Duabi: The Global Manufacturing and Industrial Summit kicked off in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday morning, with an opening speech from Suhail Al Mazroui, the UAE’s energy minister.
On Monday, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, visited the exhibition in the capital.
The UN-backed industrial summit is aiming to build comprehensive and sustainable industrialisation in the country and is seeking to formulate a vision for the industrial sector.
Speakers on the bill include Thani Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Yosuke Takagi, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, and from the private sector, Beth Comstock, Vice Chair, GE.
Many companies are exhibiting at the four day event, including ABB, Tawazun, and Emirates Global Aluminium.
Ali Majid Al Mansouri, Chairman of the Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi, said on Monday that the summit provides the UAE with a political platform to build global alliances to achieve strategic goals in the industrial sector.
“With its global partnerships with the world’s leading industrial organisations, the GMIS will give the UAE a unique opportunity to benefit from this network in its international and external industrial investments while also providing a platform for the UAE to consolidate its global role in leading the fourth industrial revolution applications and exporting them worldwide,” he said in a statement to WAM.
