FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
The Gitex Power Conferences have
expanded to cover the latest advances,
applications and case-studies across eight
industry verticals, featuring a fast-paced,
highly-curated programme.
Gitex Power Conferences will kick off
on Sunday, 8 October with Patrick Grove,
Co-Founder and Group CEO of Catcha
Group and Co-Founder and Chairman of
Malaysia-based video-on-demand service
iflix speaking on: With AI at Its Core, How
iflix aims to outsmart all video on demand
services in Asia. Patrick Grove is a Financial
Review Richlister whose company, iflix has
overtaken Netflix in Asia. Following will be
a fireside chat with Daniela Rus, the first
female director of MIT’s Computer Science
and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and
an Accenture case study.
Top decision
makers will
be able to
efficiently
select partners
with whom to
test, explore
and experience
solutions live at
the show.
Fact check
1. The technology investment
market opportunity is strong,
as evidenced by the Digital
Transformation economy’s
growth projection of 60% from
2016 to $2.2 trillion by 2019,
according to an IDC research
report. Innovations such as
artificial intelligence, augmented
and virtual reality, and digital
platforms such as 5G and the
Internet of Things, will make the
biggest business impact, according
to research firm Gartner.
2. Middle East public cloud spend
will grow 22% to top $1.2 billion in
2017, according to a recent report
by Gartner.
3. As the Internet of Things connects
more machines, applications,
and devices to the Internet, the
cybersecurity risk is accelerating
exponentially. In response, public
and private sector organisations
are investing in cyber security
solutions, with worldwide IT
security spending set to grow by
7% to reach $87 billion in 2017,
according to Gartner.
4. Global mega-trends, public cloud
computing, which has reached
$70 billion worldwide, and global
data growing at 50% CAGR since
2010, are unlocking new business
opportunities in the Internet of
Things era, according to a recent
report by Accenture. In particular,
UAE consumers out-pace the
global average in favouring artificial
intelligence, with 73% interested in
using AI on mobile devices.
Arrow ECS presented solutions for converged infrastructure, security
and vendor certification training.
Highlighted verticals will be Retail,
Healthcare, and Smart Cities on Monday,
9 October; Finance, Tech Leaders, and
Smart Cities on Tuesday, 10 October;
Transport & Logistics and Digital
Marketing on Wednesday, 11 October;
and Education on Thursday, 12 October.
The Education Day will be free and open
to the public, and leading schools and
universities will be invited to attend.
Another key speaker will be
digital health evangelist John Nosta,
Member of the Google Health Advisory
Board, Faculty Member at Singularity
University, and President of Nostalab, a
healthcare think tank, who will present:
Health and Wellness: The Next Habitat
for Tech-Humanity.
“We are living in a true inflection
point for human history, where there is
global will to use technology innovations
to make healthcare more efficient, to
empower patients with self-care, and
to enhance the daily lives of an aging
population. Gitex Technology Week
provides the global platform to illustrate
the digital health continuum, and be
in dialogue with the next generation of
connected healthcare innovators and
futurists,” said John Nosta.
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