(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy Challenge 22 innovation award concluded with a ceremony featuring a panel discussion on how innovation has become a catalyst for economic development in the Middle East.
The panel included Minister of Information and Communications Technology H E Dr Hessa Sultan Al Jaber, Fahd Al Rasheed, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Emaar Economic City, and Dr Yasar Jarrar, Vice Chair, Global Agenda Council on Future of Government World Economic Forum.
Moderated by Omar Christidis, Founder and CEO, ArabNet, the panel addressed issues faced by entrepreneurs in the region, analysing how the private and public sectors can support innovators.
It discussed topics of interest to innovators and entrepreneurs, including challenges hindering the region from creating innovation on a global level, benefits or opportunities unique to entrepreneurs and the role of government and semi-public institutions in fostering innovation and supporting small and medium businesses by direct funding or legislative reform.
Speakers also reflected on their experiences to help participants develop a better understanding of the economic landscape in the region and how it is developing in the upcoming years.
The ceremony at Qatar National Convention Centre, was also attended by Minister of Labour and Social Affairs H E Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi, and Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Dr Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, President, Qatar Football Association, the ambassadors of the programme: Sami Jaber, former captain, Al Hilal, Kuwaiti entrepreneur Areej Al Kharafi, and Qatari presenter Mohammed Saadoun Al Kuwari.
Challenge 22 Phase 1 winners were six ideas: 'Tamm € A platform for connecting visitors with volunteer residents' by Dr Maher Hakim, Fatima Yousuf Fakhro, Aysha Fakhroo and Ammar Abouelghar; 'Interactive 3D fan experience using Hologens' by Ali El Dous, Khalid Mohamed, Taofik Al Nass and Salman Badnava; 'Tactile palm communicator' by Thieab Ibrahim Aldossary and Rashid Battal Al Dosari; 'FitPet € A health promotion app for Qatar' by Dr Ingmar Weber, Dr Yelena Mejova, Khalifa Al Haroon and Hamad Al Amari; 'Monitoring safe exercise' by Dr Ahsan Khandoker and Dr Hani Saleh; and 'Scalable Synthesis of expanded polystyrene' by Dr Khaled Saoud.
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