Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 49 | Page 8

NEWS HPE announces new Emiratisation programme in UAE Bayer focuses on Digital Transformation of healthcare at Digitrans 2019 H ewlett Packard Enterprise has announced a new internship programme that will enable Emiratis to gain experience working in the private sector at a disruptive global company. The internship programme, which will admit its first cohort in the next few months in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, is specially designed to give participants valuable experience for their future careers, including exposure to a fast-paced, professional and forward-thinking multinational business environment. The programme will be led by a newly appointed HPE Emiratization Development Ambassador. HPE will employ the interns on a part-time basis as they divide their time between work and study. After graduation, students who demonstrate high performance and motivation may apply for a full-time role with HPE. The programme will be supported by a series of lectures offered by HPE executives on topics including AI, high performance computing and hybrid cloud. “We are proud to support students in their goal to advance their careers and contribute to the UAE business arena through our Emiratisation programme,” said Wolfgang Egger, Managing Director, Middle East and South Africa at HPE. “By creating diverse internship opportunities at a dynamic multinational business like HPE, we can support the UAE’s efforts encouraging young people into the private sector.” B ayer, a leading life sciences company, focused on digitally transforming the healthcare sector at the Digital Transformation forum, Digitrans 2019, in Dubai. With a focus on emerging technologies such as AI, 3D technology and IoT, this two-day forum brought together regional leaders from across all industries to discuss best practices and strategies that can fuel the region’s drive to create an innovation-led economy. Providing world-class healthcare is one of the key six pillars of the UAE National Agenda, which is in line with Vision 2021 that aims at enabling the country to achieve a world-class healthcare system. To achieve this goal, the UAE government is encouraging public- private partnerships to ensure all public 8 INTELLIGENTCIO and private hospitals offer patient- focused and quality healthcare. Taking this objective forward, Eugene Borukhovich, Global Head Digital Health at Bayer, hosted a session titled ‘Pharma Digital Transformation: Changing the Experience of Health’. “Digital Transformation has brought sweeping changes within the healthcare industry. It has changed the way we work, do business and meet customer expectations,” said Borukhovich. “Keeping this in mind, Digitrans 2019 served as an ideal platform to lay emphasis on the importance of leveraging emerging technologies and the potential demonstrated by start-ups accelerate the cycle of innovation within the healthcare industry, while keeping pace with the evolving digital age.” www.intelligentcio.com