- Ai
Everything Global is officially underway as action-packed opening day kicks off
the world’s premier AI event & largest public-private global AI gathering
- World-leading
experts present a range of broad perspectives highlighting the opportunities
& challenges engulfing increasingly AI-critical industries globally
- ‘We
are living in a world where AI innovation is redefining and reshaping what’s
possible like never before’ – H.E. Faisal Al Bannai
- ‘Unregulated
digital technologies can cause severe harm’ – British computer scientist Stuart
Russell
Abu
Dhabi, UAE – 4 February, 2025: After weeks of rising
excitement across the international AI community, Ai
Everything GLOBAL
is officially underway in the UAE after a
thrilling opening day kicked off the year’s largest public-private global AI
gathering.
Organised
by Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) and KAOUN International in affiliation with
GITEX GLOBAL, Ai Everything Global
is the world’s premier AI event. It welcomes the most influential AI
stakeholders across Abu Dhabi and Dubai from February 4-6 – paving the way for
participants to examine the technology’s global impact, propel
cross-continental collaboration, and define new boundaries for AI innovation.
Live
from the St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, the Ai Everything Summit headlined the Tuesday programme
as a capacity
crowd and action-packed agenda marked a sensational start to the AI industry’s
2025 international events and exhibitions calendar.
H.E. Faisal Al Bannai, Adviser to the UAE President
& Secretary General of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), hailed
the influence and impact of AI globally during an inspirational keynote speech.
H.E. declared: “Every generation throughout human history
likely said they lived during an interesting time; however, I believe we can
truly say that we are living in a world where AI innovation is redefining and
reshaping what’s possible like never before. The Age of Intelligence is just
beginning – and there is still so much to transpire and achieve in terms of AI.
The possibilities are increasingly immense with how fast the AI ecosystem is
innovating and evolving – and open source is one of many aspects encouraging
collaboration and empowering all to harness AI capabilities.”
H.E.
Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital
Economy & Remote Work Applications, also emphasised AI's vital role in the
UAE’s future socio-economic development. He said: “We want to deploy things
that benefit quality of life. If we want this technology to proliferate, if we
want AI to be part of each and every one of our lives, we have to make sure it
is also economic in terms of ability to access it, with a good economic value.”
It's Ai in Everything: Diverse Perspectives Amidst
Tectonic Market Shifts
Featuring
distinguished government heads, technology directors, and Chief AI Officers
alongside market-leading AI innovators, executives, and policymakers, the Ai Everything Summit
staged an
enthralling series of the most thought-provoking, insight-fuelled debates and
discussions surrounding current AI dynamics and the industry’s future
trajectory.
As
a unifying platform for addressing pressing industry challenges and analysing
the most incredible opportunities amidst deep structural market shifts, the
Summit welcomed renowned visionaries from a wide variety of increasingly
AI-critical industries. Alongside the energy, education, healthcare, finance,
government, Industry 4.0, and creative economy sectors, Ai Everything Global cast a unique
spotlight on AI’s rising
influence across film, television, and digital entertainment.
Amongst
the many major Day 1 highlights was an incredible interactive presentation by
Jonathan Bronfman, the world-famous creator of Vanity AI tech used in Hollywood
Blockbusters like ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ and Netflix’s record-breaking
viewership series ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Squid Game’. The Co-Founder of
Canadian VFX studio Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ) shared fascinating
insights surrounding the movie industry’s AI-driven revolution during ‘The
Death of Retakes: How AI is Rewriting Hollywood in Minutes’.
Bronfman spoke in glowing terms regarding AI’s
future in film, insisting the industry will benefit tremendously from the
technology’s revolutionary capabilities. He said: “Gen AI will
impact Hollywood in a massive way. The spectacle traditionally seen
in movies like Mission: Impossible, Star
Trek, and Star Wars is expensive and time-consuming. GenAI will make film
production and development more affordable which studios desperately need –
while still attracting audiences to the big screen.”
Whilst
advocating AI-Hollywood collaboration, Bronfman assured audiences that people
will always be essential, despite rising concerns regarding AI displacing
industry jobs: “A fully GenAI movie or series is not a threat to Hollywood. The
human touch will never disappear because human creativity and intelligence are
unmatched. If you look at YouTube influencers and the way they’re pulling
eyeballs away from Hollywood already; consumption habits are changing massively.
That’s the biggest threat facing the industry.”
From
governance frameworks, commercialisation requirements, and cross-industry
pivots to market-altering developments, first-hand projections, and the global
AI leadership race, the summit was met with critical acclaim as attendees
examined the radical winds of change reverberating across digital economies
globally. With AI proving both unifying and divisive globally, audience members
witnessed world-leading experts present a range of broad perspectives.
