Serbia managed to present all its potentials in the best way at the Expo Dubai World Exhibition, as well as to present more than 100 innovations, said today Ana Ilić, who leads the national platform of the government “Serbia creates”. Ilic, who is the Prime Minister’s advisor for creative industries and tourism and Deputy Commissioner of Serbia at the World Expo in Dubai, told reporters that Serbia, in addition to economic and other potentials, successfully presented its tradition and culture, and significantly improved relations with the UAE.
“Today we are celebrating the National Day at the Expo exhibition in Dubai, and that is the most important day of our six-month performance in Dubai,” she said.
Ilic also said that there were more than 700 thousand visitors in the Pavilion of Serbia so far, as well as that there were more than 1,200 businessmen from Serbia who had contacts with more than 70 countries from all parts of the world.
She emphasized that 15 agreements and many more pre-agreements have been signed, as well as agreements on cooperation, some of which are still in preparation.
“We had more than 30 concerts and events where visitors from all over the world could see our artists from various fields, and we also presented more than 250 products,” she said.
Ilic stated that a total of more than 6,000 business contacts were realized.
A new standard has been set in the representation of Serbia in the whole world, said Ilic, adding that President Aleksandar Vucic noticed that well at the opening of the Serbian Pavilion.
She also reminded that the Serbian pavilion at the Expo was designed based on the inspiration of the Neolithic culture of Vinča, as well as that the Meta man from Lepenski vir was presented, which caused a great deal of attention from visitors.
Memorandum of Cooperation with Group 42 for the Development of Artificial Intelligence
The Office for Information Technologies and Electronic Government of the Government of Serbia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the company Group 42 (G42) from the United Arab Emirates today at the Expo 2020 World Exhibition in Dubai, which envisages cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence and its faster development in Serbia.
“We have made the first step and now we will form teams and we expect a concrete commercial contract with G42 in the next few months,” Jovanovic said, answering Tanjug’s question when the signing of the contract will follow.
G42 is one of the world’s leading companies in the development of artificial intelligence and cloud computing based in Abu Dhabi.
The document was signed by the director of G42 “Cloud Technology” Talal Al Qaisi and the director of the IT Office Mihailo Jovanovic, within the investment conference held as part of the celebration of the Serbian Statehood Day in Dubai.
Jovanovic said that it is a leading company from the UAE that deals with the development of artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
“In the coming period, we will work together on the development of artificial intelligence, especially in the health, economy and finance sectors. This memorandum of understanding is a good basis for a potential investment in hybrid cloud infrastructure, which would be located in the state data center in Kragujevac.” he stated.
He pointed out that Serbia is recognized as a country that develops artificial intelligence and as a leader in the region.
This means faster economic development of Serbia and GDP growth, as well as a better life for our citizens, Jovanovic pointed out.
The Office for Information Technologies and Electronic Government of the Government of Serbia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the company Group 42 (G42) from the United Arab Emirates today at the Expo 2020 World Exhibition in Dubai, which envisages cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence and its faster development in Serbia.
“We have made the first step and now we will form teams and we expect a concrete commercial contract with G42 in the next few months,” Jovanovic said, answering Tanjug’s question when the signing of the contract will follow.
G42 is one of the world’s leading companies in the development of artificial intelligence and cloud computing based in Abu Dhabi.
The document was signed by the director of G42 “Cloud Technology” Talal Al Qaisi and the director of the IT Office Mihailo Jovanovic, within the investment conference held as part of the celebration of the Serbian Statehood Day in Dubai.
Jovanovic said that it is a leading company from the UAE that deals with the development of artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
“In the coming period, we will work together on the development of artificial intelligence, especially in the health, economy and finance sectors. This memorandum of understanding is a good basis for a potential investment in hybrid cloud infrastructure, which would be located in the state data center in Kragujevac,” he stated.
He pointed out that Serbia is recognized as a country that develops artificial intelligence and as a leader in the region.
This means faster economic development of Serbia and GDP growth, as well as a better life for our citizens, Jovanovic pointed out.
Stefan Milenković performed at the Expo exhibition in Dubai
Violinist Stefan Milenković performed today in front of the Serbian Pavilion at the World Expo in Dubai with the String Youth National Team.
The visitors of the Expo exhibition gathered around the pavilion of Serbia, which was made according to the construction motifs of the Vinča culture, when they also heard top classical music.
Milenković addressed the gathered briefly, greeted them and played.
Stefan Milenković’s performance with the strings was followed by a big applause that lasted several minutes.
The string national team played this morning as well, but without Milenković, at the opening of the ceremony on the occasion of the celebration of the Statehood Day of Serbia at the Expo exhibition in Dubai.
On that occasion, Milenković said that the national team consists of young people from various schools, and that most of them live in Serbia, but that they gathered especially for the occasion, and that they had only five rehearsals, since they had never played together before.
Milenković said that it is not a classic chamber orchestra, since it has six violins and one viola, cello and bass.
This morning, the orchestra performed the last movement of the Suite, written by Ana Krstajić, especially for the occasion, while tonight, according to local time, all three movements of the Suite were played, which is based on Serbian songs and dances.
Today, Serbia celebrates the Statehood Day – Meeting in memory of the beginning of the First Serbian Uprising on February 15, 1804 and the act of proclaiming the Sretenje Constitution of the Principality of Serbia on February 15, 1835, RTV writes.
