World AI Show, organized by a global business events company Trescon to focus on artificial intelligence (AI), is gearing up for the launch of the first leg of the series in Dubai before moving on to Singapore, Mumbai and Paris. The first edition of the show will take place on April 11-12, 2018 at The Address Dubai Mall.
UAE has very aggressive in the global AI race especially when it announced the appointment of a dedicated ministry for AI, and with Dubai Police implementing a fully functional robot police. It plays the incubation host to dozens of emerging AI startups and digital transformative technologies. The country’s market cap for AI is set to touch the USD 50 billion by 2025.
Neighboring countries, including Saudi, have also developed a keenness for AI and has seen a 50 percent increase in development over the last five years.
The governing factor behind the World AI Show series is to bring the global thought leaders for AI under one roof, and discuss various facets regarding the development and wide-scale implementation of AI across key verticals. The world of AI is growing in size and momentum at such an economical pace that the concept of ethical concerns and costing is often ignored.
Arianna Huffington, Founder of The Huffington Post, and one of the speakers at the show, said, “The concept of AI scares the common man because his knowledge about it is low. We could either wait for the full-scale global incorporation of this technology before educating the masses, or we can skip to the front of the line and prepare the people for the inevitable.”
Financial allocation and national development remain bigger challenges for certain nations. With the cost of AI seeming ineffective for developing and third world nations, innovators and entities are on a fast-track to develop and create more cost effective products for these nations.
Nikhil Jain, Co-Founder of AI based Virtual Identity creator ‘ObEN’ said, “The show is a much needed platform as it is addressing the technology of the future, today. We need a detailed understanding of what constitutes an AI and the people need to know that too, for our businesses to thrive.”
The show is also being attended by industry leaders, such as Dr. Sohail Munir, who serves as an advisor for Emerging Technologies and Digital Transformation in the ‘Smart Dubai Govt’ initiative. “Dubai is one of the fastest evolving cities in the world when it comes to futuristic technologies like AI and Machine Learning. The government has extended their hand and full support for the immediate and strategic development of AI within the country,” Dr Sohail added.
Some of the other notable delegates and speakers attending the event are Hans Christensen, Director for Dtec, UAE; Dr. Bernd Van Linder, CEO of the Commerical Bank of Dubai, UAE; Sally Eaves, Speaker and Researcher of the Forbes Technology Council, UK; Fahad Al Gergawi, CEO of the Dubai Investment Development Agency and many others.
“We are conducting this show on a global scale because we saw a visible absence of platforms that discuss futuristic technology and their possible business opportunities. The advent of AI started with automation and is no longer a pipe dream! How can a business of tomorrow thrive unless we speak about it and address all of its concerns, today,” said Mohammed Saleem, Chief Executive Officer of Trescon.
