Ministers, top executives to attend opening ceremony

Anumber of high profile ministers and industry leaders from the region as well from across the globe will attend the fourday Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) in Abu Dhabi today.

UAE Economy Minister Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazroui, Minister Of Climate Change and Environment Thani Al Zeyoudi will be speaking.

Other ministers participating include Japan’s State Minister Of Economy, Trade and Industry, Yosuke Takagi; Bangladesh’s Industries Minister Amir Hussain Amu; Pakistan’s Minister Of Industries and Production Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi; Russia’s First Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Gleb Nikitin; Ethiopia’s Minister of Industry Ahmad Abtew Asfaw, among others.

Bernard Charles, vicechairman and chief executive Dassault Systems, Joe Kaeser, Global CEO of Siemens, Saif Al Hajeri, chief executive officer Tawazun Economic Council and Tawazun Holding, Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, founder and managing director of VPS Healthcare, Mike Singh, Chairman and CEO, the TC group, Robert S Harward, chief executive UAE, Lockheed Martin will be present.

The event will also include the announcement of the launch of the region’s first “Microfactory”, that aims to accelerate revolutionary additive design, customer innovation and digital manufacturing technologies.

GE, together with Mubadala and the GMIS will announce the launch at the summit, organisers said.