Third Global AI Summit draws 30,000 delegates to Riyadh
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In brief
The third Global AI Summit, organized by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), ran from 10 to 12 September 2024 and reported more than 30,000 delegates, more than 450 speakers from 100 countries, 150 sessions, more than 25 launches and more than 80 agreements and MoUs.
The third Global AI Summit, organized by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), ran from 10 to 12 September 2024 and reported more than 30,000 delegates, more than 450 speakers from 100 countries, 150 sessions, more than 25 launches and more than 80 agreements and MoUs. Outcomes included the Riyadh Charter on AI for the Islamic World with ICESCO, the UNESCO Category 2 classification of ICAIRE, the SAMAI one-million-Saudis program, the AI Adoption Framework, Microsoft's Arabic-model center with ALLaM on Azure, and MoUs with IBM, Dell, Oracle and Nvidia.
The next edition was set for 2026.
Key figures
- 30,000peopledelegates
- 80agreements and MoUs (agreements)
Sources
This report is compiled from the sources below. Cicada links to every source we rely on.
- 1Third edition of Global AI Summit launches in Riyadh Arab News · 10 Sept 2024
- 2Global AI Summit Calls for Global Action to Guarantee AI Innovation is for the Good of Humanity Kyodo News PR Wire (SDAIA press release) · 14 Sept 2024
- 3Global AI Summit 2024 continued to transform data and AI landscape on final day AAP / Cision (SDAIA press release) · 13 Sept 2024
Archive report. Written in 2026 from contemporary sources and dated to the day the event happened.
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Cicada Desk. "Third Global AI Summit draws 30,000 delegates to Riyadh". Cicada, 10 September 2024. https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/gain-2024-third-edition
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