Dean's Panel Series: Stellic
2025-01-14 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar invites you to a panel discussion featuring CMU-Q alums and co-founders of Stellic, an edutech global startup that started its journey in a CMU-Q classroom and grew to become a successful company serving tens of universities around the globe.
Stellic: From CMU-Q classroom to edutech startup
January 14, 2025
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Panelists:
Sabhi Bin Wasi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Rukhsar Neyaz, Co-founder
Musab Popatia, Co-founder and Head of Engineering
Moderated by: Maher Hakim, Distinguished Career Professor, CMU-Q
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Dean's Lecture Series: Abdul Hakeem Mostafawi, HSBC
2024-11-12 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Assembly Area
Abdul Hakeem Mostafawi, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Bank Middle East Qatar, will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series. His lecture “HSBC: International Corporate Strategy” will take place at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.
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Dean's Lecture Series: Hakan Ozdemir
2024-10-06 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Hakan Ozdemir, CEO, Siemens in Qatar, Siemens Smart Infrastructure in the Middle East, will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series. His lecture “Siemens: Financial Services Sustainability” will take place at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.
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Dean's Lecture Series: Faisal Mohamed Al-Emadi
2024-09-17 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Faisal Mohamed Al-Emadi, Secretary General, Qatar Red Crescent Society will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series. His lecture “Red Crescent: Economic and educational empowerment strategy” will take place at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.
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Dean's Lecture Series: Sheikh Hamad Abdulla Jassim Al-Thani
2024-02-21 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Sheikh Hamad Abdulla Jassim Al-Thani, Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Qatar will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series. His lecture “The role of telecommunications companies in human development” will take place at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.
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About the speaker
Prior to joining Vodafone Qatar, Sheikh Hamad served in the Oil and Gas sector in various areas such as industrial network engineering and control system engineering. Sheikh Hamad Al-Thani joined Vodafone Qatar in 2013, and is currently Vodafone Qatar’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He is responsible for the overall creation, implementation, and integration of the long-range strategic, financial, commercial and operational direction of the company. In addition, Sheikh Hamad currently holds the position of Chairman at Meeza. Previously, he served as Vodafone Qatar’s Chief Operations Officer where he was responsible for the Company’s Customer Operations, Human Resources, Legal & Regulatory and External Affairs functions.

Dean's Lecture Series: Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani
2022-09-13 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series on, “A Bitter Bread”. Her Excellency will discuss QF’s mission and the importance of meaningful work. The lecture will take place in-person at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.
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Postponed: Dean's Lecture Series: Khalid Al-Subeai
2020-03-10 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Please be advised that all scheduled events in Education City have been cancelled until further notice.

Khalid Al-Subeai, Group Chief Executive Officer of Barwa Bank, will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series. His lecture, “The merger of banks and their impact on the national economy” will take place March 10, 2020.
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About the speaker:
Khalid Al-Subeai is the Group CEO of Barwa Bank and has been in this role since 2014. Under his leadership, the Group has witnessed robust performance and made tremendous strides including the first merger in the Qatari Banking sector between Barwa Bank and International Bank of Qatar. Prior to this leadership role, Khalid served as CEO of Barwa Bank’s investment banking arm, The First Investor, which he initially joined in 2013.
Before joining Barwa Bank he led Morgan Stanley Qatar, responsible for Qatar Client Coverage and earlier to that was Senior Financial Advisor at Qatar Petroleum (QP) where he was involved in numerous large-scale financing projects. During his six-plus-years with QP’s Project finance team, Khalid was directly involved in the execution of over $15 Bn landmark Debt capital market transactions for QP, its subsidiaries and the State of Qatar.
Khalid graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance.

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Dean's Lecture Series: His Excellency Salah bin Ghanem Al-Ali
2020-01-21 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
His Excellency Salah bin Ghanem Al-Ali, Minister of Culture and Sports will be speaking as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series. He will be speaking on “Education and culture and its role in raising future generations“.
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Dean's Lecture Series: Sheikha Hanadi Nasser Al Thani
2019-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Sheikha Hanadi Nasser Al Thani, Founder, Chairperson and CEO of Amwal, will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series. Her lecture, “Empowering women in business and entrepreneurship” will take place November 5, 2019.

