HH Shaikh Khalid sponsors 2020 Artificial Intelligence for All Virtual Conference

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The Supreme Council for Youth and Sport First Deputy Chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) President His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa is sponsoring the “2020 Artificial Intelligence for All Virtual Conference” set for next month.

Organised jointly by Bahrain Polytechnic and Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF), the event is part of Shaikh Khalid’s support towards digital transformation, especially the future sciences and artificial intelligence.

Experts of the industry, professionals and researchers, as well as academicians and students, are taking part in the event.

Deputy CEO for Resources and Information Affairs Shaikh Ali bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa expressed his sincere gratitude to HH Shaikh Khalid for his sponsorship of this conference.

He stated that HH Shaikh Khalid’s support has contributed to the launch of Bahrain Polytechnic Artificial Intelligence Academy in 2018, which is a first of its kind in the Middle East. It welcomed its first batch of students last September.

BIBF Director Dr Ahmed Al Shaikh expressed utmost appreciation and gratitude to HH Shaikh Khalid for his kind sponsorship to the conference.

He said that HH Shaikh Khalid’s support would bolster Bahrain’s position regionally in this sector.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Centre for Digital Transformation and Project Management, Ahmed Naimi, said that the main themes of the conference would be about the concepts surrounding the application of artificial intelligence and technical learning.

For those who want to share scientific summaries, they may send them to BPEvents@polytechnic.bh by December 1, 2020. To know more about the conference, visit www.bibf.com/aiforall/.