According to speakers at the Tuesday Abu
Dhabi International Petroleum and Energy Conference (ADIPEC), smart
manufacturing and Fourth Industrial Revolution applications will become pillars
of communities and economies as the world's population grows.
Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for
Public Education and Advanced Technology, gave the opening remarks at the Smart
Manufacturing Strategic Conference, which was held concurrently with the
international energy event. She emphasised the significance of investing in
advanced technologies to ensure that businesses and economies achieve net-zero
goals.
"The shift to a paradigm where smart
manufacturing is the norm will yield significant benefits," the official
stated. "These benefits include increased productivity, supply chain
resilience, new business models and opportunities, high skilled jobs, and
ultimately will contribute to our net-zero strategy."
"We at the Ministry of Industry and
Advanced Technology have used those ideas to guide our operation $300 Bn,"
Al Amiri continued. Our platform, called Make it in the Emirates, enables us to
build local production within a global framework while also fostering networks
and offtakes. The in-country value initiative, which increased the impact on
the economy, supports this.
"Technology is our other pillar, the
driver and enabler for manufacturing," she declared in her conclusion.
"It can streamline production, cut energy and material consumption, boost
resilience and reinforce supply networks, and offer higher quality
production."
The Under-Secretary of MoIAT, Omar Al
Suwaidi, took part in the Smart Manufacturing Strategic Conference as well. He
said, "Smart manufacturing lies at the heart of sustainable industrial
development, at a panel titled "The Future of Manufacturing in a
Transitioning Energy System. The UAE serves as a perfect platform and testbed
for developing innovative solutions and upending established production
patterns because it is a hub for sophisticated manufacturing and innovation on
a global scale.
"The UAE is luring some of the top
industrial and technology companies in the world to work within its industrial
ecosystem through the Make it in the Emirates campaign. To help us with our
industrial transformation and to sculpt the future of smart manufacturing and
plough the path toward a more sustainable future, MoIAT is inviting
industrialists, inventors, and investors from all around the world.
As part of the national industrial plan,
Operation 300bn, the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT)
prioritises the implementation of advanced technology and smart manufacturing.
One of the cornerstones of the UAE's industrial policy is the Industry 4.0
programme, which encourages the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution
solutions across industry.
Another crucial component of the UAE's
initiatives to foster digital transformations is the recently unveiled
Technology Transformation Programme. The initiative will develop 1,000
technical projects by 2031 and enable AED15 billion in exports, providing a
substantial opportunity for technology firms and start-ups establishing in the
UAE. The program's goal is to support industrial innovation over the next 50
years.
The Smart Manufacturing Strategic
Conference gives the manufacturing sector a forum to promote conversations
about industrial growth and to pinpoint the difficulties and opportunities
facing the sector as it works toward a net-zero carbon economy. In order to
discuss how quickly developing technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI),
the industrial internet of things (IIoT), and advanced robotics will unlock
greater value, boost productivity, and transform value chains, the conference
brings together manufacturers from across the energy industry.
The conference included six panel
discussions, one of which was titled The Future of Manufacturing in a
Transitioning Energy System and included Omar Al Suwaidi, Ismail Abdulla, CEO
of Strata, Osama Amir Fadhel, Assistant Under-Secretary, MoIAT, and Rashed Al
Blooshi, Under-Secretary, Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi.
Abdulla Al Shamsi, Assistant
Under-Secretary, MoIAT, Khaleefa Yousef Al Mheiri, Acting CEO, TA'ZIZ, and
Mohammad Al Afari, Senior Vice President - Marketing, Emirates Steel Arkan took
part in a panel in the UAE titled Raising In-Country Value Through Industrial
Growth and Supply Chain Localization.
Osama Amir Fadhel, Assistant
Under-Secretary, MoIAT, Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi, CEO, Emirates Development Bank,
Ibtisam AlSaadi, Director, Department of Economic Development-Abu Dhabi,
Massimo Falcioni, CEO, Etihad Credit Insurance, Fatima Al Hammadi, Chief
Commercial Officer, KEZAD Group, and Saud Abu Alshawareb, Executive Vice
President, Dubai Industrial Ci
Tariq Al Hashimi, Director of Technology
Adoption, MoIAT, Chafic Traboulsi, Vice President and Head of Networks
Operations - Middle East and Africa, Omar Al Marzooqi, CEO, AIQ, Helmut Von
Struve, CEO, Siemens Middle East, and Sebastien Grau, Regional Vice President -
Middle East, Turkey & Africa, Rockwell Automation were all present on a
panel titled "Leveraging Advanced Technology in Manufacturing."
Salama Al Awadhi, Director of National
Value Added, MoIAT, Naim Yazbeck, General Manager - UAE, Microsoft, Dr. Yehya
Al Marzouqi, Executive Director, Advisory, Tawazun Economic Council, and Jose
Larios, President & CEO, Celeros Flow Technology were on a panel titled
"Winning the Race for Talent in the Manufacturing Sector."
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