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About Sheikha Hanadi Nasser Al Thani
Sheikha Hanadi has had a long and distinguished career and is renowned for her entrepreneurial spirit and leadership. She is the Founder & Chairperson of Amwal, founder & CEO of AL Waab City Real Estate development project and CEO of Nasser Bin Khaled AL Thani & Sons Group, Founding Chairperson of Q-Auto.
Sheikha Hanadi believes passionately in the importance of community service and corporate social responsibility and is a pioneer in these fields. Accordingly, she serves on the leadership on a host of esteemed charitable and educational-based organizations and projects. Most notably, Sheikha Hanadi acts as a trustee on the board of College for Business and Economics at Qatar University, as the Chairperson of “INJAZ Qatar”, is a Chairperson of “INJAZ AL Arab” the regional arm of “Junior Achievement Worldwide”, and as a member of the ME Board of “Planet Finance”. Additionally, her range of contributions, include being a member of the Board of Governance of the Pearl Initiative, as a member of the advisory board of the Harvard Business Review Al Arabiya and residing as a Founding Co-Chairperson of the 30% Club GCC chapter, a regional volunteer effort of multi-sector leaders working together towards better representation of women on boards and in senior level positions.
Over the span of a decade, Sheikha Hanadi continued to diversify her portfolio while serving as a board member of “Dana Gas”, as an Executive Committee Member in “Silatech”, as well as a Special Advisor to Standard Chartered Bank and a member of the Bank’s Gulf Advisory Council (GAC) and served also as advisory board of one of the best universities in the world, MIT Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Throughout the course of her career, Sheikha Hanadi has been showered with numerous awards and accolades and was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2005 and voted as personality of the year by Arraya, Qatar’s leading newspaper, for her vision and her vital contributions to Qatar’s economic growth. She was awarded CEO of the Year by the Middle East CEO Awards Institute in 2006, for her significant influence in developing Qatar’s robust economic and social presence in the Arab world and she was selected by Arabian Business Magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential Arabs for consecutive years. In 2007, the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Business Council selected Sheikha Hanadi as the ‘Economic Personality of the year’. The Financial Times, voted Sheikha Hanadi among the Top 20 female role models in global banking and finance in 2008. In 2010, she started off the new decade with a collection of recognitions, starting with the ‘Businesswoman of the Year’ award from ITP publishing Group.
Sheikha Hanadi, a mother of 3 children, holds an Executive-MBA from London Business school, a Masters degree in Economics from the University of London, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Qatar University.

Dean's Lecture Series: Baladna Food Industries
2019-10-01 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
The Dean’s Lecture Series will be hosting Dr. Kamel Abdallah, Group Chief Executive Officer of Baladna Food Industries. He will speaking on “Managing sustainability in national food security programs”.
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About the speaker:
Dr. Kamel Abdallah is the CEO of Baladna Food Industries, the largest dairy and juice beverage producer in Qatar. Prior to joining Baladna, Dr. Kamel Abdallah served as Managing Board Director/CEO in several roles in the region including Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of Aujan Industries/Rani Investment (now Aujan-Coca Cola), the largest private beverage player in the Middle East (Rani, Vimto, Barbican) which included 3 beverage factories and 2 can making factories, as well the CEO of Exeed Industries, an Abu Dhabi based Industrial/Agricultural family office group with farms and feed mills among its 17 companies. He was also the Managing Director of AATCO Food Industries in Oman, the largest GCC manufacturer of wet condiments food in the region.
Dr. Kamel remains integrated with academia, where he has served as Asst Vice President of the American University of Beirut; and Professor of Strategy and Finance as well as being a tenured Prof and department chair at accredited business schools in the USA. He is a frequent guest lecturer at local universities.
With his proven leadership and expertise, Dr. Kamel is leading the strategic growth of Baladna and driving Baladna’s growth to the next level – ensuring Baladna is a powerhouse brand with a dominant market share, and supporting the transformation of national food security programs regionally.
Dr. Kamel holds a Ph.D in Strategic Management from the Ohio State University; Master’s Degree in International Trade and Finance from the American University in Washington D.C. and Ohio State University; and a BA in Economics from the American University of Beirut. He has been awarded the Honorary title of Colonel by the Governor of Kentucky, as well as numerous awards in the US and the region. He is considered a Subject-Matter expert on regional food security programs and is a frequent speaker at investment and agriculture conferences in the GCC. Dr. Kamel is a mountaineer who has summited Mount Kalimanjaro, Atlas mountain, Mount Ararat, and the highest peeks in the Levant.

