Qatar's Ministry of Transport and Communications to Organize Forum on "New Technologies and Digital Transformation"

Doha, December 27 (QNA) - The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) is organizing a virtual forum on "New Technologies and Digital Transformation" in cooperation with the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Tuesday. The one-day virtual forum will highlight the role of the new technologies, particularly AI, in accelerating the digital transformation. It will also discuss digital transformation's concepts, challenges, socioeconomic impact and best regional and global practices on developing relevant plans and policies with an overview of global and regional indicators measuring national progress in digital transformation. The event features three sessions revolving around digital transformation and AI, AI application cases in Qatar and the digitizing of SMEs in the Arab region. The forum features some renowned local and international speakers with experience I the domain. Additionally, the forum aims to educate the participants about the new initiatives developed by ESCWA and its Center of Entrepreneurship for digitizing SMEs, in addition to raising local companies' awareness of relevant regional initiatives. (QNA)