SPICI GOES TO EXPO DUBAI: visit to Khalifa University and the Innovation Centre in Abu Dhabi

As part of “SPICI goes to Expo Dubai”, we also had a series of meetings in the capital, Abu Dhabi.

Among these, SPICI had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Sami Mohamed Bashir, Director of the Technology Management and Innovation Research and Development at Khalifa University and Jean Luc Scherer, the Business Development Manager at the Khalifa Innovation Center.

Khalifa University, with its colleges of Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Medicine and Health, has become in the past year the first university in the United Arab Emirates to be ranked among the 200 best universities in the world, reaffirming the institution's commitment to academic excellence and scientific research, in line with the UAE's vision and leadership.

The Innovation Centre of the university supports and manages incubation and acceleration programs for the commercialization of local high-tech solutions, helping them become successful startups.

This involves targeted training on market understanding, business model development, financial plan assessment, product development, investment models, team roles, investor presentations, and much more.

Khalifa University also collaborates with the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai to promote international scientific cooperation between KU and Italian universities, research centers, enterprises, and startups.