Dean's Lecture Series: Mary Ellen Weber
2019-09-17 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Mary Ellen Weber, a veteran astronaut, executive, strategist, and technologist will be speaking as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series on Leadership, Governance and Decisions: Lessons from Space. Weber was a NASA Astronaut for ten years and is the veteran of two spaceflights, including one to construct the International Space Station—STS-70 in 1995 and STS-101 in 2000. She was among the youngest Astronauts to ever venture into space, traveling 297 earth orbits and 7.8 million miles. She is currently a consultant in innovation and high-risk operations and an acclaimed speaker. She has also been a competitive skydiver for decades—with nearly 6,000 skydives, a world record, and two dozen U.S. National Championship medals. She holds an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University, a Ph.D. in chemistry from UC Berkeley, and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Purdue.
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About Mary Ellen Weber:
Dr. Mary Ellen Weber is a veteran astronaut, executive, strategist, technologist, and speaker. Selected in the 14th group of NASA Astronauts, she was an Astronaut for ten years and is the veteran of two spaceflights. In 2000, she flew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-101, the third construction flight for the International Space Station. She also flew in 1995 on mission STS-70, launching a communications satellite into earth orbit. She was among the youngest Astronauts to ever venture into space, traveling 297 earth orbits and 7.8 million miles. She remains involved with NASA, and since 2012, she has been a member of the NASA Advisory Council Committee on Technology, Innovation and Engineering.
Dr. Weber is currently principal of Stellar Strategies, LLC, consulting in innovation and high-risk operations, and is an acclaimed speaker. Previously she was vice president at UT Southwestern Medical Center, a world-renowned medical school, research powerhouse and hospital in Dallas, Texas, for nine years. She also has served on numerous non-profit boards, including Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.
Dr. Weber has been a competitive skydiver for decades—with nearly 6,000 skydives, a world record, and two dozen U.S. National Championship medals. She is also an instrument-rated pilot with over 600 hours in NASA’s jet aircraft. She holds an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University, a Ph.D. in chemistry from UC Berkeley, and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Purdue. She is the author of eight scientific papers and a patent.

Dean's Lecture Series: Minister of Commerce and Industry
2019-09-03 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
His Excellency Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, Minister of Commerce and Industry will be the first speaker of the 2019-2020 academic year, speaking as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series. He will be speaking on ‘The role of the private sector in Qatar’s economic and industrial development.

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About H.E. Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari:
His Excellency the Minister of Commerce and Industry served as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Qatar National Bank from 2013-2018. His Excellency has more than 30 years of experience in the banking and financial sectors in Qatar.
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Dean's Lecture Series: Siemens
2019-02-26 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar invites you to a lecture with Adrian Wood, Chief Executive Officer at Siemens in Qatar. He will be discussing “The role of Siemens in supporting economic prosperity in Qatar“.

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About the speaker:
Adrian Wood has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Siemens in Qatar since September 1, 2016.
Adrian’s dedicated career with Siemens spans 35 years having joined the company in 1984 as a Marketing Analyst for Siemens Environmental Systems.
Over the years, Adrian’s career has taken him across multiple geographies and functional areas which include sales, marketing, business development, project management, general management, and other managerial positions within the company’s headquarter operations in Germany.
Adrian has an intimate knowledge of the region having worked in senior leadership positions throughout the EMEA for more than 20 years. He has served as CEO for Siemens Kuwait, Siemens Bahrain, and as the Head of Renewable Energy for the MENA region from Siemens’ Middle East headquarters.
Adrian also led Siemens’ operations as CEO in the Philippines including its Energy, Healthcare, and Industry sectors.
Adrian holds a degree in Computer Science from Coventry University in the UK.

John Patrick Crecine Distinguished Lecture in Arts and Sciences: Agnieszka Wykowska
2019-02-10 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Moot Boardroom
Join us for the John Patrick Crecine Distinguished Lecture in Arts and Sciences featuring Agnieszka Wykowska, Principal Investigator, Italian Institute of Technology.

