Dubai - MENA Herald: The Innovation Live! Summit, an official anchor event for UAE Innovation Week, today announced Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a headline partner. This timely collaboration will raise the profile of the inaugural summit, which is set to be held in Dubai on November 21, 2016.
Dubai Chamber’s mission is centred on supporting and protecting the interests of Dubai’s business community. In order to do so, the Chamber has created an environment and initiatives that foster innovation such as DubaiStartupHub. This online platform supports Dubai’s technology and startup ecosystems and provides relevant, information, resources and services to these communities.
Innovation Live! in association with Dubai Chamber presents an ideal platform to align with the Chamber’s goals, innovation strategy and support to the private sector.
“We are pleased to be collaborating with this first-of-its-kind summit that will put the spotlight on initiatives that will drive innovation here in the UAE. Events like these are an ideal platform for us to work with the private sector to ensure that our economy remains competitive,” said Hamad Buamim, President and CEO, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
“The business community in Dubai needs disruption to help the UAE become one of the most advanced countries in the world, and the initiative taken by the summit’s organiser MEED is an important step towards achieving this goal,” Buamim added.
Richard Breeden, CEO of MEED added: “MEED is proud to partner with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Innovation Live! Dubai Chamber is an organisation that shares MEED’s goal of supporting the private sector and government departments in Dubai to collaborate on innovation.”
Innovation Live! in association with Dubai Chamber has also announced its full list of partners which includes: Dubai Chamber (Headline Partner), Masdar (Official Sustainable Energy Partner), Federal Transport Authority (Official Transport Partner), Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (Strategic Partner), Emirates Foundation (Strategic Partner), Hitachi (Social Innovation Partner), Bentley (Platinum Partner), Honeywell (Platinum Partner), Current, powered by GE (Platinum Partner), Valient Clinic (Platinum Partner), SAP (Gold Partner), Visa (Gold Partner), Esri (Silver Partner), Pfizer (Silver Partner), Dubai Eye (Media Partner), Wamda (Media Partner) and Elevision (Media Partner).
