The University of Bahrain Organizes a Seminar to Discuss the Challenges of Digital Transformation in Light of COVID-19
Experts discussed ways to overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through digital transformation at a seminar organized by University of Bahrain in cooperation with Prince Songla University, the Kingdom of Thailand.
The seminar’s aim was to exchange visions, ideas, experiences and challenges facing all sectors, in light of the pandemic, at both global and local levels. It also aimed to highlight the importance of a transformation to maintain the continuity of work, and the provision of services at the required level of quality.
The speakers believe that the current COVID-19 pandemic constitutes an opportunity to test the systems, procedures, policies, regulations and instructions related to the digital community. It produced a state of confidence in the ability of institutions in the private sector to facilitate their work remotely.
The speakers also believe that the pandemic is a global challenge facing the application of the digital economy, or the information economy. This pandemic requires people to be educated about the challenge by providing a constantly developed infrastructure, and advanced protection systems. They indicated that accepting and overcoming this challenge is the only way to proceed into the future.
The speakers presented papers entitled ‘The Importance of Controlling the Current Situation in Light of the Pandemic and its Impact on Local Societies and Economies of Countries’, ‘How to Protect Companies and Institutions from Hacking and Cyber-Attacks in Light of the Pandemic’, and ‘The Organization and Continuation of Work Through Digital Means’. In addition, speakers displayed a digital device that measures people’s temperature to help detect any person infected with COVID-19.
