(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Total sponsored Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) at Qatar University (QU) in their recent 'Innovation Day' event.
The event was aimed to stimulate the students' minds with sparks of innovation in Qatar and around the globe. This event was dedicated toward presenting cutting edge technologies that are taking place here in Qatar.
Over 50 students and faculty members of Qatar University (QU) exchanged ideas on awareness at the event.
Professor Nitham Hindi, Dean of College of Business and Economics at Qatar University gave the opening speech, addressing the importance of innovation to develop a knowledge based economy. QU thus contributes to economic development, an important objective of Qatar National Development Strategy 2011-2016.
Dr Philippe Julien, Director of Total Research Centre Qatar (TRC-Q) gave a keynote speech to the audience in which he explained the vital role innovation plays in the energy industry to prepare for the future. "New technologies are needed to produce more barrels of oil and gas and to provide solutions to our technical and environmental challenges. Innovation does not only come from our expertise. Once we have defined our specific needs, innovation often comes from solutions derived in other scientific and technical domains, such as robotics, nanotechnologies, biotechnologies, medical imaging or even the space industry!"
Yousef Al Jaber, Total's Head of CSR and Institutional Relations also launched an innovative contest for the students which called upon them to solve a case using their creativity, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
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