AvidBeam Participates in Intel Innovation Center Tour and Executive Roundtable in Dubai

AvidBeam, represented by Dr. Hani Elgebaly, AvidBeam’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, met with Intel experts earlier this month. AvidBeam Technologies participated in an exclusive tour and executive roundtable at the Intel Innovation Center in Dubai. During the leadership meeting that brought together regional technology experts and leaders, Dr. Elgebaly discussed with attendees collaboration opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI), the ioT, and advanced video analytics, and how the region can benefit from them.

AvidBeam Team at Intel Innovation Center

Dr. Hani Elgebaly, founder and CEO of AvidBeam Technologies and a former Intel Director of Middle East Wireless Communication Lab (MEMIC), showcased the company’s AI-powered video analytics capabilities and the suite of intelligent solutions that come with the innovation and signature of AvidBeam engineers, designed for transportation, security, retail, and compliance applications.

During his demonstration, Dr. Elgebaly discussed AvidBeam’s product portfolio, which includes:

1. AvidAuto, which provides AI-powered vehicle and traffic analytics, supports license plate recognition, Intelligent Traffic Systems and Smart Parking.
2. AvidFace, which provides high-accuracy facial recognition and individual tracking capabilities, supports real-time face detection and recognition, including partial face recognition.
3. AvidGuard, which is a comprehensive safety, security, and compliance intelligence suite. Its features include: Intrusion and perimeter breach detection Loitering detection in restricted areas Crowd density monitoring with abnormal behavior detection Identification of left objects and unattended items Fire and smoke detection Tailgating monitoring for access control enforcement
4. Intrusion and perimeter breach detection
5. Loitering detection in restricted areas
6. Crowd density monitoring with abnormal behavior detection
7. Identification of left objects and unattended items
8. Fire and smoke detection
9. Tailgating monitoring for access control enforcement
10. AvidSight, which focuses on video intelligence for retail and banking to optimize the experience. Features include: Visitor counting and traffic forecasting Customer pathway and flow analysis Heatmap analytics for store engagement
11. Visitor counting and traffic forecasting
12. Customer pathway and flow analysis
13. Heatmap analytics for store engagement
14. AvidGenAI, delivering actionable retail intelligence, real-time structural compliance, and enhanced urban safety through its Visual Language Model, empowering smarter, safer, and more connected cities.

Prior to the presentation, the executive roundtable focused on strategic discussions of several topics, including:

• Accelerating innovation in the Gulf, Middle East, and North Africa region
• Regional AI adoption and commercialization of emerging technologies
• Exploring frameworks for transforming proof-of-concept projects into deployable solutions
• Opportunities to strengthen partnerships within the regional technology ecosystem

As for the meeting venue, the Intel Innovation Center in Dubai serves as a testing and development facility for companies working to bring ioT projects to commercial deployment. It operates as a regional hub for technological advancement and features capabilities in:

• Artificial intelligence
• Blockchain
• Video analytics
• Autonomous driving
• Cloud-to-edge technologies

The center provides new and existing partners, developers, and systems integrators with access to tools, resources, and engineering expertise. Companies can engage hands-on with Intel’s latest technology solutions while gaining networking opportunities across Intel’s partner ecosystem.

AvidBeam continues to connect with regional partners and major companies like Intel to expand collaborative projects focused on bringing advanced technologies from laboratory testing to real-world deployment in the Arab region and Middle East, and to advance security and improve operational processes.