Dubai: At least two new UAE initiatives were revealed during the second day of the Government Summit on in Dubai, including the UAE Gender Balance Council and the UAE Robots and Artificial Intelligence for Good award.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced the formation of the Council on Tuesday.
The federal entity is chaired by Shaikha Manal Bint Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President, Dubai Women’s Establishment, and wife of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
The council aims to boost UAE efforts to evolve and enhance women’s role as key partners in building the nation’s future.
Later in the day, Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, announced the robots award during a tour of the Museum of Future Government Services at the summit.
The new $1 million (around Dh3.67 million) international award also has a Dh1 million prize for the local UAE version of the contest, to be awarded in the next summit in 2016.
The UAE is investing in high-tech solutions to deliver public services.
Timeline: Day 2 of the Government Summit
4:50pm UAE Gender Balance Council to be formed
In Tuesday's Government Summit in Dubai, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, announced the forming of the “UAE Gender Balance Council”.
"We, in the UAE, are keen to enable woman and put her in the right position," Shaikh Mohammad said.
The council will be a federal entity chaired by Dubai Women Establishment president Shaikha Manal bint Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, wife of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The new body aims to boost UAE’s efforts to enhance women’s role as key partners in building the future of the nation.
“The impact of a significant female presence in leadership roles has wide-ranging benefits on the economy, on governance, and on society at large. The UAE has always worked to dismantle barriers that create tension between the genders. We have a great opportunity to uncover new paths that we may walk on together,” said Shaikha Manal at the session.
2.20pm 'We want a knowledge-based economy'
“People might wonder what the secret behind the success of the UAE is. We are a Muslim State and our identity is the source of our success,” said Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, during his address at the Government Summit in Dubai.
“Yes, we come from a desert but with the effort of its people, the UAE was able to advance its people, infrastructure, and society,” he added
Excerpts from his speech:
The human being is the most valued source of culture. Man is the essence of every civilised process.
When the UAE was established 50% of men and 30% of women could write and read. Now 90% of them can read and write.
The UAE has 2200 facilities that provide state-of-the art health care.
Women are a big part of the UAE's success.
Oil represents les than third of the country's GDP . Our economy is one of the most important economic hubs in the region and emerging economies.
The UAE has become a hub for airlines and connections and intentional hub for communication. It is the fastest growing economy, with regulations that protect its consumers.
When we talk about industry we have to focus on one issue, which is that the UAE needs to be a knowledge based economy.
We are investing in the energy for the future. We want to build a future like we are building the present. The solar energy plant will be launched in 2015.
There are Emiratis working all around the world. We are also exporting our talents.
12.37pm Watson to predict traffic, floods, and sickness
A super computer named Watson could be the next technological breakthrough as its capabilities go as far as helping to predict the future and save lives by analyzing big data.
Created by IBM, Watson, which is fed with a vast amount of information and data can analyse and rapidly answer questions through analytics, explained Bernard Meyerson, Vice-president of innovation at the second day of the Dubai Government Summit.
Watson is not only a question-answer tool, but can predict a flood, traffic jams, and even look at a patient’s data to predict when they will fall sick.
Pointing out that 90 per cent of the data in the world did not exist two years ago, Meyerson explained that big data is so large that we no longer can deal with.
“With big data we can predict the future that could help us save lives, avoid traffic ahead of time. Watson has the ability to make big-data information consumable” he said.
Used by several hospitals in the US to analyze cases of healthcare, Watson showed its ability to analyze 3500 text books from cover to cover and 4000 other data sets in 17 seconds in one particular case.
The cognitive system, which can customize itself to your behavior includes language processing, hypothesis generation and evaluation, and evidence-based learning, said Meyerson.
“Information technology should be taken for granted. It should be accessible and intelligent. We should use technology for the betterment of people and the betterment of society,” he said.
10.05am "IT should be taken for granted"
The beauty of @IBMWatson is its ability to make big-data information consumable.
Dr Bernard S. Meyerson: Watson's capabilities include language processing, machine learning, statistical analysis
Live demo as @IBMWatson solves Breaking Bad criminal investigation by analyzing millions of Wikipedia pages. Watson can analyse 3500 text books and 4000 other data sets in 17 seconds.
"Information technology should be taken for granted. It should be accessible and intelligent."
"Innovation happens when people shows great courage in the face of challenges," he said.
Delegates at Madinat Jumeirah on Day 2 of the Government Summit 2015.
9.40am Big data and future
Big data analytics can help fight epidemics like Ebola," Dr. Bernard Meyerson. New data analytics can accurately predict traffic jam," he added.
Pic: IBM’s VP of Innovation, Dr. Bernard Meyerson introduces supercomputer Mr. Watson to the #GovSummit audience pic.twitter.com/12ZmeLAO0V— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) February 10, 2015
9.30am
90% of data in the world today did not exist 2 years ago," Dr Bernard Meyerson
9.25am
"People who don't innovate will disappear," Dr. Bernard Meyerson, Vice President of Innovation, IBM.
"UAE ahead of the curve in digital governance in the region," Mari Kiviniemi, OECD Deputy Secretary General
9.20 am
Day two of govt summit begins with a keynote address by Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary General of OECD
With inputs from Jumana Khamis, Shafat Shahbandari, Faisal Masudi, Noor Nazzal and Maria Botros
