SAUDIA named partner and official carrier of the Global AI Summit

Saudi Airlines (SAUDIA), the Kingdom’s national flag carrier announced its strategic partnership as the official carrier of the Global AI Summit held under the patronage of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA).

This is the second edition of the Global AI Summit which will take place at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Riyadh from September 13th until September 15th. The three-day summit will feature and host 200 speakers who lead data and artificial intelligence policy reform in 70 countries and more than 3,000 visitors from across the world will be present during the summit.

The summit seeks to serve as a communal meeting place for investors, innovators and political thought leaders worldwide who are all active in the fast based world of artificial intelligence by identifying business investment opportunities, exploring use case possibilities and discussing compliance policies. The Global AI Summit aims to identify solutions to make AI technologies more accessible across industries.

SAUDIA is set to sign a three-way memorandum of understanding with SDAIA and the Saudi Company for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) to explore means to deploy AI-powered solutions that will enhance the airline’s operations. Included within these agreements are plans to develop AI applications, improve customer experiences using the latest emerging technologies, and utilize technology to process spoken languages across SAUDIA’s customer care applications and other digital channels.

Using the code AI20, visitors to the summit can take advantage of a special promotional deal offered by SAUDIA Holidays and receive 20 percent off on the travel package of their choice.

With its sponsorship of the summit, SAUDIA underlines its commitment and role as the wings of vision 2030 to achieving the objectives of the Kingdom Vision’s strategic framework, which include global leadership among data-driven, AI-powered economies.

In alignment with this commitment, the national flag carrier continues to identify ways to adopt cutting edge AI-solutions that offer high-quality services to SAUDIA’s guests and employees.

The first Global AI Summit was held virtually under the patronage of HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2020 with a record-breaking five million views throughout the event. During the landmark summit, the National Strategy for Data and AI (NSDAI), established to elevate the Kingdom as a global leader in the fields of AI and data, was announced.