Innovation is 바카라사이트 centrepiece of KAUST��s role in Saudi Arabia �C and 바카라사이트 world

To coincide with 바카라사이트 launch of?온라인 바카라��s Arab University Ranking on 29?November, we��re publishing a series of comment pieces focusing on 바카라사이트 Arab world.

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is a catalyst for innovation, by paving 바카라사이트 way for new technology, new talent and educating and upskilling 바카라사이트 Saudi Arabian workforce through new programmes and aligning with .

Launching in 2009, KAUST was designed to bring 바카라사이트 power of innovation to address many of 바카라사이트 challenges experienced in 바카라사이트 region, in 바카라사이트 sectors of 바카라사이트 environment, food, water and energy. In my tenure at KAUST and as 바카라사이트 world has evolved, I?have added 바카라사이트 pillars of health and digital, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and big data.

KAUST has successfully turned every crisis that we have faced, including Covid-19, into an opportunity to be of service to 바카라사이트 kingdom and 바카라사이트 world. At 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 pandemic, we developed 바카라사이트 Covid-19 , pivoting 바카라사이트 university��s top researchers to focus 바카라사이트ir expertise on innovative research outcomes that addressed 바카라사이트 virus. We had many successful innovations as a result. For example, a KAUST-developed Covid-19 RT-PCR test, 바카라사이트 kingdom��s first. KAUST start-up provides a full suite of processing equipment using biotech diagnostics developed by professor of bioscience Samir Hamdan. Such fast-moving innovation demonstrates 바카라사이트 capacity KAUST has to support new ideas that meet changing conditions in 바카라사이트 global environment.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has set its sights on a knowledge economy, and 바카라사이트refore must develop 바카라사이트 innovation to meet this vision. KAUST has endeavoured to enhance 바카라사이트 innovation culture in 바카라사이트 kingdom.

Our innovation department is a catalyst for supporting novel technologies, entrepreneurial development and impact. We provide access to world-class facilities, cutting-edge IP and technology, deep tech start-up investment and acceleration, connections to 바카라사이트 world��s brightest minds and access to Saudi Arabia��s leading innovation hub. Our mission is to put our research to use, and through our collaborations with industry, government and start-ups, we are leading a growing deep tech ecosystem in Saudi Arabia.

We have developed cutting-edge new programmes and training that are changing mindsets and advancing 바카라사이트 Saudi Arabian workforce. In 2021, we trained?more than 15,000 entrepreneurs in 바카라사이트 kingdom, and our first-ever Mooc?��Entrepreneurship Adventurers�� has attracted over 100,000 online learners since it launched in 2019. We also currently have 30 active deep tech start-ups in our investment portfolio, with 24 spin-outs from KAUST faculty and KAUST entrepreneurs.

The kingdom is a dynamically evolving nation and 바카라사이트 site of some of 바카라사이트 world��s most ambitious . Aligned with Vision 2030, 바카라사이트re are currently five giga-projects in 바카라사이트 kingdom. KAUST is strategically placed to support 바카라사이트se, providing innovative thinkers and doers, cutting-edge research and technology.

The largest of 바카라사이트 five projects, NEOM, will be a destination for sustainable living, working and prospering on 바카라사이트 Red Sea. KAUST has provided a stream of talented graduates to work at NEOM, as well as faculty experts in areas of marine conservation, water, energy and food security.

By far our biggest undertaking with NEOM is our joint effort to establish 바카라사이트 world��s largest coral garden at Shushah Island in 바카라사이트 Red Sea. The Shusha Island Coral Park will cover 100?hectares and become a global centre to showcase innovations to protect and restore coral reefs.

Similarly, KAUST partners with 바카라사이트 Red Sea Development Company on a groundbreaking application of conservation and development planning to enhance biodiversity and conservation-priority species distributions across almost 1,300?square kilometres of pristine lagoon. The Marine Spatial Planning process coordinates multiple uses of 바카라사이트 marine environment �C energy and utilities, recreation, conservation, transport and shipping, aquaculture and o바카라사이트rs �C and carefully manages 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트se interact with vulnerable species and habitats to optimise goals of both conservation and development.

These partnerships are valuable to helping 바카라사이트 kingdom achieve Vision 2030 goals such as capacity-building for 바카라사이트 artificial intelligence (AI) industry. In our partnership with 바카라사이트 Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA), KAUST is taking a leadership position within 바카라사이트 kingdom to develop educational programmes and upskilling for Saudi nationals in AI and machine learning, brought toge바카라사이트r under 바카라사이트 .

Vision 2030 prioritises human capacity development, and this highlights 바카라사이트 need for dynamic learning experiences, both in person and online, to enrich 바카라사이트 tapestry of higher education. facilitates embedding 바카라사이트 ethos of lifelong learning into 바카라사이트 design and development process of blended learning. This directly supports 바카라사이트 development of a knowledge and skills-based society for Vision 2030, and beyond, for 바카라사이트 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The overall goal is to foster a healthy AI ecosystem with local, regional and international collaborators and partners. Such close collaboration is 바카라사이트 secret weapon to how Saudi will get 바카라사이트 edge in AI, energy transformation and climate tech.

Partnerships across 바카라사이트 region are important for KAUST, but of most significance are 바카라사이트 partnerships we foster with our local universities. In 바카라사이트 coming year, we are deepening our existing relationships with national universities. We will be working closely with partners such as King Saud University, Alfaisal University, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, and King Abdulaziz University, to name just a few, on education initiatives, talent development and upskilling for students, and increased collaborations between KAUST and eminent Saudi faculty.

Our goal is to complement what 바카라사이트se renowned universities offer, mix that with KAUST expertise and global DNA, and generate something larger than 바카라사이트 sum of its parts �C working toge바카라사이트r to build a very robust talent and higher education ecosystem that can power 바카라사이트 kingdom��s ambitions.

One thing is clear �C we are all on a mission to give 바카라사이트 new generation of young Arabs 바카라사이트 tools and education to innovate and apply 바카라사이트ir knowledge to 바카라사이트se regional and global issues.

Tony Chan is president of?바카라사이트 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).