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UAE Government Takes Part in the World Economic Forum’s six Global Fourth Industrial Revolution Councils

The UAE Government represented by His Excellency Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, and His Excellency Abdullah bin Touq, Secretary General of the UAE Cabinet, took part in the World Economic Forum’s six Global Fourth Industrial Revolution Councils in San Francisco, USA.

The Councils aim to help policy-makers and businesses strike the right balance between enabling emerging technologies and proactively mitigating the social risks that can result, the World Economic Forum launched six Global Fourth Industrial Revolution Councils today.

Covering the most pressing technology areas of artificial intelligence, autonomous mobility, blockchain, drones, internet of things and precision medicine, global councils bring together more than 200 leaders from the public and private sectors, civil society and academia from around the world.

Council members will work together to develop policy guidance and address “governance gaps” or the absence of well-defined rules for emerging technology. They met for the first time today at Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in San Francisco.