Over 100 personalities of leading AI companies meet with government leaders at WGS

World Governments Summit

Artificial Intelligence and the next frontiers are among the main themes addressed by the upcoming World Governments Summit 2024, held in Dubai between 12th and 14th February, due to its deep impact across various key sectors, and the potential major transformation it could bring to communities around the world.

The World Governments Summit will host more than 100 personalities and leaders of giant AI companies and will bring together business owners, experts and major players in the field of AI, alongside government leaders in meetings that aim to result in solutions that empower governments to keep pace with AI developments and be fully prepared to deal with its challenges and utilise its great potential.

Such meetings aim also to create frameworks to face AI challenges through dialogue and partnerships. Ministers from around the World

The World Governments Summit will host several key government leaders and international organisation officials involved in advanced technology and AI, including Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt; Ulvi Mehdiyev, Chairman of the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations of Azerbaijan; Mohamed Abdallahi Louly, Minister of Digital Transformation and Innovation of Mauritania; and Kathi Vidal, Under-Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property of the United States and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Also, present are leaders of giant AI companies, including Chat GPT developer and CEO of Open AI Sam Altman; Yann LeCun, Vice President and Chief AI Scientist at Meta; Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA; Jack Hidary, CEO of SandboxAQ; AJ Abdallat, CEO of Beyond Limits; and Werner Vogels, Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.

The list of WGS attendees also includes a host of top experts, CEOs and founders of major AI, advanced technology and smart applications companies, and pioneers of AI integration.

Impacting Trends in Key Sectors

This powerful list of AI stakeholders at the World Governments Summit highlights the major global momentum the event enjoys, as well as its impact on shaping the global trends of key sectors. Similarly, the huge participation at its various sessions and workshops proves WGS has become the ideal and largest global platform for governments, organisations and businesses to share knowledge, forge partnerships and come up with creative concepts and ideas to maximise the benefits of positive change and global progress.

An Agenda to Boost the Role of Governments

The World Governments Summit agenda is full of sessions, workshops and side events addressing the various aspects of AI and its applications. The Artificial Intelligence Forum will act as a catalyst for international cooperation and multi-sector partnerships, further driving responsible AI-centric progress for the benefit of all communities.

The Forum looks into reaching a global consensus on developing and adopting principles of responsible AI, by launching global dialogues that bring together private and public sector officials. It also addresses enhancing AI capabilities by developing education and infrastructure sectors and formulating future policies.

The WGS agenda also features special dialogues with developers of major AI programmes, a panel discussion about governments’ ability to keep up in the age of AI, and the role of governments in shaping the future ethics of AI.