Huawei to host this year’s SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit virtually

Huawei will host this year’s SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit for the seventh consecutive year. The 2020 event, which is organized by SAMENA Telecommunications Council, is set to take place on 9th July, with leaders from multiple country clusters to participate virtually. The agenda of the Leaders’ Summit 2020 has been defined under the theme, “5G+X: Harnessing 5G across Industries for Investment Revival”.

Charles Yang, President of Huawei Middle East

At this year’s event, Huawei will focus on “5G+X” for carriers as the main beneficiary, work together with their customers and partners to realize the full value of 5G in the post-pandemic era and provide impetus to harness the 5G technology across industries for reviving investment throughout the evolving digital ecosystem.

The discussions of the SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2020 will focus on the exchange of experiences and latest findings on how 5G has provided support to the efforts in combating COVID-19, as has been demonstrated in several instances around the world, and how governments can build on the pandemic experience technology use-case to boost post-pandemic economic revival across all economic spheres by leveraging 5G.

Charles Yang, President of Huawei Middle East, said: “5G is one of the most transformative technologies of our time, especially when used alongside AI, big data, and cloud. Huawei firmly believes in the ability for custom 5G solutions to instigate economic prowess that will benefit businesses, governments, and national economies, by creating a more seamless and streamlined digital ecosystem in which connectivity empowers every member of society. This is something that we will emphasize on at this year’s SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2020. Given the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has never been a better time to take advantage of the benefits of technology, especially 5G, AI and cloud in driving the path to building the digital economies in the Middle East region.”

Huawei senior experts will participate in the Summit’s panel discussions which will be discussing 5G for the 4th Industrial Revolution and for enabling cross-industry synergies post COVID-19 in terms of shifting to the cloud, massive Internet of Things, integration of AI, big data and other technologies for smart service delivery. Experts will also be discussing maximizing efficiency and productivity in the 5G-powered hyper-connected, secure and sustainable World and showcasing technology use cases which will be broadcasted live from one of Huawei’s most advanced 5G exhibitions in Shenzhen.