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Lecture title: Social cognition in human-robot interaction
Abstract:
In daily lives, we need to be able to efficiently navigate through our social environment. Our brain has developed a plethora of mechanisms that allow smooth social interactions with others, and that enable understanding of others’ behaviors, and prediction of what others are going to do next. At the dawn of a new era, in which robots might soon be among us at homes and offices, one needs to ask whether (or when) our brain uses similar mechanisms towards robots. In our research, we examine what factors in human-robot interaction lead to activation of mechanisms of social cognition. We use methods of cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology in naturalistic protocols in which humans interact with the humanoid robot iCub. Here, I will present results of several experiments in which we examined the impact of various parameters of robot social behavior on the mechanisms of social cognition. We examined whether mutual gaze, gaze-contingent robot behavior, or human-likeness of movements influence engagement of mechanisms of social cognition. Our results show an interesting interaction between more “social” aspects of robot behavior and fundamental processes of human cognition. The results will be discussed in the context of several general questions that need to be addressed: the societal impact of robots towards whom we attune socially or clinical applications of social robots.
About the speaker:
Professor Agnieszka Wykowska leads the unit “Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction” at the Italian Institute of Technology (Genoa, Italy) and is also affiliated with the Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, as adjunct professor in engineering psychology. In 2016 she was awarded the ERC Starting Grant “Intentional stance for social attunement”. Prof. Wykowska studied neuro-cognitive psychology (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich) and philosophy (Jagiellonian University, Krakow). She obtained PhD in psychology and the German “Habilitation” from the Ludwig Maximilian University. She is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Social Robotics and an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Psychology (section Cognition). She has been serving as Program Committee member for the conferences: “International Conference on Social Robotics”, “Human-Robot Interaction”, “Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts”. In 2013, she received an Early Stage Career Prize at the COST meeting “The future concept and reality of social robotics: challenges, perception and applications – role of social robotics in current and future society”. In 2018 she participated in a meeting at the European Parliament “Investing in young researchers, shaping Europe’s future”, organised jointly by STOA (European Parliament’s Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel) and the ERC. In her research, she examines how humans respond to humanoid robots, and how to make robots’ behaviour comprehensible for humans. Apart from contribution to social cognitive neuroscience, her research can inform the development of artificial intelligence for social robotics, and the design of robots for societal needs (healthcare, elderly care and daily assistance).

Distinguished lectures in social sciences are named in honor of John Patrick Crecine, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University from 1976 to 1983.

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Dean's Lecture Series: Qatar Shell
2019-02-05 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Moot Boardroom
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar invites you to a lecture discussing “International energy companies and their role in human development and sustainable growth.”
Guest speaker:
Andrew Faulkner, Managing Director and Chairman, Qatar Shell

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About the speaker:
Andrew, a New Zealand national, joined Shell in 1982. Over his 36 years with the Group, he has held a wide variety of technical and commercial positions in many countries around the Shell world.
Recent assignments prior to his current Qatar role were as Chief Executive Officer of Arrow Energy in Australia (2010-2015), helping develop that unconventional CSG business through its formative post-acquisition stages – and as the Country Chair Brunei/Managing Director for Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) and also Brunei Shell Tankers (2015-2017). Andrew took up the role of Managing Director and Country Chairman of Qatar Shell in April 2017.

Dean's Lecture Series: Cybercrime - Challenges and methods of prevention
2019-01-23 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Moot Boardroom
In collaboration with the National Committee for Information Security in Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar invites you to a lecture discussing “Cybercrime: Challenges and methods of prevention”.
Guest speaker:
Neil Walsh, Head of Cybercrime, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism Department, United Nations

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About the speaker:
Neil Walsh: Walsh joined the United Nations in January 2016 and is Chief of the Cybercrime and Anti-Money Laundering Section. With staff in six continents, Neil leads the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s strategic response to cybercrime, money laundering and terrorist financing by delivering capacity building in 70+ countries, aiding Member State diplomacy and advising UN Senior Leadership including the Secretary General, General Assembly and the Security Council on related matters.

Dean's Lecture Series: Raj Reddy
2018-11-11 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Moot Boardroom
Raj Reddy is a University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics and Moza Bint Nasser Chair at Carnegie Mellon University. His talk, “AI: Background, History and Future Opportunities” will provide background and history of artificial intelligence in an attempt to clarify the sources of misinformation about AI in the media recently.
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Full abstract:
This talk will provide Background and History of AI in an attempt to clarify the sources of misinformation about AI in the media recently. Many of these predictions are based on flawed reasoning and incorrect extrapolations, and will not happen. Robots will not take over the world. In this talk, we will review tools, techniques and advances in AI over the past half century and explore what might be next. We will present the architecture of two types of Intelligent Assistants. Cognition Amplifiers will enable humans to do many daily tasks faster and with less effort. Guardian Angels will provide humans with superhuman capabilities and enable humans to do tasks previously impossible. We will discuss how these Intelligent Agents will lead to Knowledge as a Service Industry (KaaS) and create a Market Place for Apps that provide KaaS.
Biography:
Raj Reddy is a University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics, and Moza Bint Nasser Chair at Carnegie Mellon University. He was an Assistant Professor at Stanford from 1966-69 and Faculty Member at Carnegie Mellon since 1969. He served as the founding Director of the Robotics Institute from 1979 to 1991 and the Dean of School of Computer Science from 1991 to 1999.
He has been active in AI research for over five decades in the areas of AI, Speech Understanding, Image Understanding, Robotics, Multi-sensor Fusion, and Intelligent Agents.
Dr. Reddy’s current research interests include: Technology in Service of Society, Voice Computing for the 3B semi-literate populations at the bottom of the pyramid, Digital Democracy, and Learning Science and Technologies.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He served as co-chair of President Clinton’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) from 1999 to 2001. Dr. Reddy is the recipient of the Legion of Honor in 1984, the ACM Turing Award in 1994, the Padma Bhushan in 2001, the Honda Prize in 2005 and Vannevar Bush Award in 2006.

