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- Over 125 policymakers and industry leaders will address industrial, technological, economic and environmental opportunities and challenges in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
- E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, UAE and Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt, Minister for Investment, United Kingdom, as well as other Ministers from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Israel, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Mauritania and Cameroon, will discuss policies and collaborations to drive economic recovery
- The GMIS Week will be held from November 22-27 at EXPO’s Dubai Exhibition Centre
Dubai: World leaders from government, business and civil society will gather at the fourth edition of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (#GMIS2021) to address the leading technological, industrial and policy trends that will shape the post-pandemic world and cement a more sustainable future for all.
Under the theme, ‘Rewiring Societies: Repurposing Digitalisation for Prosperity’, over 125 global leaders will engage in over 30 sessions on November 22 & 23 to drive a global dialogue on the importance of data intelligence and connectivity, as well as the evolving mechanisms of interaction between and among humans and machines in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Ministers and government officials participating in #GMIS2021 include H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the UAE; Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt, Minister for Investment, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Trade and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy; H. E. Abdullah Bin Touq AlMarri, Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates; H.E. Bandar Alkhorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; H.E. Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt; H.E. Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education of the UAE; H.E. Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Advanced Technology and Chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency UAE; and H.E. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises of the UAE.
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt, Minister for Investment, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Trade and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, said: “As countries across the world emerge from the pandemic, the need to foster innovation and work collaboratively across industries and borders has never been more crucial.
“At GMIS, I look forward to exploring how the UK, as a global hub for technology and manufacturing, can support the global effort to build back better, and greener.”
Driven by technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Cloud Computing, and the fifth generation of wireless network technology (5G), discussions at #GMIS2021 will explore how data and connectivity are amongst the leading factors shaping the future of supply chains, green manufacturing, sustainable energy, climate action, policymaking, and resilient global economies.
Highlighting the rapid changes and innovations taking place in the global renewable energy landscape, H.E. Petr Bobylev, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation will speak at a panel titled ‘Energy as a Service (EaaS): Digitalisation of the Power Sector’, while H.E. Karine Elharrar, Minister of Energy of Israel will address strategies to accelerate the use of innovation and digital technologies to build a “green economy” at a panel titled ‘The Twin Transition: Where innovation, technology and sustainability meet’.
In addition, H.E. Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Cultural Advisor to His Highness the President of the UAE and Chancellor of the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), will participate in a panel titled ‘Has Digital Transformation Served as a Springboard to Prosperity?’. The discussion will analyse the rising importance of building digital ecosystems and enabling sustainable job creation in the Middle East and Africa.
Other Ministers confirmed to speak at the Summit include H.E Gabriel Dodo Ndoke, Minister of Mines, Industry, and Technoligical Development of Camaroon; H.E. Kitti Settha Pandita Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister and Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation for the Kingdom of Cambodia; H.E. Abdel Aziz Dahi, Minister of Digital Transition, Innovation and Modernization of the Administration of Mauritania; and H.E Dr. Sekai Ekai Nzenza, Minister Of Industry and Commerce of Zimbabwe.
The Ministers will be joined by CEOs and senior industry leaders from General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett Packard, Huawei Technologies, Unilever, Microsoft, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Sberbank, Skolkovo Foundation, Nokia, and other global organisations. Joining from the United Arab Emirates are senior industry leaders from ADNOC, Mubadala, ICT Fund, Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, Dubai Economy, Emirates Steel, RTA, ENEC, Etihad Rail, EGA, EDB, Strata, Sanad, Taziz, Dubai Industrial City, G42, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, and TAQA.
Badr Al-Olama, Head of the GMIS Organising Committee, called on public and private sector leaders attending #GMIS2021 to deepen cooperation as they seek to rebuild their economies and businesses. “Since 2017, GMIS has established itself as an international platform where leaders from all over the world come together to convert goals into reality. And this year, as countries look to address a wide range of social and economic challenges, it should come as no surprise that GMIS is once again taking place at one of the fastest emerging global hubs for innovation and industrialisation – the UAE. We are delighted to welcome key stakeholders from across the world to build a future that is inclusive, technologically advanced and environmentally sustainable.”
Taking place at EXPO’s Dubai Exhibition Centre, the six-day GMIS Week will be held from November 22-27 featuring over 200 global leaders from government and business. On November 24, the GMIS Week will host a dedicated Global Prosperity Conference run by GMIS’s Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity and an Alternative & Renewable Energy Conference. The GMIS Week will also feature country-focused conferences in partnership with the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and Italy. The event will also run a six-day manufacturing and advanced technology exhibition to showcase some of the UAE’s most innovative capabilities.
Participants can register to attend #GMIS2021 at https://gmisummit.com/registration . The programme agenda is available at the following link: https://gmisummit.com
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About GMIS:
The Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) was established in 2015 to build bridges between manufacturers, governments and NGOs, technologists, and investors in harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s (4IR) transformation of manufacturing to enable the regeneration of the global economy. A joint initiative by the United Arab Emirates and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), GMIS is a global platform that presents stakeholders with an opportunity to shape the future of the manufacturing sector and contribute towards global good by advancing some of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The first two editions of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit were held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in March 2017, and Yekaterinburg, Russia in July 2019, respectively, with each edition welcoming over 3,000 high-level delegates from over 40 countries. The third edition, GMIS2020, was held virtually in September 2020 and convened over 10,000 attendees and close to 100 thought-provoking leaders from governments, businesses, and civil society.
GMIS2021, the fourth edition of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit, will be held once again in the United Arab Emirates from November 22 to 27, alongside EXPO Dubai, under the theme – Rewiring Societies: Repurposing Digitalisation for Prosperity.
To learn more about GMIS, please visit https://gmisummit.com/ and follow GMIS on Twitter: @GMISummit, Instagram: @gmisummit, LinkedIn: GMIS - Global Manufacturing & Industrialisation Summit, and Facebook: @GMISummit.
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