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to priorities, challenges, and opportunities being addressed by
regional policymakers and regulatory authorities, and the private
sector. RISE was also set as an important industry milestone for
starting the year 2023, the precede and complement the Saudi
LEAP conference in KSA, the SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit
2023 in UAE, the ITU GSR-23 in Egypt and WRC-23 in UAE later in
the year.
The RISE conference began with exploring what the future looks
like for all stakeholders, including Operators, in a meshed world
where economic, social and business activities require advanced,
resilient and secure telecom networks. Keynotes and discussion

From Saudi presidency

of G20, to setting a new
trend in the availability
of spectrum, to setting
up new international
platforms such as the Global Cybersecurity
Forum (GCF), and to being a host of iterative
successes in digital development, Saudi

Arabia’s progress in fulfilling its national
ICT objectives (“Vision 2030”) has been
exemplary.

sessions examined various aspects of a sustainable digital future,
and the types of policies, strategies and measures required to
ensure, for example, that ICTs are transformed to become greener,
enabling a truly sustainable digital future.

RISE brought together leading Private-Sector leaders from across
the industries, including from the financial services and terrestrial
connectivity providers as well as space ecosystem key players, to
further the dialogue on sustainable ICT development.
At a time when Saudi Arabia’s MCIT, under the leadership of
H.E. Eng. Abdullah AlSwaha, Minister of Communication and
Information Technology, is leading key digitalization efforts across

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