{"id":20646,"date":"2022-06-06T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=20646"},"modified":"2022-06-06T20:24:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T00:24:00","slug":"gef-unveils-new-digital-transformation-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/gef-unveils-new-digital-transformation-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"GEF unveils new Digital Transformation Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The establishment of a Digital Transformation Commission (DTC) has been announced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/global-esports-federation-announces-timeline-for-the-inaugural-gef-festival-and-sa-championships\/\" title=\"Latest GEF esports news\">Global Esports Federation<\/a> (GEF). The commission was created to bridge the gap between esports, gaming, and technology. It is to be chaired by the Vice-President of Emirates Esports, Abdulla Al Gurg.<\/p>\n<p>The Dubai-based business leader will be tasked with convening leading individuals and companies in the technology space alongside the sporting industry (including sports betting platforms). With strategic partners such as the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and other GEF\u2019s Global Social Impact Initiatives (GSIIs), the Commission will aim to grow the collective contributions of the technology space. <\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Digital Transformation is the future. \ud83d\udd2e <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re grateful for the leadership of Vice-President of Emirates Esports Abdulla Fareed Al Gurg as Chair of the GEF\u2019s new Digital Transformation Commission. \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/worldconnected?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#worldconnected<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/esports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#esports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DigitalTransformation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DigitalTransformation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UgRonRMoLZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/UgRonRMoLZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Global Esports Federation (@GE_Federation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GE_Federation\/status\/1531888290336743425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Abdulla Al Gurg shared his excitement in his role as the chair of the commission and the \u201copportunity to contribute to the Global Esports Federation community\u201d. He stated that the commission will be tasked with bringing together innovators and thinkers on its path to digital transformation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to the Global Esports Federation\u2019s community and lead the work connecting the world\u2019s technology sector,\u201d Al Gurg said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Chair of the forward-looking Digital Transformation Commission, we seek to bring together innovators and thinkers as we embrace a new chapter in the world\u2019s digital transformation journey. The energy of the world\u2019s esports community keeps us moving forward and thinking about tomorrow and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CEO of the GEF, Paul J. Foster, highlighted the increasing importance of technology in the future, hence the need to integrate and understand the space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look to the future and our connection and understanding across the diverse technology sector are becoming increasingly important,\u201d Foster said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we think about the way esports, sport, immersive education, music, and our creative culture is shaping opportunities for stakeholders and fans on every continent, we are creating a tangible path into the metaverse.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>GEF\u2019s Senior Advisor for Science, Innovation, and Technology Community and Founder and Director of Stanford\u2019s Human Perception Lab, Dr. Khizer Khaderi, spoke about the potential of the Digital Transformation Commission to forge and strengthen worldwide connections as people and industries everywhere look to bounce back from the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we re-emerge from that chapter, we look forward to opening channels for our digital reality to transform,\u201d Khaderi said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that the future is very bright and offers people everywhere the limitless connected experiences to bring humans together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2028<a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The establishment of a Digital Transformation Commission (DTC) has been announced by the Global Esports Federation (GEF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":20647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2146,4,1452],"class_list":["post-20646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-digital-transformation-commission","tag-featured","tag-global-esports-federation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20646"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20649,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20646\/revisions\/20649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}