Driving world change

For the first time in its history, Global Goals Week will leave the United Nations General Assembly in New York City and come to life at Expo 2020 Dubai, from Jan.15 to 22, 2022.

Global Goals Week at Expo 2020 Dubai will bring the world together to mobilise and accelerate momentum to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and drive global change for a more sustainable future for all by 2030.

The 17 SDGs are the world’s ‘to-do’ list. They recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth, while also tackling climate change and working to preserve oceans and forests.

These are urgent priorities for all countries, and the COVID-19 pandemic, which began as a health crisis and quickly become a human and socio-economic crisis, has both highlighted the need for an SDG framework and showcased the progress that can be made when the world works together.

Expo 2020 Dubai, as the most significant global gathering to take place in the COVID-19 era, will reignite the Decade of Action with a raft of impactful events to emphasise the need for the world to work together to deliver the Global Goals by 2030.

Global Goals Week will convene world leaders and prominent decision makers including Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director General, Expo 2020 Dubai; HE Mohammed Al-Najjar, Minister of Water and Irrigation, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations; Sanda Ojiambo, COO and Executive Director, UN Global Compact; and Jerome Foster II, White House Advisor, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.

Global Goals Week is the seventh of 10 Theme Weeks under Expo 2020’s Programme for People and Planet, offering an exchange of inspiring new perspectives to address the greatest challenges and opportunities of our time.

SMART SOLUTIONS: AI & IoT smart solutions provider and robotics designer of the world fair’s famous orange mascot, sets sights on smart city expansion for Mena region. Performing a specially choreographed dance routine to mark the portal opening of Expo 2020 Dubai’s China Day, the world fair’s now famous orange robot mascot, Opti, was present to welcome both early arrivals and the staff and management of the official premier partner behind all the robots serving visitors at Expo – Terminus Group.

Along with supplying 50 Optis and a total of over 150 Titan Series robots to assist visitors to Expo 2020, Terminus Group, is a smart solutions provider for buildings, communities, up to city-wide smart infrastructures, with robotics one part of the solutions it provides.

Commenting on the partnership, Mohammed Al Hashmi, Chief Technology Officer for Expo 2020 Dubai, said:

“We are excited to host Expo 2020 Dubai with the presence of Opti, as well as Terminus Group’s four other robot models. The positive feedback we have received from visitors — of all ages — has been overwhelming.

From food deliveries to engaging with visitors at the stunning site of Expo 2020 Dubai, we are delighted with the impact the partnership with Terminus Group has delivered to the overall Expo experience.”

Specialising in the pioneering development of the ‘AI CITY’ concept, Terminus uses its proprietary smart city management system TACOS (Terminus AI CITY Operating System) to integrate several smart solutions, including Internet of Things (IoT) products, urban digitisation, to robotics. It is this specialisation that has seen Terminus Group establish its first regional HQ in Dubai, and specifically, as an anchor tenant of District 2020 – the mixed-use legacy project of Expo 2020, which aims to become a global smart logistics and tech hub.

Vice President of Transition Unit – District 2020, Nadimeh Mehra, “We are looking forward to seeing the establishment of Terminus Group’s headquarters and R&D centre in AI and IoT at District 2020, as we transition and evolve our future community, following Expo 2020 Dubai. As an innovation leader in future technologies, Terminus Group will add tremendous value to the growth of our global innovation ecosystem, supporting our aims to enable co-creation between diverse stakeholders, and the development of solutions that will lead to smarter, more sustainable, human-centric cities.”

Cloud Valley, the first urban digitised community, is a project being developed by Terminus Group and shares similar ambitions to be a benchmark in urban digitisation and placing smart tech at the centre of enhancing community living and wellbeing experience of its residents and workers.

Central to Terminus Group’s smart infrastructure offering for the design of future cities is its proprietary core software foundation – TACOS. Effective in producing a more energy efficient and lifestyle ecosystem that seeks to improve the quality of life of all residents and workers using the platform.

Commenting on the sides of Expo’s Portal Opening earlier today, Lance Wang, Vice President of Terminus Group said: “As official premier partner to Expo 2020 Dubai, Terminus Group has already seen a number of commercial and cultural-related deals signed since the start of the world fair, in October last year and we are confident in our new regional HQ established in Expo.

“Today’s signing demonstrates not only a commitment to further enhancing the smart, AI CITY solutions available in Dubai, but showcasing that ability and opportunity to many others in the Mena region and beyond,” Wang added.

Terminus Group is committed to driving the upgrading of urban management through digital and smart tech solutions, promoting the prosperity of the industrial ecology, and promoting the implementation of green and low to carbon-neutral approaches.

Taking AIoT technology as the starting point, Terminus Group currently has developed core products such as its proprietary TACOS smart city operating system, a city-wide series of AIoT smart hardware, and solutions for energy saving and carbon reduction in cities.

Terminus Group owns more than 1,000 patents and has been selected for six times in the industry-leading Gartner report for its authoritative IT research and consulting.