MoIAT and EDGE launch ‘Pioneers 4.0’ hackathon series to advance Industry 4.0 development and solve critical industrial challenges

MoIAT and EDGE launch ‘Pioneers 4.0’ hackathon series to advance Industry 4.0 development and solve critical industrial challenges

- The Hackathon series fosters co-creation and collaboration between academia and industry, and further promotes the development and adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies

- First Pioneers 4.0 challenge, in collaboration with Microsoft as Technical Partner, tasked participants to leverage data from sensors and manufacturing execution systems to develop a solution using artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies

Abu Dhabi, UAE – The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) and EDGE Group PJSC (‘EDGE’ or ‘the Group’) have completed the first ‘Pioneers 4.0’ Hackathon series, as part of a series of initiatives to accelerate digital transformation. This follows the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the two parties in August 2022, which aims to expand the offerings of EDGE’s Learning & Innovation Factory to the UAE’s industrial ecosystem, and to collaborate on the establishment of an Industry 4.0 Enablement Centre.

The ‘Pioneers 4.0’ Hackathon series will host two challenges per year. Each challenge will have a unique problem statement that addresses industrial pain points to encourage digital transformation and operational excellence in various factories setups, and to enable participants to better predict and prepare for the industry’s needs and future requirements.

The inaugural challenge of ‘Pioneers 4.0’ took place from 21-22 November 2022 at