UAE To Address Challenges Of The Future With Launch Of Fourth Industrial Revolution Protocol

The Government of the UAE, in partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF), has launched the Fourth Industrial Revolution Protocol, a key initiative that will establish a regulatory framework for the tools and technologies that are already driving the next wave of human progress.

The Protocol, announced on the final day of the second Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils (AMGFC) in Dubai, includes three main pillars: providing an integrated and secure data environment; formulating the policies and legislation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), and building a unified system of values ​​and ethics to guide 4IR technologies.

His Excellency Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, the UAE’s Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future and Co-chair of the Global Future Councils, said that the Fourth Industrial Revolution Protocol not only consolidates the UAE government’s efforts to adopt 4IR tools and technologies, but demonstrates its commitment to addressing the moral and ethical concerns surrounding them.