Dubai: The Organising Committee of the Government Summit has announced that as many as 87 countries will be participating this year in the biggest event of its kind in the world to discuss governments of the future as well as the critical changes taking place at the global level in the development of government services.
The committee also announced that during the summit, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will open the Museum of Future Government Services, which includes an exhibition on new technologies that can provide future government services as well as applications that will shape a new generation of future services.
Names of the top speakers from the UAE and other countries for the third edition of the summit, which will be held in Dubai from February 9 to 11, were also revealed by the committee. General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, will deliver the keynote speech at the summit.
The summit, organised under the theme ‘Shaping Future Governments’, will also be addressed by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai. In addition various sessions will be addressed by Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior; Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs; Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister and Chairman of National Media Council; and Shaikha Manal Bint Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
The summit will have more than 100 speakers from outside the UAE, including Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General; Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum; Queen Rania of Jordan; and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak as well as speakers from international universities and organisations.
A group of international organisations will also participate in the summit to discuss the future of governments. These include the United Nations, World Bank, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and World Economic Forum, in addition to international universities, academics, researchers and representatives of governments.
