Hmmm....Apparently The Destination Is To Connect All The Smart Cities Into I Giant....

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From Gulf News:

Smart Dubai launches Global Network to connect smart cities
Dubai with cities included inwards Global Index for smart cities

Smart Dubai launched ‘The Smart Dubai Global Network,’ the largest international network of smart metropolis stakeholders, on Mon during their annual lawsuit ‘Future, Now’ at Dubai Design District.

The first aims to pick out together partners that portion a passion for advanced technology, Fourth-Industrial-Revolution breakthroughs, smart living together with spreading happiness inwards the community.

Dr Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr, director-general of Smart Dubai announced the network has gone live, with members representing the government, the someone sector, query centres, academic institutes, dependent plain thing experts together with the media.

Members tin bring together the network online together with interact with i some other through the get-go comprehensive global smart metropolis directory. Users tin make out to i some other to collaborate on exchanging cognition roughly implementation of smart metropolis together with technological initiatives, ecosystem enablement efforts supporting start-ups together with entrepreneurs, science development, publications, events, awards together with more.

The network’s focus topics include relevant areas inwards the plain of smart cities including large data, metropolis experiences, artificial intelligence, paperless government, block chain, digital identity together with shared services’ platforms.

“This is the number of 3 years of query close smart cities together with initiatives. Our means to give dorsum to the communities of smart cities is yesteryear providing them with a digital platform to portion their cognition with others,” said Bishr.

The Smart Dubai Global Network seeks to set Dubai every bit a global hub for science, technology, research, smart living, together with the hereafter industry. It cements Dubai’s global prestige, farther transforming the metropolis into a laboratory for experimenting with together with implementing bold airplane pilot projects together with breakthroughs.

“We await forrad to working mitt inwards mitt with other ambitious cities from roughly the world, with query centres together with academic institutes thinking exterior the proverbial box to respect master solutions to both long-standing together with modern-day challenges, together with with subject-matter experts dedicating fourth dimension together with endeavor to sustaining the smart-transformation momentum sweeping across the globe,” said Bishr.

The Network is poised to pick out close a dynamic increase together with shift inwards query together with evolution together with academic activities inwards general. The movement every bit good aims to attract a high-skilled workforce, reversing encephalon drain inwards the part together with other parts of the world....MORE