Dean's Panel Series: Pharmaceuticals in Qatar: The industry strategy
2018-10-17 12:00 - 13:30 UTC
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar invites you to a panel of speakers discussing “Pharmaceuticals in Qatar: The industry strategy”.
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Speakers:
Aisha Ibrahim Al-Ansari
Director of Pharmacy & Drug Control Department
Ministry of Public Health

Ahmed Al Mohanadi
CEO of Qlife Pharma

Salvino A. Salvaggio
Senior Director
Implementation & VP RDI Office Management

Omar El-Agnaf
Acting Executive Director
Qatar Biomedical Research Institute

Moderator: Ihab Younis, Assistant Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences

Dean's Lecture Series: H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Ibrahim
2018-10-16 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
His Excellency Dr. Ibrahim Ibrahim, Economic Advisor, Amiri Diwan will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon Qatar’s Dean’s Lecture Series. He will be speaking on ‘The development of Qatar’s natural gas strategy: Challenges and responses’.
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Biography
Dr. Ibrahim B. Ibrahim was the Economic Advisor to H.H. Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani from 1988-2013, Dr. Ibrahim continues his role as the Economic Advisor to H.H. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani.
Between 2006-2011 HE Dr, Ibrahim was appointed by H.H. The Father Amir, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and H.H. The Amir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, to establish the General Secretariat for Development and Planning, now the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, and serve as its first Secretary General.
Under the visionary guidance and support of H.H. The Father Amir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thank and H.H. The Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and Dr. Ibrahim’s esteemed and distinguished leadership, GSDP led the coordination of the Qatar National Vision 2030, and subsequently the preparation of Qatar’s First National Development Strategy 2011-2016 to help achieve the goals and objectives of the Vision. These two forward-looking and ground-breaking documents have provided the foundations for the State of Qatar’s social, human, economic and environmental development planning.
Dr. Ibrahim has wide experience in the oil and gas industry. He is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Qatar Gas Company Limited, the Vice Chairman of Abdulla Ben Hamad Al-Attiya Foundation for Energy & Sustainable Development, the Vice Chairman for Qatar Development Bank, and the Chairman of Qatar University Research Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Board of Qatar Central Bank, a member of the Advisory Board of the Qatar Foundation, a member of the Supreme Council for Economic Affairs and Investment, a member of the Board of Qatar Petroleum, and a member at Qatar University Board of Regents.
Dr. Ibrahim was an Associate Professor of Business, Economics and Quantitative methods at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA from 1970-1978, Director of the Economic Department of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, Kuwait from 1979-1986, and a Senior Economist at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, England from 1986-1988.
Dr. Ibrahim holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from New York University in 1969 and his scholarly research has been published internationally in the areas of forecasting, business economics, and energy economics.

Dean's Lecture Series: Andrew Waugh, "Construction Revolution"
2018-04-09 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Andrew Waugh, founding director of Waugh Thistleton Architects, will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar on “Construction Revolution”.
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Dean's Lecture Series: Qatar National Bank
2018-03-21 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Mr. Ali Ahmed Al-Kuwari, Qatar National Bank’s Group Chief Executive Officer, will be speaking as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series on “Qatar National Bank’s business strategy and its role in building the national economy.”
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Biography:

