Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), is to host its first annual workshop for Arabic Speech - an organization that supports the Arabic speech science and speech technology community - from April 29 to 30 at The Researchery in Education City. 

Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), is to host a Creative Space Fair on Saturday, April 27. The fair aims to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines among children, teenagers, and adults through innovative learning activities. 

Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), recently hosted events to mark World Parkinson’s Day and raise awareness about the disease among the wider community.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) recently hosted a book launch, signing and discussion with Dr. Sophie Richter-Devroe, associate professor in the Middle Eastern Studies Department at CHSS, who recently authored Women's Political Activism in Palestine.

The Student Council at the College of Islamic Studies (CIS) in Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), under the aegis of the CIS Research Division, successfully concluded its annual student research conference. The one-day event, which was held on Saturday, April 13, provided students with an opportunity to showcase the breadth of their academic works. 

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), recently hosted the third World Scientific Panel on Food-Water-Energy Nexus (SUNEX) and stakeholders’ meeting. The project, helmed by Belmont Forum, brought together experts from Doha, Berlin, Bristol, and Vienna to discuss best practices and the food-water-energy (FWE) nexus in each of the cities. 

Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) is to participate in the upcoming Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) SciTech Conference 2019, taking place from April 19-21 at the Samberg Conference Center in the United States, under the theme of Envisioning the Future: Cities of MENA.

MIT’s Arab Student Organization (ASO) reactivated the event in 2018 to convene a global network of students, entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators who are interested in using science and technology to address challenges specific to the MENA region. 

The Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII), part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), will be hosting the Translating News and Views workshop from April 14-17, 2019.
Offered by the Translation and Training Center (TTC), Dr. Ashraf Abdel Fattah, assistant professor at TII, will be leading the workshop, which aims to explore the principles, techniques and constraints of media translation, while also understanding the functions and role of translation in various types of media texts. 

The College of Law and Public Policy (CLPP) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) will host a colloquium, Arbitrating Business and Human Rights Disputes: A New Way Forward, on April 17. 

Guest speaker, Steven R. Ratner, the Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, will lead the colloquium, which aims to highlight the efforts of the Business and Human Rights Arbitration Working Group of the Center for International Legal Cooperation (CILC) in The Hague. 

Two finance academicians from the College of Islamic Studies (CIS) note that Islamic finance assets in Qatar will reach QAR 400 billion by 2020, highlighting that such a boom comes as a result of accountability, transparency, and fintech innovation. The experts also shed light on CIS’s innovative graduate Islamic finance programs. Read the originally published Arabic feature here.