A range of experts will discuss a myriad of topics, including everything from smart buildings and automation, data and energy efficiency, and transformative lighting systems. There has been a distinct shift in recent years towards building smarter ecosystems and energy management systems, and we want to be able to provide a platform that showcases insights and promotes discussion.

With the initial funding of US$ 7 million split equally between the partners and being invested in 2021, the fully incorporated 50-50 JV will be registered inside the award-winning Abu Dhabi Global Markets financial centre. With directors to be appointed from both parties, as well as independently, it will serve to bring to market a number of digital ventures.

The global big data and analytics market is growing exponentially and projected to be worth $274 billion by 2022. Staying ahead of the curve requires a new understanding of the scope and scale of industrial information to leverage that data effectively.

The need for job specific professional skills, particularly across business, technology, and data science is reflected in the most popular Coursera programmes in 2020, including Programming for Everybody from the University of Michigan and Neural Networks and Deep Learning from deeplearning.ai which jointly received over 1.4 million enrollments since the start of 2020.