Amongst the many was a panel discussion titled ‘How
is AGI Accelerating? Navigating the Growing Pressure to Fast-Track AI
Innovation’. Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley,
stressed an urgent necessity for stringent AI industry regulations, revealing: “This
narrative that regulation stifles innovation is toxic – the record shows us
that unregulated digital technologies can cause severe harm. We – as experts in
AI – do not understand how this technology works. And when it doesn’t work,
nobody has a way of fixing it. Nodody really knows what’s next. Whether making
the next generation of large language models bigger will produce AGI is just
speculation at the moment.”
Another standout session involved Kate Darling,
Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab in the US. During an interactive presentation
and robot demo, she shed light on groundbreaking research surrounding a future
where robots and people work and co-exist in harmony: “Engineers have been working for decades
to produce a robot that’s robust, reliable, and safe enough to roll out on the
public street. For me personally, the most
interesting thing isn't necessarily the technical developments that we've seen.
The really interesting thing is what happens when you take AI and robotics and
put them together with people. Because as people start to encounter these
technologies in their daily lives, we see some really interesting reactions.”
Examining the Winds of AI-Driven Change Globally
As
the first AI-focused event following recent era-defining AI developments – from
the $500 billion Stargate announcement to DeepSeek’s emergence and divisive debates
at the 2025 World Economic Forum – Ai
Everything Global provided the perfect platform to examine evolving global
power dynamics.
Whilst
fulfilling its critical touchpoint pledge for the technologically ambitious to
broaden industry acumen, engage with AI leaders, and accelerate strategies
through prolific public-private networking, a unique spotlight was cast on regional
AI integration and deployment progression.
Stephen Burt shared positive insights when
elaborating on whether affordable AI is the key to breaking a perceived big
tech power concentration and driving innovation. The Government of Canada’s
Chief Data Officer said: “We can get there, and we've
actually done the basics in ensuring we have the core data in the right places
alongside required infrastructure. Whether the big AI winners are in Silicon
Valley, from the venture capital area, or elsewhere around the world, achieving
desired results is possible because AI models are becoming so much more
accessible.”
Ott Velsberg, the Estonian Government’s renowned
Chief Data Officer who oversees data and AI governance in Europe’s top-rated
country for digital public sector services, also revealed how countries globally
could thrive following successful AI and data analytics utilisation: “A
more proactive government is the way to go – actively collaborating with the
private sector whilst educating the public sector. Over the last two years,
data-intensive companies have grown their revenue by 60% on average, which
amounts to €5.7 million daily. International collaboration has grown stronger
than ever before – and different universities and countries are also pulling
their resources together when faced with adversity.”
Next
Up at Ai Everything Global 2025
After
a defining first day in Abu Dhabi, the Ai
Everything Global programme switches to another of the UAE’s rising AI
capitals of the world as Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC) hosts a highly
anticipated Exhibition Showcase (5-6 February).
Live
from Expo City, Wednesday and Thursday will highlight groundbreaking R&D
use cases alongside the most transformative real-world applications covering
governments, business, society, and core pillars of global economies.
Awaiting
visitors is an exclusive first-hand discovery of the most patented and
award-winning AI innovations from 70-plus countries, featuring a highly curated
selection of over 500 exceptional pure AI companies and fastest-rising
startups, with 70% marking their regional debut.
Among
the many world-leading tech powerhouses exhibiting are ASUS, Alibaba Cloud,
AWS, Dell, e&, Fortinet, G42, HP, and IBM. Others include Intel, Lenovo,
Nokia, Oracle, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat, Technology Innovation Institute
(TII), and Zoom.
For more information, please visit aieverythingglobal.com.
About Ai Everything
Global
Ai Everything Global, the
world’s premier AI event, debuts in the UAE across Abu Dhabi and Dubai from 4-6
February 2025 – organised by Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) in affiliation
with GITEX GLOBAL, the world’s largest and best-rated tech show hosted annually
in Dubai. The inaugural edition stages the largest AI ecosystem gathering
worldwide, welcoming over 500 AI big tech, SMEs, and award-winning startups
alongside 500 Chief AI Officers (CIAOs), 150 global investors, 200
international speakers, and 100 commercial AI developers from over 70
countries. It unites the world’s foremost AI experts, thought leaders, and
corporate innovators to discover the most transformative hands-on use cases,
address AI commercialisation challenges, forge new partnerships, accelerate
cross-continental innovation, and shape the future of AI applications. For more
information, please visit: aieverythingglobal.com.
About Dubai World Trade
Centre
A global business facilitator
since 1979, Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) is home to the region’s leading
purpose-built convention and exhibition centre. DWTC provides a platform for
connecting people, products, innovation and ideas from around the world through
a dynamic calendar of international trade exhibitions and its own roster of
sector leading mega events. As a designated free zone, complemented by
award-winning commercial real estate, DWTC plays an integral role in Dubai and
the region’s growth story. Since its inauguration, DWTC has hosted over 6,000
events, with an estimated economic output of AED 248 billion, attracting over
38 million business visitors to Dubai.
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Tayce Marchesi, PR Manager,
DWTC |
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