Page 34 - saudisg19
P. 34

CULTURE & EDUCATION - EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Saudi Delegations in Singapore

Participation by Saudi University Delegations in            attan, Dean, College of Medicine, represented AU. Apart
Times Higher Education World Academic Sum-                  from attending the summit, the delegates also met key rep-
mit with Meetings with High Level Representa-               resentatives from universities in Singapore to discuss and
tives from Singapore Universities                           explore collaborative opportunities to advance academic and
25-27 September 2018                                        research cooperation.

SACM-SG extended a warm welcome to delegations from         High level representatives from Singapore in-
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), King     stitutions that hosted the delegates included:
Saud University (KSU) and Alfaisal University (AU) which
arrived for the Times Higher Education World Academic       • Prof Andrew Wee, Vice President (University and Global
Summit held in September 2018 at the National University    Relations) of the National University of Singapore (NUS);
of Singapore (NUS). The summit offered a platform to de-
bate and discuss contemporary perspectives and issues sur-  • Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed, Nanyang Technological Uni-
rounding the theme “The transformative power of research:   versity Board of Trustees Member (NTU);
Advancing knowledge, driving economies, building nations”.
                                                            • Prof Christine Goh, Director of the NTU National In-
                                                            stitute of Education (NIE) and Prof Paul Teng, Managing
                                                            Director/Dean of NIE International (with PNU only).

The delegation from PNU was headed by H.E. Dr Huda          The Saudi delegates were also hosted by H.E. Saad Saleh
Mohammed S Alameel, Rector; and KSU by Prof Ahmad           Al-Saleh, Saudi Ambassador to Singapore, on the occasion
Salem Mohammed Al-Aamri, Vice Rector for Graduate           of the 88th National Day Celebration at its dinner reception
Studies and Scientific Research. Prof Khalid Manna K Alk-   held on 24 September 2018.

 (1st row): m Prof Andrew Wee (left picture,1st from left) in discussion with m Prof Khalid Manna K Alkattan (right picture, 1st from left), Dr Abdulaziz Alsaleh (2nd
 from left), Prof Ahmad Salem Mohammed Al-Aamri (3rd from left). (2nd row) m Saudi delegates hosted by Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed (4th from right) with NTU
 colleagues. m Dr Abdulaziz Alsaleh hosting Prof Ahmad Salem Mohammed Al-Aamri (on his right) and Prof Khalid Manna K Alkattan (on his left) at SACM-SG
32
   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39