The 2-day occasion, organised underneath the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of The Government Council of Dubai, may also announce the winners of the Dubai World Problem for Self-Driving Transport.
Mattar Al Tayer, Director Normal, Chairman of the Board of Government Administrators of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), welcomed worldwide contributors, emphasising that the Congress represents a milestone within the emirate’s drive to steer the way forward for sensible mobility.
World Congress and Problem for Self-Driving Transport in Dubai
He stated: “This world occasion displays the imaginative and prescient of the clever management to place Dubai because the world’s smartest metropolis and to bolster the sustainability of its mobility ecosystem in ways in which improve neighborhood well-being. It additionally types a part of RTA’s ongoing efforts to implement Dubai’s Good Self-Driving Transport Technique, which seeks to rework 25 per cent of all journeys in Dubai into self-driving journeys by 2030”.
Al Tayer added that the occasion will entice main corporations, universities and analysis establishments to develop modern options that advance Dubai’s transition in direction of autonomous mobility.
The Congress will draw greater than 3,000 worldwide delegates, host greater than 45 workshops and seminars, and have greater than 80 audio system. Notable keynote audio system embrace:
- Saeed Al Tayer, Managing Director and Chief Government Officer of DEWA
- Sol Rashidi, the world’s first Chief Synthetic Intelligence Officer and a former govt at main North American start-ups
- Dr Steven Shladover, a veteran self-driving applied sciences researcher from the College of California, Berkeley
- Augustin Friedel, Affiliate Accomplice at MHP – a Porsche firm
- Daan Roosegaarde, world innovator, lecturer and member of NASA’s Innovation Workforce
Alongside the convention, a devoted exhibition will showcase sensible mobility applied sciences from greater than 50 world corporations, together with Baidu Apollo Worldwide Ltd, DEWA, Uber, Pony.ai, Tensor, and Space42. Guests may also be capable to expertise self-driving automobiles scheduled for deployment in 2026.
World Problem finalists
Held underneath the theme “Dubai Autonomous Transport Zone”, the Problem attracted purposes exceeding the goal by 170 per cent. 5 finalists reached the concluding stage:
- WeRide / Deutsche Bahn consortium (China and Germany)
- BrightDrive / AlpLab / Shiptec / SeaBubbles consortium (Switzerland, France, UAE, Austria)
- Orcauboat / PIKMOVING / Heriot-Watt College consortium (UAE and China)
- SURAA / Arti consortium (Austria)
- Zelos Expertise (Singapore and China)
Remaining subject assessments have been performed in keeping with worldwide requirements, and winners can be honoured on the opening day of the Congress.
The Problem goals to speed up the adoption of self-driving transport, addressing challenges reminiscent of first-and-last mile connectivity, congestion and restricted uptake of public transport.
Candidates have been evaluated on credibility, future imaginative and prescient and experience, in addition to technical evaluations, subject trials, enterprise plans, and operational viability.
Self-driving mobility is central to the RTA’s long-term technique, with the final word aim of turning 25 per cent of journeys within the emirate into self-driving journeys by 2030.
