It is a great honor and pleasure for the Entrepreneurship Center to hold first International conference on entrepreneurship in the region.

On behalf of the Entrepreneurship Center, King Saud University, I am delighted to welcome distinguished guest speakers, members and participants to Powering the Future.

Entrepreneurship Center is proud to be hosting this event in Riyadh, in recognition of the city’s unparalleled standing as the ultimate paradigm for prosperity and integration in a globalised economy. Opportunities for collaboration between the academics and the practitioners will create an unrivalled forum for the development of the multilateral corporate and public sector partnership.

The timing for the conference to make a real and tangible difference has never been more opportune, nor the demand for their contribution greater. We, at Entrepreneurship Center believes and acknowledges that entrepreneurship can prove to be real engines of change and development, that it can truly power progress and peace and that they are the key to the future of the region.   I wish you all an enjoyable, stimulating and productive conference.

Professor Ahmed Alshumaimri
Chairman Entrepreneurship Center