A new initiative that MIT Enterprise Forum – Pan Arab region are running jointly with
Technology Review is TR35 Pan Arab. The objective of this program is to select innovators from the Arab region (under the age of 35) that would participate in the TR35 Global Competition as well. The winners will be offered the opportunity to partake in the MIT Emerging Technologies (EmTech MIT<http://www.technologyreview.com/emtech/12/> ) conference in October 2012. Details can be found here<http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/panarab/en/nominate/faq/>.http://goo.gl/dKDhj
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More details can be found within the FAQ http://goo.gl/1BD8p
Nominations can be submitted also in French http://goo.gl/HGOih and Arabic
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On the 15th of February 2012, The Board of MIT Arab Alumni/ae Association (MITAAA) approved the set-up of an Endowment Education Fund for Arab MIT students.
Following this decision, the Fund was initiated with a donation from MITAAA. The MIT Fund’s name is MIT Arab Alumni Association Fund, its number is 4014140 and can be accessed via the following URL: https://giving.mit.edu/givenow/browse-designations.dyn?categoryId=GN and searching in the top left search box for “4014140”
Please help increase the numbers within the MIT Arab student community by giving generously.
Armen Vartanian, an MITAAA member from Lebanon and residing in Dubai, is running for the international seat on the MIT Alumni Association Selection committee (AASC).
Please look him up on : http://alum.mit.edu/aascb .
Please vote and remember that the deadline to vote is the 29th of February 2012.
GIST (part of CRDF Global) asked MITAAA to help in recruiting 15-20 judges for Their business plan competition through our network. So could you please help please?
MIT Arab Alumni Association & CRDF Global would like to invite you to consider being a judge to review 15-20 executive summaries received for the GIST “I Dare” Business Plan Competition. read more…
MITAAA represented by Talal Kheir attended The Competitiveness Conference hosted by SAGIA (Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority – www.sagia.gov.sa/ ) in Riyadh January 22-24, 2012. The invitation was extended by YAAA (Yale Arab Alumni Association).
It was a dynamic and informative event attended by a variety of Saudi Company principals, high officials, CEO’s as well as principals of Major Global companies such as 3M, Boeing, Volkwagen, Saatchi & Saatchi, BAE Systems, Price Waterhouse, KPMG, etc… read more…
