The Event is intended to be the largest gathering of intelligent cities professionals...

Intelligent Cities are the building blocks of the knowledge society...

Building new intelligent cities and transforming existing ones has become a national priority...

The “Intelligent Cities” conference is designed to be the largest event of its kind to be organized in the Kingdom, and has acquired special importance because it will be held in the Kingdom’s Holy capital, seeking to expedite the competent utilization of the latest “Intelligent Cities” technologies for the purpose of improving the services for the pilgrims and facilitating their tour of the Holy places and their transport and accommodations. The conference also seeks to further the abilities of Public Officials to improve services to the citizens and residents of the Holy city as well. An equally important target of the conference is also to enhance Makkah’s capabilities to be a pace setter and an Intelligent Cities example to follow for the Arab and Islamic worlds. The Conference is also designed to attract wide participation from a large number of decision makers, business leaders, technology providers, investors, developers, engineers and project owners, from both the private and public sectors.

Driven by the strategic plan for the development of Holy Makkah, the organizers’ objective is to utilize the conference as a development initiative whose objective is to serve as an ideal model for the applications of “Intelligent Cities” for the Kingdom; ones that support the cities’ transformation to a knowledge society and digital economy. The initiatives seek to encourage the development of “Intelligent Cities” and buildings with Broadband infrastructures in ways that improve intelligent services and make them available for the largest possible number of visitors and citizens, for business or Government transactions as well as applications for intelligent home use.. more

The Conference deliberations are designed around three main tracks...