Mr. Ali Ahmed Al-Kuwari has joined Qatar National Bank (QNB) in 1988. He became QNB Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) in July 2013, And prior to this he was the Executive General Manger and Group Chief Business Officer.
Mr. Al-Kuwari is also Chairman of MasterCard Middle East and North Africa Advisory Board, Chairman of QNB Capital (the investment banking and advisory arm of QNB Group), Chairman of QNB Indonesia and Chairman of QNB Privee Suisse in Switzerland. He is Vice Chairman of Qatar Exchange and Vice Chairman of CBI in the UAE, in addition to a member in Qatar University Board of Trustees.
Mr. Al-Kuwari has a Master Degree of Science in Management Information System from the Seattle Pacific University in 1987, and a Bachelor in Math and Computer Science from Eastern Washington University in 1984. He also attended a number of Executive programs at Wharton School of Business, London Business School, Cambridge University and Duke University.
He was named Best CEO in middle east by Forbes Middle East on November 2015 .
Also he has topped the list of the 100 best-performing CEOs from listed companies in the GCC states during the Top CEO Awards 2017 organized by TRENDS magazine

Dean's Lecture Series: Qatar Development Bank
2018-01-23 12:00 - 13:30 UTC
Abdulaziz Bin Nasser Al-Khalifa, CEO of the Qatar Development Bank, will be speaking as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series on “The role of QDB in support entrepreneurship and national production.”
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Biography:
Abdulaziz Bin Nasser Al-Khalifa is the CEO of Qatar Development Bank. In addition to his role as the CEO of QDB, Mr. Al-Khalifa is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Elan, a Member of the Board of Directors at Qatar Science Technology Park and the Chairman of Qatar Business Incubator Center and the Bedaya Center for Entrepreneurship and Career Development.
Before being appointed as the CEO of QDB, Mr. Al-Khalifa was Executive Director of Strategy & Business Development for three years, serving simultaneously as vice president of several internal and external committees. Prior to joining QDB, Mr. Al-Khalifa worked at Qatar Shell as a Business Development Manager for nearly three years, and, before that, held technical and managerial positions at The Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA) for six years.
Mr. Al-Khalifa has vast experience in the SME, private and entrepreneurship sectors. He played a leading role in the launch of several flagship development initiatives, including Al Dhameen Partial Guarantee Program, Tasdeer Qatar Export Development Agency and the Housing Loan Program for Qatari citizens.
Mr. Al-Khalifa holds an MBA from Qatar University, a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from University of California, and has received several specialized diplomas from Harvard and Insead Universities.

Dean's Lecture Series: Qatar Central Bank
2018-01-16 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al Thani, Governor of Qatar Central Bank will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon Qatar on “Fintech as a core of the strategy: Challenges and Opportunities.”
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Biography:
His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani was appointed Governor of Qatar Central Bank in May 2006, having started his career in the Bank in 1981. He was Deputy Governor from 1990 to 2001 and subsequently left to serve as Chairman of the State Audit Bureau from 2001 to 2006, before assuming his current position.
His Excellency was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the QFC Regulatory Authority in March 2012 and subsequently as Chairman of Qatar Financial Markets Authority later in 2012. His Excellency is also Chairman of Qatar’s Financial Stability & Risk Control Committee.
He was appointed as the Chairman of the Islamic Financial Services Board (2013) as well as Chairman of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation until December 2013 and is currently a member of both institutions.
He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Qatar Development Bank and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Supreme Council for Economic Affairs & Investment.
He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gulf Monetary Council for 2014. He is Board member at Qatar Investment Authority and the Chairman of the Governors of GCC Monetary Agencies and Central Banks Committee.

Dean's Lecture Series: Qatar Stock Exchange
2017-11-21 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Rashid Ali Al-Mansoori, CEO of Qatar Stock Exchange will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series on, ‘The role a stock exchange plays in economic growth and sustainable development.’

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Biography:
Mr. Rashid Al Mansoori is the current CEO and a board member of Qatar Stock Exchange. He is also a board member of Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), the Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA), and the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).
Through his leadership, the QSE has and continues to pursue an aggressive agenda to enhance and promote the Capital Markets in the State of Qatar by actively pressing government and regulatory agencies to streamline the legislative and regulatory framework for the benefit of the investment community and the country whole. During his tenure, he has overseen the upgrade of Qatar to emerging market status by MSCI and to secondary emerging market status by FTSE Russell. He champions Qatar as an investment destination of choice in the region through the instigation of and involvement in numerous international roadshows and sponsored events. He continues to lead the implementation of extensive education programmes to boost staff skills and performance, and has overseen improvements in both efficiency and quality of delivery across all units of the company. He has been a strong advocate for the building of awareness within the local investor community of products and services offered by the Exchange and has commissioned and has led and supported numerous events and activities in support of this aim. He continues to provide leadership and support to numerous programmes to encourage the adoption of effective corporate governance and the creation of investor relations functions within both prospective and existing listed companies.
Mr. Al Mansoori has extensive administrative and technical experience gained from the senior roles he has held in a number of companies and institutions and has led and successfully completed initiatives and projects in various industries.
Mr. Al Mansoori served in the field of financial management at QP for 5 years and worked as IT Director at the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) where he was responsible for establishing the IT department and managing investment and financial applications. He also served as the IT Director for the Qatar Olympics Committee and was Head of Applied Systems at the Ministry of Interior.
Mr. Al Mansoori has specialist knowledge and expertise in the fields of administration, IT and financial services, and has held senior posts in the field of sports, including heading numerous initiatives in the Qatari Olympic Committee and serving as Chairman and CEO of the Qatar Equestrian Federation, Vice Chairman of the Qatar Fencing Federation, and Board a member of Al Shaqab, a member of Qatar Foundation.
Mr. Al Mansoori holds a BSc degree in Computer and Management Sciences (USA 1987

