the emirate to stimulate business and investment, and promote economic development as one of the main pillars of the Abu Dhabi Development Accelerator Programme 'Ghadan21'."

Al Saadi highlighted the important role that innovative digital solutions can play to promote proactivity and drive innovation, leveraging the power of Data which will positively impact the happiness of society, in line with the authority’s strategy to widen its partnerships with the private sector to further enhance synergies and create incremental value from the joint initiatives.

Covering topics, such as the power of Microsoft 365, the transforming of government services through artificial intelligence, and data centre management with Microsoft Azure, the summit offered presentations and breakout sessions designed to accelerate innovation, boost entrepreneurship and job creation, and support the UAE private and public sectors in their pursuit of excellence in the global digital economy.

"Microsoft today reiterated its ongoing support for the Government of Abu Dhabi, as it continues to innovate on behalf of its citizens, residents, visitors and investors" said Sayed Hashish, Regional General Manager at Microsoft Gulf. "Digital transformation has the power to engage citizens, empower public servants, optimise operations and reinvent service-delivery models. Our shared digital future demands that public and private sectors join together, as we have with Abu Dhabi Smart Solutions, to guide entrepreneurs and help create jobs and boost GDP, in line with Abu Dhabi’s accelerator programme Ghadan 21".