Under the patronage
of His Highness Sheikh “Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum”, Crown
Prince of “Dubai”, Chairman of the “Dubai Executive Council”, and Supreme Head
of “Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University”, the university launches the “Annual
Congress 2014”, with the participation of “Dubai Smart Government Department”
under the theme “Leading Transformation to Sustainable Excellence”, and it will
take place from March (3 to 5) at “Atlantis The Palm” hotel in “Dubai”.
The congress comes
in line with the “UAE Vision 2021”, which aims to make the UAE one of the best
countries in the world through the provision of distinguished health care, and
services of high quality, and the transformation from traditional education into
the smart one, which was highlighted by His Excellency Sheikh “Hamdan Bin
Mubarak Al Nahyan”, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, when
he praised the “Second Government Summit 2014” for specifying a key sessions on
its first day, which addressed the issue of keeping pace with the knowledge era
and the future educational services, and during which the major global trends
towards the use of technology in the development of education, and identifying
the opportunities and challenges that face the smart education to keep up with
the modern times, were discussed in order to prepare qualified cadres capable
of adopting and materializing the leadership vision.
The congress agenda will
include four roundtables under the themes: “Smart Value for Smart Customer”,
“Smart Learning with Smart Learners”, “Transforming Healthcare Delivery in the
Arab World”, and “Transforming the Environmental Management Strategies in Arab
Countries”. The congress will include a number of sessions and interactive
workshops, and awards for “Best Paper” and “Best Student Research”, and it will
attract a number of top scientists, researchers, academics, decision makers,
senior government officials, e-Learning experts, business leaders and
international representatives, in order to exchange views, expertise, and
ideas, and to present the innovative initiatives that serve the sustainable
excellence.
His Highness Sheikh “Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum” has
recently launched the name “Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University” instead of
“Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University” as a step to keep abreast with the smart
shift process adopted in the UAE in order to be ranked as one of the best five
governments in the world by 2021. It is also worth mentioning that the
university was ranked first among the e-Learning universities in the Arab world
in many areas.
02/03/2014