Tamdeed Projects, a subsidiary of Etisalat Services Holding, had a strong presence at the recently concluded 2018 BICSI Middle East and Africa, MEA Conference and Exhibition, reinforcing its commitment to supporting the ICT community and promoting innovation within all aspects of telecom network and smart city solutions.
The two-day BICSI MEA Conference was held recently under the theme, "A Connected World: Smart Cities, Smart Buildings, Smart Infrastructure, and More!" Tamdeed Projects, a leader in the UAE in outdoor network solutions, and a key player and integrator of indoor structured networks, in-building solutions and ICT infrastructure, was the event’s exclusive diamond-level sponsor.
Tareq Salman, General Manager, Tamdeed Projects, opened the conference with a keynote presentation on "Building a Smart Hospital that Stays Smart Well into the Future," with the new Al Ain Hospital as a case study. Tamdeed undertook this flagship project and implemented a standards-based approach towards survey, engineering, supply, installation, commission, integration and testing the extra-low voltage package of works of this approximately 700 bed hospital on a turn-key basis.
He cited the key lessons of the healthcare project: the importance of integrated building management and security systems; making rooms more patient-centred and providing a fully-integrated electronic medical record system, direction-providing and customer feedback kiosks, location tracking devices and electronic status boards that direct patients to respective treatment rooms, display news and healthcare information.
As part of its exclusive sponsorship, Tamdeed hosted the conference’s opening keynote presentation from Limor Schafman, Director of the Smart Buildings Programme at the Telecommunication Industry Association. Her keynote, entitled "Powering Digital Transformation in Smart Cities: The Role of Smart Buildings," covered the macro-challenges facing communities today, the need for a common connected platform and language for smart community development, and a technology review of smart building and smart city platform use cases.
The conference was organised by Building Industry Consulting Service International, BICSI, a professional association supporting the advancement of the information and communications technology, ICT, community covering the spectrum of voice, data, electronic safety and security, extra low voltage, audio and video technologies and project management. The event featured workshops and keynote talks from international industry experts, presenting the latest advancements in the world of ICT.