Becoming Environmentally Conscious: Meet the edX Sustainability Team

OVERVIEW The Environmental Center for Arab Towns and PwC, with the valuable support of the Dubai Municipality and the Arab Towns Organization, is hosting their first virtual conference on AI and IoT for Sustainability and Environment. Two leaders of Oliver Wyman, John Romeo and Anshu Vats, will join influential thought leaders during 2 sessions on November 17. Artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly and will take an integral part of our daily lives, with enormous potential for achieving sustainable economic, social and environmental development. The conference is aiming at providing the following: • Exceptional opportunity for the cities’ officials to meet and exchange their collective experiences • Indulge in an open dialogue to discuss the ideas and the solutions arising from the applications and technologies of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) for supporting sustainability and the environment • Five Training Sessions KEYNOTE PANEL AI and IoT Governance And National Strategies Nov. 17, 2020 | 12:00-01:00 PM (GST) John Romeo, Managing Partner and Head of the Oliver Wyman Forum, will join a keynote panel, to discuss governance of technology use: strategic planning, policies, legislations, action plans and the ethical considerations of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) applications and technologies for supporting sustainability and environment. Moderator: Hazem Galal, Global Leader for Local Government Partners, PwC Speakers : John Romeo, Managing Partner and Head of the Oliver Wyman Forum Saqr Bin Ghalib, Director of Artificial Intelligence Office, UAE Government Dr. Mohamad Al Nawar Al Awa – Regional Advisor for Development, UN-ESCWA BEST PRACTICES SESSION The AI City Readiness Index In The Middle East Nov. 17, 2020 | 1:20-01:40 PM (GST) Partner Anshu Vats, who leads the Public Sector and Policy Practice, will hold a presentation on the AI City Readiness Index in the Middle East. The Oliver…

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is developing an innovative model to tackle electronic waste (e-waste) by linking stakeholders in the formal and informal economy. Called e-Source, it will be an exchange platform that will serve as an online marketplace for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and facilitate a formal supply chain between various stakeholders (buyers and sellers). This initiative is being spearheaded by Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS). The IGCS team believes that the problem of e-waste could be resolved by connecting different buyers and sellers of used and waste electronic equipment and components without compromising their interests. The e-Source initiative aims to make WEEE as a key resource in the evolution of a circular economy by establishing traceability and recovery of post-consumer e-waste in the market.