Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Riyadh will host the second edition of the Global Artificial Intelligence Summit from 13 to 15 September, the largest international AI event, with the participation of global policymakers and heads of technology, communications, and investment companies.
The Summit, themed “Artificial Intelligence for the Good of Humanity,” is being organized by the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA), and being held under the patronage of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is the chairman of SDAIA’s board of directors and will be held at King Abdulaziz Conference Center.
SDAIA has been established to building a future based on data and AI, and achieving the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
SPA reported that investments in AI have started making difference towards a better tomorrow, and this can be seen clearly in the efforts of Saudi futuristic city, NEOM.
NEOM is working diligently to make sustainability a fundamental pillar in all its efforts and actions to build a better future for upcoming generations.
The Global AI Summit, in its second edition, confirms the success achieved by “SDAIA” in organizing the first summit two years ago at a time when the wheel of life came to a pause triggered by the repercussions of the Corona pandemic, the report said.
The second summit is important as it deals with modern AI-related topics and its multiple uses in human life in the 21st century, and the Kingdom seeks to achieve international leadership to become among the data and AI-based economies.
AI is expected to boost global gross domestic product (GDP) by 14 percent by 2030, or nearly $15 trillion.
The summit includes more than 100 sessions in which more than 200 speakers will participate, working with more than 3,000 participants.
The summit seeks to enhance the Kingdom’s position as a global destination for decision-makers and investors in the artificial intelligence technology sector, aiming to exchange expertise with AI experts from around the world, raise the level of investment in data and artificial intelligence technologies, form alliances and launch initiatives that transform intelligence ideas to projects on the ground.
The summit will discuss a number of topics that show the implications of the AI on the most important sectors, such as: smart cities, human capacity development, health care, transportation, energy, culture and heritage, environment and economic mobility, with the aim of finding solutions to the current challenges and maximizing the use of the AI technologies.
The summit will reformulate the dialogue between technology, policies, and systems to find a unified application of artificial intelligence per human pillars centered around: smart cities, capacity development, health care, transportation, energy, culture, environment, and digital economy.
The event will include a review of modern AI technologies through an accompanying exhibition and the launch of several of initiatives and agreements between the largest global companies in the world, and the establishment of the NEOM Challenge for Artificial Intelligence competition.