Dean's Lecture Series: Qatar Financial Centre
2017-11-08 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series on, ‘The role of the QFC in national economic development’.
Special Guest: Dr. Andy Khawaja, Founder of Allied Wallet

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Biography: Yousuf Al-Jaida
Yousuf Al-Jaida was appointed Chief Executive Officer in June 2015. He previously held the role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Strategic and Business Development Officer at the QFC Authority where he was responsible for the overall strategic development of the organisation.
Yousuf has a strong financial background with experience across a variety of roles. Prior to joining the QFC Authority, he was head of indirect investment at the Qatar General Retirement and Pension Authority, which included overseeing the management of hedge fund, private equity, real estate, fixed income and equity portfolio investments. His previous experiences include engineering project work for Qatar Petroleum and Dolphin Energy and managing various real-estate projects in Qatar.
Yousuf represents QFC Authority on the boards of Qatar Exchange and Qatar Finance and Business Academy. He has previously sat on the boards of Nakilat QSC and the US$1 billion strategic investment fund of Unicorn Investment Bank, as well as serving as Vice Chairman of Mayadeen Real Estate Company KSCC. He graduated from the
University of Arizona, USA.
Biography: Dr. Andy Khawaja
Dr. Andy Khawaja is the CEO of Allied Wallet, a multi-billion dollar company which continues to revolutionize the e-commerce industry by introducing new and innovative payment processing solutions for online merchants, enabling them to send and receive international payments.
With PCI compliant merchant services for nearly any business size, Allied Wallet provides a state-of-the-art payment gateway to optimize online transactions for any company. Allied Wallet continually develops software to integrate with every e-commerce solution in the world.
Khawaja grew up as a kid in Lebanon and came to America as a teenager. He worked in the high-end retail business for years, and ran a chain of retail stores with locations in Beverly Hills on Rodeo Drive and the Las Vegas MGM. When the internet started to grow, Dr. Andy realized there was going to be a need for a way to accept credit cards. Dr. Andy’s experience with the international customers allowed him to understand foreign business very well, and he wanted to create a way to connect business owners and customers all over the world and that happened through Allied Wallet. Ten years ago they were marketing by word of mouth, and now they process for 150 million merchants around the world.

Dean's Lecture Series: Ministry of Defense
2017-09-26 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
His Excellency Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah, Minister of State for Defense Affairs and member of the Council of Ministers will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series on, ‘Electronic attacks and their economic and social effects.’
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Dean's Lecture Series: Qatar Investment Authority
2017-09-13 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Saud Al -Thani will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar at the first Dean’s lecture of the fall semester titled, ‘Qatar Investment Authority: Global Portfolio Strategy.’
The Dean’s Lecture Series is the principal forum for eminent industry practitioners and government officials to bring their knowledge and perspectives to Carnegie Mellon, and to broaden students’ understanding of important issues.
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Biography:
His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al-Thani is the Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Investment Authority, a Member of the Supreme Council for Economic Affairs and Investment, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of ooredoo Group.
HE Sheikh Abdulla was instrumental in the restructuring and regional expansion of ooredoo since the launch of its expansion strategy in 2005, steering the growth of ooredoo from a single-nation telecom operator to a Group with a presence in 16 countries spanning North Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia. During that time, His Excellency was Chairman of Wataniya Group (based in Kuwait) and served as President Commissioner of Indosat (based in Indonesia).
Prior to joining ooredoo, HE Sheikh Abdulla was Chief of the Royal Court (Emiri Diwan) and member of the Planning Council from 2000 to 2005. He also was Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the College of the North Atlantic-Qatar from 2001 to 2006 and Military Attaché in the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2000.
HE Sheikh Abdulla is a flight school graduate from the British Army Air Corps as well as a certified pilot instructor by way of the British Royal Air Force. With an extensive background in both the military and aviation, Sheikh Abdulla has previously served in Qatar’s Emiri Air Force. He also holds a Masters’ degree and has completed a number of programs at various military institutions, among them the Senior Army War College in the USA.

