Naveed Ahmad Khan
Dubai, UAE: Gitex Global, the UAE’s annual technology event, featuring conferences, live workshops, exclusive networking opportunities, and demonstrations of the latest technological innovations, began at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) and Dubai Harbour. More than 6,000 exhibitors, 1,800 some start-ups from over 100 countries, came together to showcase the complex ecosystem of Gitex Global, AI Everything, Gitex Impact, Future Urbanism, Global Devslam, Superbridge Summit Dubai, Expand North Star, Fintech Surge, Future Blockchain Summit, and Marketing Mania.
As the Gold Sponsor of GITEX GLOBAL 2023 and the lead sponsor for the event’s cybersecurity program, Cyber Valley, Huawei showcased its latest ICT innovations, reaffirming its commitment to empowering digital transformation through Artificial Intelligence (AI) across various industries to help them make the most of intelligence.
The global ICT leader demonstrated new industry solutions and use cases in the domains of cloud, advanced network capabilities, cybersecurity, and digital power technologies. With the global attention of industry leaders and laypeople on AI, Huawei took the opportunity to discuss where intelligent technology is heading, how it can be effectively integrated into various industry scenarios and the importance of sustainability and security.
With AI poised to become a game-changer for the global economy that has already started revolutionizing multiple industries and sectors, Huawei showcased ways to integrate AI into various industry scenarios and empowering organizations to reimagine their digital transformation and innovation roadmaps for the AI-powered intelligent era.
Steven Yi, President of Huawei Middle East and Central Asia, said, “The new AI-powered intelligent era will usher new opportunities and values for businesses, industries, and ecosystems across the Middle East and Central Asia. At GITEX GLOBAL 2023, Huawei will demonstrate the latest breakthroughs in intelligent ICT innovations and unlock the immense potential of cloud and AI for Industries while ensuring that the ICT sector is continuously reinforcing its digital parameters and end-to-end cyber security practices. By bringing together industry visionaries, business leaders, and top technical experts, we will be ‘Accelerating Intelligence’ for a ‘Win-Win Intelligent Future’.”
AI has entered into core production systems and has started creating greater value, with AI adoption expected to reach 20% by 2026 in major industries. The domain has the potential to redefine global productivity and competitiveness. According to PwC’s Global Artificial Intelligence Study, AI could contribute up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030.
Harnessing the intelligent industry solutions Huawei has designed to meet the specific needs of different industries, including public services, finance, oil & gas, electric power, transportation and ISP, in Pakistan has the potential to accelerate sustainable economic growth and green development.
This year at the Huawei booth, Huawei is also showcasing for the very first time how the company transformed cybersecurity into a fundamental building block that became part of the Huawei DNA in the way it conducts business and development of its products and services. Huawei believes cybersecurity will be critical to the success of embracing the AI-driven digital future.
“Cybersecurity is key to executing our All-Intelligence strategy, providing strong fundamentals to accelerate digital transformation,” said Jeff Wang, Vice President of Huawei Global Cybersecurity & Privacy Office. Wang will be sharing a keynote proposing Trustworthy Engineering, Standardization and Certification. Dr. Aloysius Cheang, Chief Security Officer for the Middle East and Central Asia, will further underline the importance of having a sound Data-Centric Security Governance in the era where Data is the new oil, paving the way forward to unlock and unleash the full potential of AI at the GITEX Cybersecurity conference.