Biannual event
to bring together key players from startups, foundations, Educational
institutionresearches and cities for the first time
[UAE, September
09, 2014] – Smart Living City Dubai 2014, the inaugural edition
of the biannual event that focuses on highly successful local and
international Smart startups, will take place next week from
September 15-16, 2014, at Jumeirah Emirates Tower, Dubai. To be held
under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive
Council, the event is organized by TASWEEK and Inside Investor.
Smart Living City
Dubai 2014 will be held under three broad themes, namely, high-level
discussion panels, exhibition of local and international Smart
solutions, and master classes for participants. H.E. Sultan Bin Saeed
Al Mansouri, UAE Minister of Economy will deliver the opening remarks
while the welcome speeches will be given by Masood Al Awar, CEO,
TASWEEK Real Estate Marketing and Development and Kamran Saddique,
President and CEO, The City Innovate Foundation. With 16 exhibitors
and 39 speakers from all across the world, the event will offer
high-level networking opportunities to global investors,
corporations, foundations, researches and cities with senior
representatives from the Government of Dubai.
Masood Al Awar, CEO,
TASWEEK Real Estate Marketing and Development said: “With many of
the world’s leading cities gradually making a move to become Smart
Cities, there is a need to address key challenges of a Smart City
such as Smart urban development, building Smart technology
infrastructure, and integrating key government services under one
Smart platform. Dubai is one of the leading examples of a city that
is aiming to become a Smart City in the next three years under the
visionary guidance of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE
Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. In line with
Dubai’s Smart City initiative, we are launching Smart Living City
in the emirate to offer a channel to brainstorm about planning,
implementation and management of the process. We are upbeat that
visitors will find the event interesting and informative as well as
open up avenues for more interaction between public and private
sector.”
During the two-day
event, the keynote will be presented by H.E. Hussain Nasser Lootah,
Director General, Dubai Municipality on ‘Dubai’s Smart Urban
Development;’ and Dr. Mansoor Al Awar, Chancellor, HBMSU on ‘Future
of smart Education.’ H.E. Hani Al Hamli, Secretary General, Dubai
Economic Council on ‘Public Private Partnerships;’ The workshops
will be conducted by the members of the world’s most prestigious
institutions, including Robert Sutton, Professor, Management Science,
Stanford Engineering School on ‘Leadership and Scaling up
Excellence;’ Dr. Ryan Chin, MD, City Science Initiative, MIT Media
Labs on ‘Beyond Smart Cities;’ and Dr. Mitchell Joachim,
Associate Professor, New York University and Co-founder of Terreform
ONE on ‘Post Sustainability; New Direction in Ecological Urban
Design for the Near Future.’
“Makook Smart
Living looks forward to its participation at the first ever edition
of Smart Living City Dubai 2014. We strongly support Dubai’s vision
of a Smart City which will further enhance the quality of life of its
people. We are looking forward to being able to interact with
stakeholders from Internet of Things space, including government
departments and commercial entities with an aim to form strategic
business-to-business alliances to further accelerate Dubai’s
transition to a Smart City. We are confident that our presence at the
exhibition will prove immensely beneficial for us and generate
positive interest for our solutions for a connected living,”
concluded Nasri Tehini, CEO, Makook Smart Living.
Some of the leading
public and private organizations participating in Smart Living City
Dubai 2014 include the Government of Dubai, Stanford University,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Microsoft, Terreform ONE
and HBMSU. Other key speakers at this high profile event include Amr
Salem, MD, Smart Cities & Internet of Things, Cisco Systems;
Ashish Cowlagi, Smart Cities Business Leader, IBM; Marwan Bin Haider,
Executive Director, Dubai Smart Government; Yousif Almutawa, CIO at
DP World.
