His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Future Foundation, said that Dubai continues to confirm its position as a global platform for the best minds, young talents and promising energies in all fields, with a growing interest in the field of technology and within its various sectors. Important as the main driving force behind the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which Dubai and the United Arab Emirates are striving to achieve a leading position among the leading countries.

On the occasion of the start of preparations for hosting the World Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Championship, First Global said that technology has become the heartbeat of the future industry, as it enhances its ability to face the challenges surrounding it, and uses it to maximize its opportunities and ensure a tomorrow full of opportunities for him and his children. And for future generations after them.

The directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, aimed at bringing the UAE to the highest levels of excellence, have resulted in creating the right environment to motivate our young people to engage in the field of modern science, with attention to the most important technology. Advanced technologies, such as robots and artificial intelligence, are now the focus of world attention with their capabilities and solutions.

The tournament brings together the best young creative minds from around the world, with more than 1,500 contestants from 191 countries taking part in the event to be held from 24-27 October at the Festival Arena. This is the first time the World Championship has been held outside the Americas.

His Highness the Crown Prince of Dubai stressed the importance of the event, as it focuses on the most important category in making the future, namely youth. It is also located in a city that has established itself as a global center of innovation.

"Dubai is a land of talent, a principle laid down by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum," he said. Such global events keep pace with this important principle, and translate it into a reality of reality .. And maximize the positive return desired. Dubai today is the meeting place of ideas and the center of creativity, where the minds of elites meet. Its initiatives light the way for tomorrow when we have the lead. ” “The future of the world is made by young people,” he added. Our strategy is to empower young people and expand their participation in all areas. Preparing young people to face the challenges of the future, and providing them with the tools that enable them to do so with a collective duty and responsibility, which are among the top priorities. “We look forward to a tomorrow where efforts are coming together and young people are increasingly contributing to making the world a better place for all.”

His Highness pointed out that hosting this event in Dubai for the first time in the region, but for the first time held outside the Americas, confirms the UAE's position and leadership in attracting and embracing innovators from around the world, especially young people, and highlights our keenness to cooperate with institutions. All government and private entities, in the fields of recruitment, development and adoption of modern technology, and the organization of international events specialized in the prospect of the future and modern technology.

The First Global Challenge is the largest of its kind in the world in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence, and seeks to build bridges of intellectual and knowledge communication between generations of young people from around the world, on the diversity of their tongues and cultural backgrounds, as well as support the efforts of countries and international organizations to face the various challenges, and keep up Accelerating variables, and building a generation capable of employing innovative and creative ideas, for the benefit of mankind, where the championship in each of the sessions defines a new challenge, and invites participants to use the technology of robotics and artificial intelligence to find solutions that contribute to overcome each Effective image.

The UAE was declared the winner of the First Global Challenge, in the presence of the Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Future, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation, Mohammed Abdullah Al Gergawi, and US Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry, during the seventh session of the World Summit of Governments, organized by Dubai in February. the past.

With the preparations to host the World Championship, Al Gergawi stressed that the UAE is adopting a future vision based on employing the tools of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and advanced technological solutions to face the rapid changes and challenges involved, pointing out that the organization of this global event is an addition to the march of the future industry and reflects the UAE's position Pioneering in supporting the development of science, technology and innovation sectors, for the good of societies.

He said that hosting a global event of the magnitude and importance of the First Global Global Championship underscores the UAE's keenness to strengthen global partnerships aimed at creating a better future for man by supporting talents, minds and people of exceptional ideas, and allowing them to contribute to the dissemination of knowledge and innovation and the exchange of experiences and successful experiences. At the same time, the event is becoming increasingly important, given its focus on the youth sector that is at the heart of the future industry.

The World Championship aims to encourage young people to develop their abilities in the fields of science and technology, mathematics, innovation and design, and empower them with the necessary tools, and develop their skills and experience in designing robots, in order to shape their future with their own hands and minds, and involve them at an early age in thinking to create effective solutions that contribute to overcome To address the challenges facing the world, and to address the most pressing problems in vital sectors such as: clean water, energy and others, through sports competitions to develop robots.

Crown Prince of Dubai:

"Dubai is a land of talent, a crossroads of ideas, and its initiatives illuminate the way for tomorrow when we have the lead."

“We look forward to joining forces and increasing the contribution of young people to making the world a better place for all.”

Participation criteria

The teams participating in the Third World Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Championship were selected on the basis of their results in a series of events throughout the year throughout the world, in which a number of boxes are distributed, including electronic parts and parts to design and assemble a robot that can find successful solutions for many. A variety of challenges and tasks designed by international academic institutions and institutions.

Previous courses have seen hundreds of student teams from around the world come up with robots that help find solutions to challenge access to clean water in Washington City 2017 and the challenge of providing sustainable energy in Mexico City 2018, and have recorded remarkable global interest.

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Contestants will compete in the biggest global challenge for young people in robotics and artificial intelligence.

Protect the oceans

Organized by the Dubai Future Foundation, First Global will focus on the use of robot technology in the field of “ocean protection” and clean-up of millions of tons of pollutants, which are mainly caused by uncontrolled industrial activities and non-compliance with environmental requirements. Poor management of drainage systems and polluting marine practices adversely affect marine life, threatening the world's most important food sources, as well as the stark threat to biodiversity and endangering many species of marine organisms.

The UAE has a leading position globally in supporting efforts to ensure the health of the oceans and the sustainability of their biodiversity, fostering joint action, resources and funding to maintain a clean marine environment, as well as their contributions to raising awareness about the importance of a conservation culture to bring about positive change. Where the pollution of the oceans, especially plastic waste, with a clear threat to the marine environment, is a global issue that requires collective action from all countries of the world. During the sixth session of the World Oceans Summit, the country pledged to participate in international cooperation to clean up the ten main rivers in Africa and Asia, and to treat pollution with plastic waste in coastal areas and the rivers of a number of developing countries in Africa and Asia.

«Protecting the oceans and employing the robot to clean them from pollutants, the theme of the challenge of the third round of the championship».

Mohammed Al Gergawi:

"The UAE adopts a vision for the future to employ advanced technology, to cope with the changes and meet the challenges."