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 Day 1
OCTOBER 9 SUNDAY 
 
 Registration
  8:30 - 9:30 am
Opening Ceremony
  9:30 - 10:00 am
 

 

Dr. Abdulaziz Alhargan
BADIR Program Director
Badir Programs for Technology Incubators

 

 

 

H.E. Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Swaiyel
President
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)

 

 

Session 1.1
  Three Pillars of Building a Knowledge-based Economy Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Incubation
  10:00 - 10:30 am
 

 

Dr. Abdulaziz Alhargan
BADIR Program Director
Badir Programs for Technology Incubators

 

 

 

H.H. Dr. Turki Saud Mohammed Al Saud
Vice President
KACST (Research Institutes) - KSA

 

Morning Break
10:30 to 11:00 am
Session 1.2
Creating an Innovative Nation 
  11:00 am - 12:30 pm
 

 

Dr. Ahmad Al-Yamani
Chief Technology Officer
SAGIA

 

 

 

Mr. Esko Aho
Executive Vice President (Corporate Relations and Responsibility)
Nokia

 

 

 

Dr. Ghassan Al-Shibl
President & CEO
Advanced Electronics Company

 

 

 

Dr. Essam Azhar
Director, Business and Knowledge Alliance
King Abdulaziz University

 

 

 

Mr. Sameer Noman
CEO
Microsoft, Saudi Arabia

 

 

Morning Break
12:30 to 13:30 am
Session 1.3
Successful Innovation in Business - a Cultural Challenge 
  13:30 - 15:00 pm
 

 

Dr. Fayez Alhargan
Director Innovation and Commercialization Sector
KACST

 

 

 

Dr. Joachim Heimburg
General Manager Innovation and Corporate Program
SABIC

 

 

 

Dr. Walid Abukhaled
General Manager
Saudi Arabia & Bahrain Operations, General Electric Company

 

 

 

Eng. Rashid Al Ballaa
CEO
N2V

 

 

 

 

Dr. Terence P. McElwee
Director Technology Transfer & Innovation
KAUST