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60 exhibitors, adding that UAE’s hosting of this global event testifies to its role in
supporting the world’s heritage and cultures and its active contributions globally.

Themed “Enriching Knowledge Societies”, the event’s agenda is set to highlight the
potential to transform data access systems and streamline such access shrinking
data delivery times, Al Raisi added, highlighting the focusing on five subthemes;
“Trust and Evidence”; “Emerging Technology: Electronic Records, Electronic
Solutions”; “Access and Memories; ”Sustainable Knowledge, Sustainable Planet:
Archives, Records, and Climate Change”; and “Peace and Tolerance”.

He went on to say that archives can serve as invaluable educational tools for youth
and future generations, by providing access to tales about tolerance, further
boosting consciousness of the importance of peace and coexistence.

About emerging tech solutions, Dr. Al Raisi noted that the future of the sector will
inevitably rely on e-documentation, thus necessitating upgrades of the current
system to meet such developments, while ensuring such digital records and
archives are well-secured and sustainable.

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