SDAIA to Hold Global AI Summit in September in Riyadh
Riyadh
The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) announced that the Global AI Summit, in its third edition, will be held from 10 to 12 September 2024 at the King Abdulaziz International Convention Center in Riyadh, under the patronage of Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority.
The President of the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA), Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Al-Ghamdi, said that this summit comes after the great successes achieved by the first and second editions during 2020 and 2022 under the patronage of the Crown Prince, noting that this summit is characterized by the breadth of its axes that cover aspects of international interest in data and artificial intelligence in light of the rapid development of its technologies and their overall impact on the individual and institutional levels.
He called on senior specialists in artificial intelligence technologies, policy makers and systems influential in building these technologies from different countries of the world to participate in this summit to present ideas and visions that contribute to developing the general frameworks that govern the use of artificial intelligence technologies in a way that achieves the desired benefit from them and finding solutions to overcome the various challenges of these technologies.
He also called on those interested in data technologies, artificial intelligence and innovators to attend the summit, whose outputs will be positively reflected – with the help of God Almighty – at the local level of the Kingdom and the international level, based on strengthening the active role of the Kingdom in supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2030, which contributes to achieving the good of all humanity.
He pointed out that this summit is the fruit of the achievements of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 march under the leadership of Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as it will be the compass of the world towards Riyadh to know the latest developments in artificial intelligence from international decision-makers, ministers, heads of international organizations and bodies, CEOs of major technology companies in the world, and elite data and artificial intelligence scientists who will enrich the main summit with what is going on globally about artificial intelligence developments, in addition to the announcements and signing of local and international agreements that will be witnessed by the summit. A nucleus to launch international initiatives in the name of the Kingdom in the field of data and artificial intelligence.
He also explained that the third edition of the Global AI Summit is in line with the vision and aspirations of the Crown Prince for the Kingdom to be a leading global model in the field of artificial intelligence.