This document discusses the importance of innovation, creativity, and building a knowledge-based economy. It emphasizes that modern economies are built on ideas, research, innovation, and creative thinking. Countries cannot develop their economies without sources of knowledge, creativity, and innovation. The document advocates for investing in building human capacity through science, technology, and knowledge. It promotes strengthening economies by building on knowledge. It also stresses skills like perseverance, passion, focus, and adaptation that are needed to succeed globally and achieve ambitions in an increasingly complex world.

1. ‫تنافسية‬‫االبداع‬‫واالبتكار‬
‫مهارات‬‫للعالمية‬ ‫الوصول‬
Areej Al-Wabil, PhD
Principal Investigator, Center for Complex Engineering Systems (CCES), KACST
Research Fellow, Ideation Lab, School of Engineering, MIT

2. «‫ار‬‫ك‬‫ت‬‫ب‬‫لا‬‫ا‬‫وم‬‫ت‬‫ل‬‫ا‬‫س‬‫ي‬‫ل‬‫ة‬‫ف‬‫ا‬‫ق‬‫ث‬،‫ل‬‫ب‬‫وب‬‫ل‬‫س‬‫ا‬‫ل‬‫م‬‫ع‬،‫ح‬‫ل‬‫ا‬‫و‬‫اب‬‫م‬‫و‬‫ك‬‫اب‬‫ك‬‫ر‬‫ش‬‫ل‬‫ا‬‫و‬
‫ي‬‫ت‬‫ل‬‫ا‬‫لا‬‫دد‬‫ج‬‫ت‬‫لا‬‫و‬‫ر‬‫ك‬‫ت‬‫ب‬‫ب‬
‫د‬‫ق‬‫ف‬‫ث‬‫ه‬‫ت‬‫ب‬‫س‬‫ف‬
‫ا‬‫ن‬‫ب‬‫ا‬‫م‬‫ك‬‫ح‬‫ت‬
‫و‬‫ي‬‫ل‬‫ع‬‫ا‬‫ه‬‫س‬‫ق‬‫ث‬‫ع‬‫ج‬‫ا‬‫ر‬‫لت‬‫ا‬‫ب‬»
‫د‬‫م‬‫ح‬‫م‬
‫ن‬‫ب‬‫د‬‫ش‬‫ا‬‫ر‬ -

3. Background and Motivation
..a 20-year journey

4. Research and InnovationA 20-year journey in research, development and innovation 1996-2016
Career Day UoD 2016 – April 20, 2016

5. cces-kacst.mit.org

6. ideation.mit.edu

7. ‫المعرفة‬‫أساس‬‫التنمية‬
‫بنى‬ُ‫ت‬‫االقتصاديات‬‫الحديثة‬‫على‬‫الفكر‬‫والمعرفة‬-‫البحوث‬‫العلمية‬‫واالبتكارات‬‫واألفكار‬‫الخال‬‫قة‬..
‫وال‬‫يمكن‬‫للدول‬‫والمجتمعات‬‫المضي‬‫في‬‫تطوير‬‫اقتصادياتها‬‫بمعزل‬‫عن‬‫روافد‬‫المعرفة‬‫واإلبداع‬‫واال‬‫بتكار‬

8. ‘Innovation is a primary source of economic
growth, and yet only one idea out of 3,000
becomes a successful product or service.’
Eugene Shteyn, Max Shtein

9. ‫لمواجهة‬ ‫األمثل‬ ‫الخيار‬ ‫هو‬ ‫اإلنسان‬ ‫بناء‬ ‫في‬ ‫االستثمار‬‫الت‬‫حديات‬
‫تحكمه‬ ‫عالم‬ ‫في‬ ‫التطلعات‬ ‫وتحقيق‬‫والتقنية‬ ‫العلوم‬‫وت‬‫تجاذبه‬
‫على‬ ‫قوتها‬ ‫بناء‬ ‫في‬ ‫اعتمدت‬ ‫التي‬ ‫االقتصادية‬ ‫القوى‬‫الم‬‫عرفة‬

10. ‫بالمعرفة‬ ‫التسلح‬
‫والتوسع‬‫الفكر‬ ‫بناء‬ ‫في‬
‫وإرساء‬‫البشرية‬ ‫التنمية‬ ‫قواعد‬‫الحديثة‬

11. ‫للعالمية‬ ‫الوصول‬ ‫مهارات‬

12. Perseverance, Passion, Diligence, Focus, Adaptation

13. ‫والحماس‬ ‫الشغف‬
Passion

14. ‫والحماس‬ ‫الشغف‬
Passion

15. ‘Work..’ an expression of your creative
process; work-life balance is sought by
having them both integrated into one
fulfilling journey.

16. ‫التكيف‬
Adaptation

17. ‫التكيف‬
Adaptation
“Grab a seat.. make yourself comfortable”

18. Perseverance
Serenity to accept the things we can not change,
Courage to change the things we can,
And the wisdom to know the difference

19. If I stacked the rejections (grants, manuscripts, etc.)…
they would stand taller than me

20. ‫المثابرة‬
Perseverance

21. cces-kacst-mit.org
Center for Complex Engineering SystemsDigital Design, Innovative Technology Solutions for Real World Problems
Career Day UoD 2016 – April 20, 2016

22. ‫واإلصرار‬ ‫العزيمة‬
Diligence

23. ‫التركيز‬
Focus

24. Chaos breathes creativity..

25. Chaos breathes
creativity..
Photo credits: Gallery of 2.00b http://web.mit.edu/2.00b/www/gallery.html

26. Work-Life
“It’s not like a see-saw,.. with work on one end and life on the other; it’s more like a bicycle that I’m riding. In other words, the
“thing” being balanced is me, not some object outside of me. And it’s movement that keeps me upright.” ..momentum

27. ‫المعرفة‬ ‫على‬ ‫قائم‬ ‫اقتصاد‬ ‫نحو‬..
Our economy needs new ideas, scalable innovation, growth mindsets, creative and
curious minds!

28. …are the ones who DO.
..believe in yourself, think different.

29. Thank You
areej@mit.edu
@_areej