The Dubai International Project Management Forum, which is organized by the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai, called for emerging institutions to innovate instead of quick profit, and the sixth session of the Dubai International Project Management Forum presented a number of local and global experiences that were able to implement systems and projects that achieved milestones both in the transport sector Or in various other sectors.
Matar Al Tayer, General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, said during the opening of the sixth session of the Dubai International Project Management Forum, that leading and innovative institutions should consider mistakes as a key element in the process of learning successful project management, directing emerging institutions to focus on the beginnings Its work is to provide innovative and different services that benefit society and serve people, and not focus on making a quick profit.
He added that emerging and pioneering institutions should also support transparency and information sharing, and adopt innovation and advanced techniques in project management to achieve success.
Al Tayer pointed to the recommendations made by the Forum during the past years, which contributed in providing solutions to a number of challenges facing the implementation of projects in various sectors, which drew a kind of map of standards to ensure their successful implementation, among them the necessity of institutions to use the principles and skills of project management, as an integral part From institutional work, and the need for these institutions to adopt innovation and advanced techniques in project management to achieve success and deal with various challenges.
The forum was launched under the slogan "diversity of cultures", in the presence of a number of heads of government agencies and departments, private sector institutions, and international experts specialized in project management.
The forum's activities started with simultaneous morning sessions, which presented pioneering models in managing projects that served the community in the Emirates and the world, followed by the official opening of the forum's activities.
On the meaning of the forum’s slogan “diversity of cultures”, Al Tayer said that it is in line with the content of the forum’s sessions that she chose this year to highlight the impact of cultural diversity in the field of project management and the most prominent issues and challenges related, such as the impact of cultural diversity in project management concepts and the challenges of attracting talent in The advanced fields and the impact of the techniques of the fourth industrial revolution on the project management system
He pointed out that the United Arab Emirates in general and the Emirate of Dubai in particular have achieved rapid growth in all areas, which has increased in frequency since the announcement of Dubai winning the hosting of the international exhibition "Expo 2020", adding that many projects are currently being implemented to meet the needs of hosting and organizing the "exhibition", The Roads and Transport Authority is implementing a package of road projects and mass transit systems, including the (Masar 2020) project.
For his part, CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer presented the authority’s experience in implementing pilot projects in which elements of success in managing and implementing projects met, among which are the plans of the authority that will enable it to use 75% of the energy required to generate electricity from clean energy by the year 2030. Al Tayer reviewed a number of artificial intelligence technologies, pointing to the authority’s “digital control center”, which is the first of its kind in the country in terms of employing this technology to proactively monitor the digital infrastructure and service channels of the authority.
Al Tayer considered that the environment of the Emirates and the Emirate of Dubai, which stimulates creativity and innovation, is a land for talents and growth of entrepreneurial projects.
Salama .. The integrated and safe electronic healthcare system
During the morning sessions of the forum, Dr. Amani Al Jasmi, Director of Information Technology at Dubai Health Authority, presented the Authority’s experience in implementing the “Safety Health Care System” project, as a model for pioneering projects that aim to provide health services to community members through an integrated system that ensures the success of the remedial and administrative procedures required to provide Medical services according to the highest standards.
The system that the Authority has been working on for several years is considered a unified electronic medical file, and it has made it easier for patients to journey to treatment within Dubai Health hospitals and centers, as it is a distinct technical system that represents an early warning of the patient’s condition or references to the hospitals and centers of the Authority, enabling doctors to avoid Any side effects may be dangerous to the patient's life.
Al-Jasmi pointed to the training of 3 thousand individuals from the medical care staff to be in turn a distinguished and effective team to provide training and support to the rest of the workers and enable them to use the safety system with the required efficiency, pointing to the continuation of the modernization and development work on the project of the "safety" system in order to enhance its capabilities, especially in the ways of recording dates Medical reviews and automatic payment system via the smart application.
Dubai Water Canal is a creative project with a social and cultural face
The Executive Director of the General Manager’s Office, Director of the Board of Directors of the Authority and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Forum, Moza Al-Marri, told Emirates Today that the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai has a social responsibility that obliges it to hold this type of forums and conferences through which it displays a summary of its experiences and expertise in managing and implementing projects that Serving the human being and improving the level of services that guarantee him a safe, easy and enjoyable daily life at the same time, pointing out that the Dubai Water Canal project was one of the most prominent of those projects that collected these important elements in the formation of transport projects that have a social and cultural aspect and at the same time serving as a gift P major economic and tourism.
Al-Marri stressed that the authority’s responsibility is to share with the community details about how to implement these projects and to benefit from other institutions with lessons learned during our implementation of these giant projects.
She pointed to the project implementation models published by the authority as a reference that other institutions can benefit from in implementing their projects.
The number of attendees in the previous sessions of the Dubai International Forum for Project Management exceeded 8000 participants representing 40 countries and 250 international speakers who participated in 150 sessions, in which they presented a summary of their experiences, experiences and success stories in the field of project management of all kinds, such as infrastructure, transportation and transport sectors, and the economy.