100 projects for exceptional students from around the world

"Innovations for Humanity" meet in Dubai

Under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority “Dubai Culture” and a member of the Dubai Council, the activities of the “Innovations for Humanity” initiative will be launched on November 16-17 with a series of programs and activities that support achieving a positive social and environmental impact. With the participation of a large group of exceptional talents from university students in all disciplines of science, technology and design from around the world.

University students from different parts of the world participate in their innovations that have obtained intellectual property rights through 100 projects in one of the most diverse creative gatherings, with the aim of mobilizing ideas, projects and pioneering technologies to address the most prominent challenges facing the world, while the initiative contributes to stimulating positive change by taking advantage of the ability of Academia and specialized partnerships help transform innovative ideas into beneficial projects, as the event is in line with the entrepreneurial spirit that characterizes Dubai, and the UAE’s preparations to host the “COP-28” conference in 2023.

The "Innovations for Humanity" initiative is the developed version of the "Global Graduate Exhibition", which focused, through its successive sessions, on design. The International Finance Corporation (DIFC), with the support of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) and the ARM Holding Group.

The initiative's activities include a celebration of academic excellence at the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), which includes an exhibition of proposed solutions and a platform that brings together the actors within the Global Impact Program.

Academic Excellence Awards worth $100,000 are awarded to the best projects in the areas of environment, health, society, and corporate solutions as part of the Innovation for Humanity Awards program.

The initiative aims to enhance access to knowledge and talents and benefit from them to intensify work and build partnerships. This year's initiative program includes holding roundtables, discussions and workshops to identify challenges, incentives and mechanisms to allow high-potential innovations to move from university laboratories to reality.

The initiative will also include the participation of the venture capital community, private investors and relevant institutions, including the ARM Holding Group, which established a fund of $2.

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