It is an honor to be back at His Highness Sheikh Nahyan’s Maglis with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's vice president, Ruth Frey, CHOP alumnus and Dr. Sophia Constandinopoulou from Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center with Pam King Sams.

The UAE is aiming to play a key role in AI implementation and the Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031 envisions the country to become a world leader by 2031, creating opportunities and generating up to $90 billion in extra growth.

Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, has said that the UAE Government works with innovators and companies from all over the world to innovate new solutions employing artificial intelligence technology and develop future sectors.

I was honored to hear him speak extemporaneously to CNN’s John Defterios about UAEs vision to use AI to improve the lives of their people and those around the world. 

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I was honored to be invited to the Sharjah Economic Ramadan Majlis to be held on May 12, 2019

This event, hosted by The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, Sharjah FDI Office, and the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, brings together an elite group of government leaders, ambassadors, prominent business executives and other commercial industrialists to discuss and debate essential best practices, partnerships and future collaborations.

The event, titled “The Contribution o Government Legislations to Attract FDI” will focus on current opportunities and challenges, as well as highlight the key factors that contribute to the UAE’s strategy in addressing the challenges of tomorrow and the sustainability, growth and progress of an innovative economy.

The Institute of Manufacturing at Cambridge University is holding a partnership with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Global Prosperity Initiative; one of the initiatives that unites the world’s leading manufacturers, start-ups, entrepreneurs, governments, UN agencies and philanthropists, academia and researchers, to form a community dedicated to spreading global prosperity through the art of "Making".

The initiative specifically seeks to recognize noble and novel achievements that have positively contributed to the well-being of the world while fostering the values of resilience, community, harmony and dignity.
 
At its first session, the initiative received over 1,100 submissions from 83 countries to solve four global challenges. The winning solutions to these challenges will be chosen and adopted after measuring their social and economic impact, and their contribution to achieving their goals.

The Institute of Manufacturing at Cambridge University will choose the solution that has the greatest...

We enjoyed time at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi last week with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia surgeons, Dr. Jason, Dr. Ben and Dr. Patrick, with Ruth Frey and Pam King Sams.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia team members, Dr. Jay Storm, Chief of Neurosurgery, Dr. Adam Resnick, Chief of Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, and Jenna Lilly, Director of Operations & Strategic Planning Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, are at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences to meet with the Dean and professors to explore potential research collaborations, and conduct research on worldwide data related to pediatric brain tumors and structural birth defects for faster clinical applications.

Team members from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/Children's Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium, meet with CEO, professors, physicians and UAE University’s Chair of Pediatrics at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi, to explore research collaborations related to pediatric brain tumors and structural birth defects. #CHOP #UAEU #SEHA #MBRU #RuthFrey #PamKingSams

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia team members, Dr. Jay Storm, Chief of Neurosurgery, Dr. Adam Resnick, Chief of Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, and Jenna Lilly, Director of Operations & Strategic Planning Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi this week, to explore research collaborations related to pediatric brain tumors and structural birth defects.  #CHOP #UAEU #SEHA #MBRU #RuthFrey #PamKingSams

Dr. Paul Farrell, an attending cardiologist in the Cardiac Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, was one of the esteemed speakers at the 5th Latifa Hospital International and Neonatology Conference in Dubai - a three day event with lectures and workshops focusing on cutting edge sub-specialties in Pediatrics and Neonatology.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is proud to be the Scientific Partner at the event.

Thanks to Dr. Mahmoud El Halik of Latifa Women & Children Hospital for organizing the gathering.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is proud to be the Scientific Partner at the 5th Latifa Hospital International Pediatrics and Neonatal Conference, held at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dubai. Thanks to Dr. Paul Farrell and Dr. Iyalla Peterside for serving as speakers, and Shokran to Dr. Mahmoud El Halik of Latifa Women & Children Hospital for the invitation.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia physicians, Dr. Paul Farrell and Dr Iyalla Peterside enjoyed visiting the Louvre Abu Dhabi after participating in the Latifa Hospital International Pediatrics and Neonatology Conference. Louvre Abu Dhabi is designed as a new cultural resource in the UAE, bringing different cultures together to shine fresh light on the shared stories of humanity. The origins of the museum date back to 2007, when UAE and France came together with a vision for a new kind of cultural institution. The result is a museum rooted in universal human values, the first of its kind in the region.
 

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia physician Dr. Iyalla Peterside speaks about infections in the ICN at the 5th Latifa Hospital International Pediatrics and Neonatology Conference in Dubai - a three day event with lectures and workshops focusing on cutting edge sub-specialties in Pediatrics and Neonatology. Thanks to Dr. Mahmoud El Halik and Dr. Khalid El Atawi of Latifa Women & Children Hospital for the invitation.

The American Ambassador to Kuwait, Lawrence Silverman, receiving a token of appreciation from The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, after giving opening remarks at the Dasman Diabetes Institute symposia titled "The Collaborative Advantage" in partnership with Mount Sinai Health System and Jaber Al-Ahmad Center for Molecular Imaging. The symposia were held at Dasman Diabetes Institute this week.