HP Sponsors the World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Share its Views on the New Emerging Technologies as the Key Enabler for Innovation
HP Middle East announced its participation in the World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE) taking place in Dubai between April 1st and 3rd 2008 as a Gold Sponsor. WSIE is held under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and with the participation of key global leaders.
During WSIE, key leaders and industry experts will talk about innovation from different angles and its importance in shaping the future of the world. They will also address the challenges and analyze the means for overcoming them through learning about the experiences of multiple industries from different parts of the world.
As a gold sponsor, HP will share world leaders the means of facilitating innovation and entrepreneurship as an approach towards better education, diversity and economic sustainability. HP will also address the importance of emerging technologies as enablers for digital and physical convergence, thus meeting the growing needs of end users.
“Technology supports innovation and inspires it. Although the importance of innovation is well understood, many still lack the knowledge of how to create innovative thinking within an organisation. At HP, we offer our clients, the means to create an innovative environment within their organisations in addition to innovative business solutions that help them develop more creative ideas and plans, and achieve better business outcomes”, said Paul Jeremaes, Director of HP Invent Center, HP EMEA.
About HP
HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers – from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $107.7 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended Jan. 31, 2008. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.
About HP Middle East
HP is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East with 1100 employees and subsidiaries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Cairo, Ramallah, Qatar, Oman and 2 service Joint Ventures in Kuwait and Bahrain servicing the GCC, Egypt and the Levant. HP has been present in the Middle East since 1968 and opened its first regional office in 1994. HP Middle East is the market leader for enterprise, small and medium business and consumer technology products and offers a large portfolio of solutions and services in various business domains.
More information about HP in the Middle East is available at www.hp.com/me
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