Digital transformation and smart cities .. The conclusion of Kitcom 2019

Mohammed Alsayed-Doha

The winners of the Qatar Digital Award and the pavilions of the fifth edition of the Qatar Information Technology Conference and Exhibition (QITC) have been at the forefront of the closing ceremony of KITCOM 2019 held under the slogan 'Safe and Smart Cities' over four days, along with other hot spots, especially future plans for smart cities and their development. For a sustainable future, cybersecurity challenges in cities that support the Internet of Things.

There are 150 nominations for the various categories of the Qatar Digital Award from 76 entities and government companies to win the awards in ten categories, while the KITCOM 2019 Award won eight companies distinguished wings during the fifth edition of the conference in six major categories.

Over the course of four days, the conference witnessed various activities and events that included the signing of many memorandums of understanding, agreements, initiatives and programs focusing on the provision of smart services and solutions.

KITCOM 2019, which has attracted more than 30,000 visitors, has given Qatar a major boost in the development of safe and smart cities, putting Doha on the global map of smart cities with initiatives, platforms and understandings to enhance its IT capabilities and encourage transformation. Digital.

The conference highlighted the challenges of cybersecurity in smart cities that support IoT, strategies, projects and solutions to address potential Internet vulnerabilities, and how to raise awareness of the importance of creating safer economic systems for smart city solutions that support Internet technologies.

He also reviewed emerging currency converters as a technological response to concerns about building safer and verifiable privacy systems.

The fifth edition of KITCOM 2019 involved the local ICT incubator environment to facilitate partnerships with global investors to drive smart business, foster innovation and entrepreneurship, discuss the latest digital technologies and their impact on Qatar's future growth, as well as highlight Highlight Qatar's position as a platform to launch the latest innovative technologies from around the world, delivering its smart vision along with the program's ambitions for the coming years.

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Reem Al Mansouri, Assistant Undersecretary for Digital Society Development, said that the fifth edition of the KITCOM conference was distinctive and global, unlike previous versions that were scaled from local to regional.

Reem tells Al Jazeera Net that the conference witnessed a great momentum in signing contracts and agreements and the announcement of many projects, and also showed many solutions in the issue of cybersecurity safer and flexible for smart cities, as well as increased awareness of the importance of creating safer economic systems for smart city solutions that support technologies Internet.

In its fifth edition, the conference attracted 70 investors from around the world, spoke with startups through 800 meetings over three days, and reached 15 investments in startups, according to Reem Al Mansouri.

KITCOM 2019 expanded its scope and size to host additional new events, including the Entrepreneurship Area which included the Creativity Theater, the Programming Camp, the Creative Ideas Camp as well as the Startups Zone.

KITCOM, the largest ICT event in Qatar, has been distinguished from its predecessors as a world-class version, attracting 104 speakers from nearly 30 countries, more than 400 exhibitors and local and international startups, some 300 innovators, entrepreneurs and 29 Local and international sponsors.

KITCOM 2019 has witnessed extensive international and regional representation with more than 100 countries participating in various events, as well as the presence of seven pavilions of countries and embassies: the United Kingdom, the United States, Armenia, Jordan, Rwanda, Italy and Oman, in addition to the participation of 11 High-level presidential and ministerial delegation from Iraq, Somalia, Côte d'Ivoire, Rwanda, Iran, Armenia, Bulgaria, Ghana, Gambia, Romania and Oman.