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KUWAIT – 10-18 (KUNA) — The Kuwait Red Crescent Society announced that the State of Kuwait will host the first Gulf Red Crescent Conference on Artificial Intelligence on October 22, under the patronage of Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya, in an event that represents a pioneering step towards building a unified Gulf vision for investing in artificial intelligence in the service of humanitarian work. "This enhances the position of the State of Kuwait as a leading platform for human innovation and joint Gulf cooperation".
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Society, Khaled Al-Mughamis, told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Saturday that the conference will be held under the slogan (Towards New Horizons in Humanitarian Work and Development Media – Investing in the Power of Artificial Intelligence) in cooperation with the General Secretariat of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf during the period from 22 to 23 October at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center.
He pointed out that the event coincides with Gulf Red Crescent Day, which falls on October 23 of each year, with the participation of an elite group of experts and specialists from GCC countries and abroad, along with representatives of international organizations concerned with humanitarian work.
Al-Mughamis added that the conference comes within the framework of the association’s keenness to keep pace with modern technical developments and employ artificial intelligence in supporting humanitarian work and development media, as it aims to explore the prospects for using artificial intelligence in developing humanitarian and relief programs.
He explained that the conference agenda includes a number of main sessions that discuss various topics, most notably artificial intelligence in collecting and analyzing humanitarian data, early forecasting, rapid response, and data challenges in humanitarian work, in addition to the ethical and legal dimensions of using these technologies in relief environments.
He stated that the sessions will also address the use of artificial intelligence in relief work and review the experiences of Gulf national societies in this field, as well as review initiatives to use these technologies in health, environmental and social awareness campaigns.
He stated that the conference will witness the launch of a Gulf digital initiative, in addition to holding a Gulf workshop to prepare media cadres in the relief and humanitarian field, which addresses topics of humanitarian media during crises, field coverage skills, considerations of professional safety and ethics in media work, and a training session on creating digital humanitarian content and influential documentation. (The end) S L M / K D A
