The Research Ecosystem

How can Academia, Governments and Corporates
make research more relevant?

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 - 6:00 PM (GST)

Take-Aways:

Tap into the world
of research and understand the challenges and opportunities
Demonstrate why governments and corporates should
invest in research
and development
Discuss the challenges researchers are facing and the obstacles that are driving them to change countries
Understand how universities play a
role in fostering
talent

Who's Speaking ?

Prof Jose Ignacio Latorre

Chief Researcher
Quantum Research Centre
Technology Innovation Institute

Dr Najwa Aaraj

Chief Researcher
Cryptography Research Centre
Technology Innovation Institute

Ott Velsbreg

Government Chief Data Officer
Republic of Estonia

Dr Godfrey Gaston

Executive Director
Institute of Electronics, Communications
and Information Technology (ECIT)

Prof Ramses Gallego

International Chief Technology Officer,
CyberRes and IE Business School Professor

Philip Budden

Senior Lecturer, Tech Innovation,
Entrepreneurship, and Strategy (TIES),
MIT

Moderator :

Solveig Nicklos

Harvard Business Review Arabia

Agenda

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 -  6:00 PM (GST)
6:00 PM Opening Remarks by Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
Speaker:
  • Solveig Nicklos, Executive Board members of HBR Arabia
6:10 PM Panel Discussion: Governments and corporates: initiatives to support and benefit from research
Speaker:
  • Prof José Ignacio Latorre, Chief Researcher, Quantum Research Centre,Technology Innovation Institute
  • Ott Velsberg, Government Chief Data Officer, Republic of Estonia
  • Prof Ramses Gallego,International Chief Technology Officer,CyberRes and IE Business School Professor
6:40 PM Panel Discussion: Diving into the Research Ecosystem
Speaker:
  • Dr Najwa Aaraj, Chief Researcher, Cryptography Research Centre, Technology Innovation Institute
  • Dr Godfrey Gaston, Executive Director, Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT), Queen’s University Belfast
  • Philip Budden, Senior Lecturer, Tech Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy (TIES), MIT Management School
7:10 PM End of Webinar
Tuesday, 25 May 2021 -  6:00 PM (GST)
6:00 PM Opening Remarks by Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
Speaker:
  • Solveig Nicklos,
    Executive Board members of HBR Arabia
6:10 PM Panel Discussion: Governments and corporates: initiatives to support and benefit from research
Speaker:
  • Prof José Ignacio Latorre,
    Chief Researcher,
    Quantum Research Centre,
    Technology Innovation Institute
  • Ott Velsberg,
    Government Chief Data Officer,
    Republic of Estonia
  • Prof Ramses Gallego,
    International Chief Technology Officer,
    CyberRes and IE Business School Professor
6:40 PM Panel Discussion: Diving into the Research Ecosystem
Speaker:
  • Dr Najwa Aaraj,
    Chief Researcher,
    Cryptography Research Centre,
    Technology Innovation Institute
  • Dr Godfrey Gaston,
    Executive Director,
    Institute of Electronics,
    Communications and Information Technology (ECIT),
    Queen’s University Belfast
  • Philip Budden,
    Senior Lecturer,
    Tech Innovation,
    Entrepreneurship, and Strategy (TIES),
    MIT Management School
7:10 PM End of Webinar
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