Dubai, UAE, 7 December 2016: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has actually released a global program for its staff, in collaboration with ExO-Works. The 10-week program is the initial of its kind in the region, and intends to improve DEWA's role fit the future of energy and water. The programme sustains the vision of the UAE's smart leadership making visualizing the future part of government strategic preparation. It also sustains DEWA's role as an incubator of creative thinking and innovation to accomplish its vision to come to be a sustainable innovative world-class utility.

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, inaugurated the programme today. Existing at the launch was Salim Ismail, an internationally acknowledged writer and thought leader of future innovations and founding Executive Director and Global Ambassador of Singularity University. Ismail is likewise the supervisor of the programme, that includes 5 workshops and 4 been experts teams. DEWA's top administration team will certainly team up with ExO-Works experts to enhance the understanding of turbulent technology, and review its usage to establish positive strategies and approaches.

"I am pleased to invite you to the opening of the ExO Sprint Programme, which Dubai Power and Water Authority is organising in cooperation with ExO-Works. The program sustains our commitment to achieve the instructions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, that has defined the UAE Strategy for the Future as an "integrated strategy to forecast our nation's future, aiming to prepare for challenges and seize chances." The ExO Sprint programme is the first of its kind in the region, and will boost DEWA's leading placement in creating Disruptive Technologies and long-lasting aggressive strategies to handle the 4th commercial change the world is going through. The program likewise improves DEWA's efforts to provide an atmosphere that motivates its staff members and work teams to create and stand out, and educate them to drive innovation and boost competition. These initiatives support the vision of our sensible management to form and make the future to make sure that the UAE comes to be an efficient factor to shaping the future. This is done by utilizing accelerators, innovation, and employing of the most recent sciences and innovations. The UAE government is functioning to change the country right into a knowledge-based economic climate by urging innovation, Study & Advancement, launching approaches and initiatives to create federal government innovation by making it a company society, and establishing team to be able to introduce and create throughout all areas. This long-term vision has caused the UAE accomplishing the initial position in the Arab World in the Global Innovation Index 2016, which measures the performance of 128 nations in innovation. The UAE was additionally placed very first regionally and 16th worldwide on the planet Economic Forum's Global Competition Report 2016," said Al Tayer.

Al Tayer noted that DEWA's efforts in innovation sustain the initiatives of the wise management to shape the future and plan for change. Shaping the future is a major pillar of DEWA's work. This has actually combined its setting as a platform that inspires innovation, and an incubator for innovators. DEWA adopts an incorporated strategy to stimulate research and implement imaginative concepts and ideas in energy, renewable energy, and water. This sustains the Dubai Clean Energy Approach 2050 to enhance the share of clean power in the power mix, so clean power will generate 7% of Dubai's total power result by 2020, 25% by 2030 and 75% by 2050. DEWA adds to the Dubai Future Accelerators initiative by supporting continuous R & d and equaling fast technical advancements. This is done with incubators that innovate technological versions and solutions, create renewable energy innovations, and evaluate the best global experiences in operating systems, mobile computing, cloud computing, virtualisation, circulation systems, software program engineering, the Internet of Things, robotics, Open Data and Big Information, and making use of drones in the energy and water industries. This will contribute to attaining our vision and calculated plans in different locations, consisting of power and water smart networks.

"DEWA has actually adopted Strategic Innovation as one of five significant pillars of its Strategic Plan 2021. We adopt the idea of innovation as part of our vision, and developed Strategic Innovation to raise its importance as a theme to encompass 40% of DEWA's calculated map. DEWA has actually included critical purposes within its technique map to imagine the future and innovation. DEWA has actually established an integrated approach to boost innovative suggestions and ideas, which are major parts of DEWA's corporate worths. DEWA knows the relevance of maintaining to this day with the exceptional technical improvements, by giving an inspiring and inspiring environment, efficient in discovering innovative services. DEWA supplies all that is needed to enhance knowledge and creativity, and exerts all efforts to sustain innovators and imaginative individuals, to achieve its vision to end up being lasting innovative world-class utility," stated Al Tayer.

"At DEWA, we know that the early recognition of future chances and obstacles and analysing them, while developing lasting strategies, are key elements of the government of the future, to enhance government services and accomplish specific and social happiness. We wish that this program will contribute to improving DEWA's setting as one of the leading organisations fit the future of power and water and attaining the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who when observed that, "The UAE Method for the Future is our new approach to planning for the future by anticipating, analysing and applying highly efficient activity plans that accelerate development," ended Al Tayer.

"DEWA is a pioneer in staying up to date with the most recent technical developments, and introducing leading efforts and programs. This program, that includes a number of workshops, enhances DEWA's function in keeping pace with the rapid developments. It underscores DEWA's initiatives to enhance the capacities of its staff and offer them with the necessary devices for clinical reasoning that is based upon the most effective worldwide studies and research study," claimed Marwan Bin Haider, Executive Vice President of Innovation and the Future at DEWA.