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The AMENA center for Building Innovation Economies hosts several conferences throughout the year. Each conference is geared towards Hi-Tech entrepreneurship for students and raising entrepreneurs in the Middle East. Hi-Tech companies from Silicon Valley are dominating the market and helping create sustainable Innovation Economies.
MENA AI and Data Science Series
In collaboration with PhazeRo, a flourishing startup company in Muscat, Oman, Berkeley-AMENA is sponsoring the MENA AI and Data Science Series. Presented by world-class experts and practitioners, the series will consist of a number of webinars focused on recent...
AMENA Center to Create a Comprehensive Plan for Advanced Technology Training and Innovation in Palestine
To fulfill its mission of contributing to the narrowing of the skills, entrepreneurship, innovation, and gender gaps in the MENA region, the AMENA Center is designing the general plan, training programs, curricula of the supplemental courses, acceleration and...
Berkeley’s Bold New Home for Innovation, Entrepreneurship
The Bakar BioEnginuity Hub will rent space to science-based startups, and provide campus programs for scholars and researchers.
AMENA Center Brings Malaysian Minister of Finance Lim Guan Eng to UC Berkeley
“It is always energizing to come to the San Francisco Bay Area and its universities,” said Eng in opening his address. “There is much to learn here.”
Berkeley-AMENA to Establish Innovation Hub in Oman
The University of Oman and the Science & Technology City Project (the University City Project) signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of California, Berkeley on Thursday last week to establish the first regional UC Berkeley-Powered Innovation Hub outside the United States.
Climate Data Hackathon
The Challenge: Resembling a Hackathon, a team of 3–5 students will be asked to utilize climate datasets across countries in the Middle East and North African region and create data visualizations, heat maps, impact indicators that identify community0wide problem...
UAE Boot Camp Course
This boot camp combines classroom sessions with lectures and interactive activities as well as out of class exercises and assignments to provide participants with the skills, culture, and networks needed to establish, operate, sustain, and scale new businesses.
Qatar Boot Camp Course
This boot camp combines classroom sessions with lectures and interactive activities as well as out of class exercises and assignments to provide participants with the skills, culture, and networks needed to establish, operate, sustain, and scale new businesses.
Techwadi Forum
Every year, technology movers and shakers gather at the TechWadi Annual Forum to discuss recent developments and future opportunities for innovation in the region. The forum brings together both new and established entrepreneurs, innovators,...
Blog: Amal Designathon
In his book, The Unfinished Revolution, Michael Dertouzos argues that while Silicon Valley has come far in its development of innovative technologies, it has lagged in its ability to make these technologies accessible to the people who need it most. While innovative...
AMAL Designathon 2018
September 22 – 23, 2018
Executive Education Course
This program will provide a full exposure to the latest concepts and practices of executive leadership and innovation. The curriculum will be delivered by world-class professors from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and successful leaders in Silicon Valley for Senior Managers in the region.
The Rise of Venture Capital
May 2, 2018
Fueling Tech Innovation
April 16, 2018
hack.SYRIA
April 16-17, 2017
iBridge Barcelona
December 8-10, 2016
Building Bridges Through Entrepreneurship, Istanbul
October 23, 2014
White House Summit, Morocco
November 19, 2014
iBridge Berlin 2015
June 4 -6, 2015
iBRIDGE 2014
August 15, 2014