The Saudi Data And Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) will be organizing the second edition of its global AI summit in Riyadh from September 13 to 15.
The theme of this year’s summit will be ‘artificial intelligence for the good of humanity.
Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf, president of SDAIA, said Saudi Arabia has set the vision of this modern technical field within the objectives of its Vision 2030 and will seek through this global summit to become a major forum in the world in the field of AI after the success of the first summit held in 2020.
“AI technologies have begun to be used in our daily lives and will have a significant impact in all aspects of life,” he said.
Bin Sharaf said the summit would discuss everything related to the field of AI technologies such as the present reality, challenges and aspirations towards benefiting from this technology.
Experts and specialists from government agencies and leading global technology companies are expected to present papers that highlight the latest research and technologies in this field and exchange experiences at the summit.
The summit will also explore investment opportunities related to the AI tools during the next phase.
The summit will discuss a number of topics that show the implications of the AI on the most important sectors, such as smart cities, human capacity development, health care, transportation, energy, culture and heritage, environment and economic mobility, with the aim of finding solutions to the current challenges and maximizing the use of the AI technologies.
The first edition of the global AI summit saw participation of more than 200 experts and decision-makers over two days and included dialogues of global importance, whether in terms of recovering from the pandemic or trends that shape the field of the AI.