Inaugural Global Space Congress to shed light on growing UAE space sector
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The UAE Space Agency has revealed it will host the inaugural Global Space Congress (GSC) in Abu Dhabi under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai,
As investments from the UAE in the space sector surpass 20 million AED, the UAE Space Agency continues with its drive towards developing international connections and increasing knowledge transfer within the industry.
Therefore, the Global Space Congress (GSC), which will take place from 31 January to 1 February 2017 at the St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi, will be a significant global platform for emerging space programmes to connect, collaborate and engage with the international space business community.
According to The Space Foundation, the global space industry is worth more than $330 billion worldwide with commercial space activities making up more than 76% of the global space economy. International space players are increasingly looking towards cooperation and partnership and the UAE is leading the Middle East region in terms of driving space activities and building global space agreements.
GSC will address both upstream and downstream issues and will be one of the few international space forums being held in the region. It will work towards promoting space technology development and analysing up and coming commercial space strategies.
H.E Dr Khalifa Al Romaithi, chairman of the UAE Space Agency, commented: “We are excited to announce the first Global Space Congress and we believe that Abu Dhabi is well suited to host an international forum that will address the major developments happening in the space industry worldwide. Our vision is to develop an innovative and thriving space industry that allows sector leaders to collaborate and work together to achieve success and bring benefits to mankind. GSC will be the ideal opportunity for knowledge transfer and exchange of best practices and an international event of this calibre will help us in achieving our vision.”
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