The National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) recently organized a visit to the US state of California by senior officials from the Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Emirati delegation was led by D. Mohammed Al Zarooni, CEO of the DSOA, as well as director general of the Dubai Airport Free Zone and Chairman of the World Free Zone Organization.

Dr Al Zarooni was joined by the DSOA's executive vice president, Dr Juma Al Matrooshi, Amin Salam, NUSACC's vice president for Business Development, and Mounir Ghaly, director of NUSACC's West Coast office (based in Los Angeles).

The high-level delegation visited Northern California (Silicon Valley) and Southern California (Los Angeles), where delegates spent time with Abdulla Alsaboosi, the UAE Consul General in Los Angeles.

"The Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority is one of the UAE's leading institutions when it comes to technology transfer and capacity-building among young professionals. I was delighted to support this visit to Southern California, and I thank NUSACC for its role in organizing meetings with top US companies here,” said Alsaboosi.

"The National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce was honoured to be part of this important visit to California, where we have maintained a full-time office for decades," said David Hamod, president & CEO of NUSACC.

"We are particularly pleased to bolster the work of Dr Al Zarooni and the DSOA, which has been a consistent supporter of NUSACC's annual High Tech Road Show. The leadership of the United Arab Emirates, including the DSOA, recognizes that cutting edge technologies are the gateway to the future."

The visit focused on building direct connections between the DSOA and top technology companies in the United States, with a special emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

"Our presence here in the United States is a reflection of the growing commercial relationship between the United Arab Emirates and the United States," said Dr Al Zarooni.

"Dubai is embarking on the largest-scale infrastructural and advanced technology expansion in our nation's history, and we are giving US companies an opportunity to be key partners of that expansion,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service