• Quick Startup

    Quick Startup is a training program for budding entrepreneurs that will take place over three days. Mentored by seasoned professionals, students will begin the program with nothing more than a concept and end with a business plan and investor pitch. The pitches will be evaluated by a panel of judges who will award prizes for […]

  • Ibtikar Workshop

    Ibtikar: The Information Systems Advantage 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.  What is it like to be an information systems student at CMU-Q? Information systems is an exciting and dynamic field that has many, many areas for creative, problem-solving people to develop amazing innovations using technology. You will choose one of two sessions to learn about […]

  • Bill Brown Distinguished Lecture in Biological Sciences: Ann Gibbons

    Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

    Join us for the inaugural Bill Brown Distinguished Lecture in Biological Sciences. The lecture series will kick off featuring Ann Gibbons, contributing correspondent for Science magazine and the author of The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors. Gibbons will be discussing, Gut Instincts, the Evolution of Diet: Do We Have Stone Age Bodies in a  Fast […]

  • QCRI Lecture: Farnam Jahanian, President of Carnegie Mellon

    Assembly Area

    The Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) invites you to join us for a lecture on "The Future of Higher Education in the Age of Technological Disruption" by Farnam Jahanian, President of Carnegie Mellon University.  Farnam Jahanian is visiting Doha as a distinguished speaker and member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), […]

  • Education City Speaker Series: Dame Natalie Massenet

    Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

    This edition of the Qatar Foundation Education City Speaker Series brings you the founder of a global brand and well-renowned name in the fashion industry. Dame Natalie Massenet has facilitated online luxury shopping with Net-a-Porter, one of the most successful e-commerce platforms of this generation. Join us to learn from her experiences and get a […]

  • Entrepreneurs in Dialogue: Elijah Mayfield

    Title: Behind the Scenes: Building a $1.75 Billion Artificial Intelligence-based Educational Business Confirm your attendance. About the lecture:  Earlier this month, educational software company Turnitin was sold for $1.75 billion (over 6 billion QAR). This talk from CMU Entrepreneur-in-Residence Elijah Mayfield walks through the story of leaving a research position in Pittsburgh to start LightSide Labs, a company […]