Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Visits Dubai Land Department’s Stand At GITEX 2017 And Praises Its Efforts To Implement The ‘Dubai Blockchain Strategy’

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Dubai Future Foundation, visited the Dubai Land Department (DLD) stand at GITEX Technology Week 2017 and praised its efforts to implement the ‘Dubai Blockchain Strategy’. During the visit, His Highness was presented with a detailed explanation from His Excellency Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of DLD, about the department’s latest technical achievements and move toward becoming the world’s first government entity to process all of its transactions through the Blockchain network.

DLD’s stand has been a popular destination among technology lovers since the first day of the exhibition, following the launch of a number of recent initiatives that will revolutionise the delivery of government transactions. From its S1-A2 stand in Sheikh Saeed Hall 4 – Arena, DLD announced that it has achieved another world first by adopting the Blockchain network in a direct translation of the ‘Dubai Blockchain Strategy’ launched by His Highness in October 2016 and led by Smart Dubai.