Dubai to Host FIRST Global Challenge this Year

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Dubai – MENA Herald: His Excellency Mohammed Al Gergawi, UAE Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Managing Director of Dubai Future Foundation, today announced that Dubai will host the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge in October 2019. It marks the first time that the FIRST Global Challenge will be held in the UAE and the Arab world after previous editions were held in the US and Mexico.

The announcement was made on the main stage of the seventh World Government Summit (WGS) in Dubai, with the attendance of US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Founder of FIRST Global Dean Kamen, and artist and activist will.i.am.

Al Gergawi stressed that the UAE is one of the most advanced countries in the adoption of robotics technology and is already using it in many sectors that touch people’s lives. He added that WGS adds value to the UAE’s efforts to support scientific innovation, utilize advanced technologies, support creative minds, and prepare today’s generation to overcome future global challenges.

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