Dean's Lecture Series: Terry Jones
2017-04-27 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Moot Boardroom
In collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Qatar, the Dean’s Lecture Series will feature Terry Jones, founder of Travelocity.com and founding chairman of Kayak.com, who will discuss “Disruption Off – What technologies are going to disrupt your market and how you can be the disruptor“.
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Biography:
Best known for founding Travelocity.com and serving as founding Chairman of Kayak.com, Terry Jones has become a powerful voice in the world of entrepreneurship through his numerous speaking engagements and the publication of his book, ON Innovation. His career path has established him as a thought leader on innovation in our increasingly digital world.
A graduate of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, Jones, began his career as a travel agent, spent 24 years at American Airlines in marketing and information technology, capping his career as Chief Information Officer of its SABRE division. While at SABRE he led a team of six working on a project that became Travelocity.com. Jones served as CEO of Travelocity for seven years transforming it to a public company with three billion dollars in travel sales.
He left Travelocity when the company was taken private and became part of the founding team at Kayak.com, a company that yet again revolutionized how travel was purchased. He served as Chairman of the company from its founding until it was sold to Priceline for $1.8 billion dollars in 2013. Today he is the Chairman of WayBlazer and managing principal of ON Inc, a consultancy he founded to help companies in their transition to the digital economy.
He serves on the boards of Boingo, Cognite, Inc, Smart Destinations and Camping and Education Foundation. He has previously served on the boards of Entrust, Overture, La Quinta Hotels, Luxury Link and EarthLink. He is a venture capitalist with General Catalyst and Sierra Angels.

Dean's Lecture Series: Guy Blelloch
2017-04-10 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Moot Boardroom
Guy Blelloch, Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at School of Computer Science will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar on “Parallel Algorithms Come of Age”.
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About the talk:
With the advent of multicore processors there are almost no computers or devices, beyond perhaps a toaster, that still only have a single processing core. Furthermore it is easy and reasonably cheap to get machines with many cores. And, these machines support algorithms that can run dozens or hundreds of times faster than their sequential counterparts. However, most universities still only, or certainly mostly, teach sequential algorithms as part of their core undergraduate curriculum. I’ll discuss some of the problems in teaching parallel algorithms, but why now is the right time to convert to teaching parallel algorithms and programming. In particular the languages and tools for supporting parallelism have reached an adequate level of maturity. Furthermore the understanding of parallel algorithms from a research point of view, including methods for analyzing asymptotic costs, is quite far along. And, perhaps most importantly, parallel algorithms are now very much faster than sequential algorithms, and the the theory matches the practice.
Biography:
Guy E. Blelloch received his B.S. and B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1983, and his M.S. and PhD from MIT in 1986, and 1988, respectively. Since then he has been on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, where he is now an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education. During the academic year 1997-1998 he was a visiting professor at U.C. Berkeley. He held the Finmeccanica Faculty Chair from 1991–1995 and received an NSF Young Investigator Award in 1992. He has been program chair for the ACM Symposium on Parallel Algorithms and Architectures, program co-chair for the IEEE International Parallel Processing Symposium, is on the editorial board of JACM, and has served on a dozen or so program committees. His research interests are in parallel programming languages and parallel algorithms, and in the interaction of the two. He has developed the NESL programming language under an ARPA contract and an NSF NYI award. His work on parallel algorithms includes work on sorting, computational geometry, and several pointer-based algorithms, including algorithms for list-ranking, set-operations, and graph connectivity.

Ramesh Krishnamurti - Dean's Lecture Series
2017-03-22 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Moot Boardroom
Ramesh Krishnamurti is a Professor of Computational Design in the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and the Director of its Graduate Program. In 2007-08, he was the Associate Dean of Research in the College of Fine Arts to explore the possibilities for an interdisciplinary PhD program in The Arts, and also directed the Studio for Creative Inquiry, whose mission is to support creation and exploration in the arts, especially interdisciplinary projects that bring together the arts, sciences, technology, and the humanities, and impact local and global communities.
His talk, “Finding computational design: The I’s have ‘IT'”, will look at computational design since its inception as a graduate program in the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University.
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