Khanh Luu

Dubai, 17th November, 2015 (WAM): Dubai Museum of the Future Foundation has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), paving the way for the second year of their strategic partnership on the UAE Drones for Good Award. The tie-up with the world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology comes as part of the Foundation’s efforts to promote the UAE’s leading position in the field of advanced technologies at the regional and international levels.

The MoU was signed by Saif Al Aleeli, Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Museum of the Future Foundation, and Coordinator General of the UAE Drones for Good Award; and Dr. Nazih Khaddaj Mallat, Chair of IEEE Region (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Chapters Coordination Committee.

The Dubai Museum of the Future Foundation has been working towards expanding the scope of the UAE Drones for Good Award, the most prominent award of its kind in the world, through cooperation efforts with government entities, private sector, international organisations and academic institutions. It has also enabled opportunities for direct communication between owners of innovative projects and businessmen, companies, organisations and business incubators interested in employing drones technology in civilian applications.

Based on the MoU, the IEEE will promote the second edition of the UAE Drones for Good Award during its various activities and events with the aim of raising awareness about the award at the local and international level. The IEEE will also encourage participation in the award, providing an opportunity for innovators to develop their projects with the support of IEEE’s extensive network of more than 430,000 members from more than 160 countries around the world.

Commenting on the signing of the MoU, Saif Al Aleeli said: “This partnership is a new step in Dubai Museum of the Future Foundation’s strategy to enhance the status of the UAE Drones for Good Award as an annual platform to highlight the most prominent innovations in the field of drones technologies to serve humanity. It will help achieve the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to promote the culture of innovation and strengthen the UAE’s position as a regional and global hub of innovation and new technologies.”

Al Aleeli added, “Our partnership with IEEE for the second year aims to take advantage of the available opportunities provided by the award and the extensive expertise of IEEE to enhance the global reach of the award among experts, researchers and specialists.”

On this occasion, Dr. Roberto de Marca, IEEE President, said: “IEEE is pleased to work with the Dubai Museum of the Future Foundation on the outstanding UAE Drones for Good Award, and to be a strategic partner in the inaugural UAE AI & Robotics for Good Award.”

He added: “Extraordinary work is being undertaken for the benefit of humanity in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, and drones – both within the UAE and around the world. There were several exceptional projects in last year’s UAE Drones for Good Award. I look forward to seeing more of them this year, across both national and international competitions.”

The IEEE’s objectives are to achieve educational and technical advancement in the fields of electrical and electronic engineering, telecommunications, computer engineering and allied disciplines.

The UAE Drones for Good Award’s national and international competitions aim to use modern technologies to facilitate people’s lives and provide them advanced services in all areas within the UAE and elsewhere. The award also aims to motivate the participants from all over the world to invest in modern technology and provide the opportunity for them to showcase their innovative abilities in developing applications that can help improve daily lives.
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Open Government Partnership Summit 2015

SESSION:

Providing Access to Justice for All Through Open Judiciary:

Comparative Experiences from the U.S., Latin America, and China

Theme

In January 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, calling for an open government, as measured by transparency, participation, and collaboration. This statement has sparked the commitment of governments worldwide to redefine openness initiatives in accordance with these principles. Yet, most of these governments largely focus on the executive or legislative branches, leaving many issues concerning open judiciary unaddressed. This session, Providing Access to Justice for All Through Open Judiciary: Comparative Experiences from the U.S., Latin America, and China, not only fills this gap, but also seeks to challenge the common belief that open judiciary cannot be meaningfully implemented in developing countries, let alone in closed societies.

This session will present, through highly-participatory dialogue conducted during a panel and three simultaneously held workshops, common threads and key differences in approaches to open judiciary in different contexts—from developed to developing and closed societies—and will culminate in the collaborative creation of a list of factors critical to providing access to justice for all through open judiciary. Participants of the panel will be asked to complete a short online survey to rank the factors discussed, add their own, and give comments. The survey results will be shared during the workshops to help participants brainstorm action plans for promoting open judiciary, both around the world and in participants’ own jurisdiction.

Objectives

Designed to help achieve Sustainable Development Goal No. 16 (“Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels”) and to shed light on the Open Government Partnership Summit “Public Sector Innovation: Open Judiciary” topic. The session aims to draw on representative work accomplished by four experts with diverse backgrounds to develop a set of essential factors for making the judiciary around the world more open and to design a corresponding action plan for implementation.

The proposed session will begin with a 60-minute panel, featuring the four experts (three as panelists and one as moderator). The panelists will then simultaneously lead three separate workshops oriented toward drafting an action plan for promoting open judiciary, focusing on open judiciary efforts in developed countries, developing countries, and closed societies respectively. Attendees’ participation is key, and the format of this session will be highly participatory.

Panel experts are:

• Carlos E. Jiménez-Gómez, (Moderator) Open & Smart Government Specialist (IEEE e-Government, USA; & Department of Justice of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, Spain).

• Phillip R. Malone, (Panelist – USA). Professor of Law, Director, Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic, (Stanford Law School, USA)

• Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan, (Panelist – Latin America) Professor, Political and Social Sciences School (Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Mexico).

• Mei Gechlik, (Panelist – China) Founder and Director, China Guiding Cases Project -“CGCP”-, (Stanford Law School, USA).

All are invited to attend and participate.

More info in this link

Best regards,
Carlos, Mei, Phil & Rodrigo