In April 2018, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued‘Intelligent & Connected Vehicles Road Test Management Regulation', which is the first to regulate the autonomous vehicles road test from national level.

While Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is often the first tool to gain investment as it leads to quick wins with a lower investment, it is only one tool out of the automation toolbox. Building on the two exponentially successful RPA Summits in 2017, we have re-branded our event to Intelligent Automation Asia so we can encapsulate all there is to learn, including RPA, cognitive, machine learning, AI, and more.

IoT is the next wave of the industrial revolution crucial to government, businesses and consumers, transforming all sectors including automation, manufacturing, agriculture, automotive, consumer electronics, energy and utilities, healthcare, home automation, infrastructure, etc.

Oman offers scope for ICT investment, evident by increase in activities in tourism and infrastructure and upcoming Smart City projects like the Logistics city near Muscat, Duqm and Madinat Al Irfan and the transformation of Muttrah into a smart city. Held from 23-28 April 2018 at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, COMEX will usher in an era of economic growth by tracking the progress of ICT in transforming companies and industries.

The image processing, video and computer vision communities in Israel are world class leaders in the field, with large dynamic presence in both industry and academia.