Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, is set to host its 17th TechForum focusing on smart city technology and its social and commercial implications for the GCC region.
The event will take place today, 11 November from 6:30pm-9:00pm at DSOA headquarters bringing together technology professionals, experts, academics and students.
In the opening session, Eng. Muammar Al Katheeri, Vice President – Engineering Management and Chairman of the Smart City Committee at DSOA will highlight the organisation’s contribution to the Dubai Smart City vision with a special focus on the newly launched AED1.1 billion Smart City project – the Silicon Park.
Dr. Mazen Zein, Business Development and Strategy Director, Schneider Electric, Dr. Philippe Bouvier, Adjunct Professor, RIT Dubai, and Fatih Simsek, Product Manager, Philips Lighting are some of the eminent speakers that will headline the event.
Ahead of the event, Eng. Muammar Al Katheeri said: “Dubai Silicon Oasis TechForum provides a platform for local and global experts to come together in a knowledge incubation space. With the recent launch of the Silicon Park project in Dubai and other smart cities around the world, we believe this is an opportune moment to focus on the topic.
“The upcoming knowledge session will highlight the role of digital technologies that make cities truly smart and sustainable. The event will also reiterate the importance of introducing smart living aspects with its quantitative and qualitative criteria.”
The 17th edition of TechForum is supported by Silicon Oasis Capital and Silicon Oasis Founders, a technology incubation centre owned by DSOA that encourages local entrepreneurial talent in the promising mobile application space and related technologies. The earlier editions of TechForum focused on topics such as wearable technology, data processing, mobile payments, cloud computing, augmented reality and social media with speakers from Du, Microsoft, SAP, IDC, Oracle, Facebook and Linked-In among others.
A wholly-owned entity of the government of Dubai, DSO operates as a free zone technology park for large enterprises, medium and small companies looking to set up their offices in Dubai.