This session will explore the concepts of big data analytics and AI and delve into the intersection between them. Accordingly, this session will also examine how AI related technologies could enhance big data analytics and business applications.

For the Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved within the stipulated time-frame, it is essential that the targets within the main goals are executed at both local and national levels. Mainstreaming the SDGs into local/national development planning policies can ensure that the SDGs are progressed on simultaneously with the existing national targets. In this scenario, new and emerging technologies could serve as the fulcrum for realization of the SDGs and their associated targets.