The three day forum will discuss “Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges”
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Chairman of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court and Vice Chairman of Khalifa University Board of Trustees Khalifa University announced today that it will hold the UAE’s Eighth Information and Communication Technology Research Forum (ICTRF2014) at the Dusit Thani Hotel Abu Dhabi on May 11th 2014 and at its Abu Dhabi campus on May 12th and 13th 2014.
The main theme of this year’s forum will be “Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges” and will include sessions on: Big Data and Smart Government Big Data and Smart Health as well as Big Data and Smart Grid. The main topics in these sessions will be presented and discussed by prominent invited international speakers followed by a panel discussion. Speakers for this year’s event include Dr. Glenn Ricart President US-Ignite USA who will discuss “US Ignite: Big and Open Data in Smart Cities ” Dr. Masood Mortazavi Distinguished Engineer Huawei Innovation Center Huawei USA who will discuss “Big Data and Social Life — Benefits Limitations and Harm ” Dr. Charlie Schick Director Big Data Solutions Healthcare and Life Sciences IBM USA who will talk about “How Big Data is leading to Smarter Healthcare ” Ms. Marcia Kean MBA Chairman Strategic Initiatives Kean-Feinstein Healthcare USA who will present on “Big Data Big Bang and the New Equilibrium of Smart Healthcare ” and Prof. Albert Y. Zomaya Director Centre for Distributed & High Performance Computing School of Information Technologies University of Sydney Australia who will discuss “Smart Grids in the Cloud and Big Data Era”
The forum will be followed by a workshop on Big Data Technologies and Healthcare hosted by the Etisalat BT Innovation Center (EBTIC) which will be held on May 12th 2014 at Khalifa University’s Abu Dhabi campus and a Graduate Engineering Research Symposium (GERS) which will take place on May 13th 2014 also at the Abu Dhabi campus. The symposium will present graduate students research papers and posters in the area of ICT research.
ICTRF2014 is co-organized by EBTIC and the Emirates Advanced Network for Research and Education (ANKABUT). ICTRF2014 is sponsored by the TRA (Telecommunications Regulatory Authority) in partnership with Etisalat Abu Dhabi Education Council the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT) Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ACTVET) and the IEEE UAE Section.
ICTRF2014 is open to academics researchers and industry professionals from the fast growing ICT sectors in the UAE and the region. For registration and more information please visit ICTRF2014 website.
