MUSCAT: Abdullah al Saadi, Omani Ambassador in China, and Dean of Arab Ambassadors Council, along with other Middle Eastern government representatives in China, travelled to Huawei’s ICT Talent Cultivation Summit in Shenzhen.
The congregation addressed the future needs of local sectors and industries and how ICT talent development will drive national digital transformations.
Every country that took part in the competition was represented, and the winner of the Skill Competition itself was announced during the Summit.
Chen Lifang, Corporate Senior Vice-President and Director of the Board Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, opened the proceedings, followed by Al Saadi.
Prof Zhao Jianhua delivered a keynote on the theme, “ICT for Better Education and Societies Development.”
Each country’s unique challenges and opportunities were raised during the following panel titled “ICT Talents, Key for Future Development”, where participants were given the opportunity to discuss how digital transformation will enable Middle East leaders to achieve the targets outlined in their national plans and visions, and the importance of nurturing local talents to achieving digitalisation.
The key theme that shone through was the need to support programmes such as the ICT Skill Competition in order to monitor, understand and improve talent development initiatives in key markets.
“The ICT Skill Competition is a vitally important global initiative for Huawei, and it has been an honour hosting the ambassadors from the Middle East at the event this year,” said Charles Yang, President of Huawei Middle East.
“The sessions will certainly help us in our commitment to building the region’s future leaders of ICT.”
This year’s competition saw 10,285 top students from over 120 of the region’s universities register, with 13 student teams travelling to Shenzhen, the home of Huawei, in China.
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