UAE collaborates with ‘4IR champions’ to boost tech adoption in industrial sector – The National

UAE collaborates with ‘4IR champions’ to boost tech adoption in industrial sector – The National

The UAE gathered representatives from 17 national and global companies involved in using the latest technologies to boost tech adoption in the industrial sector in an event hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology on Wednesday.

The network of “industry champions” includes Adnoc, Edge, Honeywell, Unilever, Schneider Electric, Emirates Global Aluminium, Cisco, Siemens, Aveva, SAP, Etisalat, IBM, Microsoft and Ericsson, with Strata, Huawei and PTC, the latest to join the group, the ministry said in a statement.

The representatives met government stakeholders and small and medium-sized enterprises during the Champions Network Assembly event to explore collaborative ways of accelerating the adoption of advanced technologies in the national industrial sector.