DSOA celebrates UAE Innovation Week

Dubai / Emirates Business

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), hosted its second DSO Innovation Festival 2016. The event was hosted at Dubai Silicon Oasis in line with the UAE Innovation Week initiative announced in 2015 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
The DSO Innovation Festival 2016 was open to the general public of all age groups and backgrounds and engaged the community with various educational and innovative fun-filled activities.
Two main events – an Innovation Fun Run and a Drone Race – ran in succession, making up the heart of the festival. In addition, the festival featured a dedicated kids’ play area, food trucks area and an innovation bazaar that were open throughout the day.
Speaking on the DSO Innovation Festival 2016, Dr Mohammed Alzarooni, Vice Chairman and CEO of DSOA, said: “The second edition of this unique festival was planned as part of the UAE Innovation Week initiative announced by our leadership in 2015.
“In line with the DSO Innovation Strategy that aims to foster creative and out-of-the-box ideas for entrepreneurship and to enable young entrepreneurs to realize their ambitions, the 2016 edition reiterated our commitment to supporting innovative concepts from young talent. Their novel start-up concepts were impressive and are certain to contribute significantly to the UAE’s technological advancement in innovation.”