RIYADH, Sept 14 (NNN-SPA) – Under the patronage of Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA), the second Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit, organised by SDAIA, kicked off yesterday, under the theme “Artificial Intelligence for the Good of Humanity,” with the participation of more than 10,000 policymakers, specialists and concerned figures with AI.
The summit is held at the headquarters of the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Centre in Riyadh, between yesterday, Sept 13 and tomorrow Sept 15, 2022.
The summit will go over all aspects of AI, including the present, challenges and aspirations to benefit from AI technologies by experts and specialists of senior officials from government and major IT companies in the world, who will provide various presentations that shed light on the latest research and innovations in the field, and exchange expertise and explore investment opportunities related to AI in the upcoming stage.
The summit offers an opportunity for concerned people and experts in this field, to benefit from the gathering of more than 200 speakers, representing 90 countries, to listen to their visions and presentations through their participation in more than 100 work sessions, panel discussions and workshops, in addition to getting acquainted with more than 40 cases of using AI that will be displayed during the summit by local and global innovative institutions.
The event will also address various AI technologies, including the present, challenges and aspirations towards utilising these technologies in our daily lives to serve humanity, in addition to, exchanging expertise with local and international experts, exploring investment opportunities related to AI technologies, and going over several fields that can reshape dialogue among technology, policies and systems in a bid to guarantee a unified application for AI that relies on humanitarian pillars.
The summit will also include the signing of more than 40 agreements and memorandums of understanding, between the public and private sectors from Saudi Arabia and abroad, in addition to announcing eight local and international initiatives among global companies and institutions in a bid to enhance international cooperation on AI and its uses.
