Government leaders from IT sector honoured at GovTech Innovation Awards

Government leaders from IT sector honoured at GovTech Innovation Awards

Leaders from the UAE government sector were honoured last night at the GovTech Innovation Awards, which were hosted by CPI Media Group and tahawultech.com

The awards were hosted at the stunning Dubai Ritz-Carlton in JBR – and attracted some of the most prominent and influential thought leaders from the governmental ecosystem from across the United Arab Emirates.

Prior to the awards, attendees heard from Omar Akar, Vice-President – Middle East and Emerging Africa, at Pure Storage, for a superb keynote presentation entitled: The Roadmap to Data Driven Digital Transformation. 

CNME Editor Mark Forker then moderated a brilliant panel discussion with the following government spokespeople;

Adel Alhossani, Chief Information Security Officer at Dubai Customs

Arul Jose Vigin, Head of Digital & Data at DIFC Courts

Dr Mohammed Al Shamshi, Head of Technical Support at Emirates Health Services

Amna Mohammad Alblooshi, Manager – Statistics and Data Analysis, Enterprise Command and Control Department at RTA

The panel examined the impact the D33 Agenda is going to have on Dubai’s digital economy over the next decade – and they outlined the strategic role they are going to play to ensure they help meet the ambitious goals of the economic program.

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