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Past Lectures
Faisal Mohamed Al-Emadi
Secretary General, Qatar Red Crescent Society
“Red Crescent: Economic and educational empowerment strategy”
September 17, 2024
Fahad Al-Sulaiti
Chief Executive Officer, Education Above All (EAA) Foundation
“Education and Innovation Strategy in Developing Countries”
April 23, 2024
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Sheikh Hamad Abdulla Jassim Al-Thani
Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Qatar
“The role of telecommunications companies in human development”
February 21, 2024
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Abdulla Mubarak Al-Khalifa
Group CEO of Qatar National Bank (QNB)
“QNB Corporate Strategy”
January 24, 2024
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Aisha Hussein Alfardan
Vice-Chairwoman of the Qatari Businesswomen Association
“The role of businesswomen in community development”
January 22, 2024
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Rashid Bin Ali Al Mansoori
CEO of Aamal Company
“Aamal: Business Strategy for Environment, Social and Corporate Governance”
October 31, 2023
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Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani
Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation
“A Bitter Bread”
September 13, 2022
Sheikha Hanadi Nasser Bin Khaled Al Thani
Founder, Chairperson, CEO, Amwal
“Empowering women in business and entrepreneurship’’
November 5, 2019
H.E. Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani
Governor, Qatar Central Bank
“Qatar’s Strategy for fintech’’
October 8, 2019
Dr. Kamel Abdallah
Group Chief Executive Officer, Baladna Food Industries
“Managing sustainability in national food security programs’’
October 1, 2019
Dr. Mary Ellen Weber
Veteran Nasa Astronaut, U.S National Skydiving Champion
“Leadership, governance and decisions: Lessons from space’’
September 17, 2019
H.E. Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari
Minister of Commerce and Industry
“Role of the private sector in Qatar’s economic and industrial development’’
September 3, 2019
Adrian Wood
Chief Executive Officer, Siemens in Qatar
“The role of Siemens in supporting economic prosperity in Qatar”
February 26, 2019
Andrew Faulkner
Managing Director and Chairman, Qatar Shell
“International energy companies and their role in human development and sustainable growth.”
February 5, 2019
Neil Walsh
Head of Cybercrime, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism Department, United Nations
“Cybercrime: Challenges and methods of prevention”
January 23, 2019
Raj Reddy
University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics and Moza Bint Nasser Chair at Carnegie Mellon University
“AI: Background, History and Future Opportunities”
November 11, 2018
H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Ibrahim
Economic Advisor, Amiri Diwan
“The development of Qatar’s natural gas strategy: Challenges and responses”
October 16, 2018
H. E. Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani
Governor, Qatar Central Bank
“Economic Realities facing the MENA Region and challenges facing Islamic Fintech”
October 9, 2018
Andrew Waugh
Director, Waugh Thistleton Architects
“Construction Revolution”
April 9, 2018
Ali Ahmed Al-Kuwari
Group Chief Executive Officer of Qatar National Bank
“Qatar National Bank’s business strategy and its role in building the national economy.”
March 21, 2018
Abdulaziz Bin Nasser Al-Khalifa
Chief executive officer of the Qatar Development Bank (QDB)
“The role of QDB in support entrepreneurship and national production.”
January 23, 2018
H.E. Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani
Governor, Qatar Central Bank
“Strategic Plan for the Financial Sector: Challenges and Opportunities”
January 18, 2018
Rashid Ali Al-Mansoori
Chief executive officer of Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE)
“The role a stock exchange plays in economic growth and sustainable development.”
November 21, 2017
Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida
Chief executive officer of Qatar Financial Center (QFC)
“The role of the QFC in national economic development.”
November 8, 2017
Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah
Minister of State for Defense Affairs
Electronic attacks and their economic and social effects
September 26, 2017
H.E. Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Saud Al-Thani
Chief executive officer of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)
Qatar Investment Authority: Global Portfolio Strategy.
September 13, 2017
Terry Jones
Founder of Travelocity.com and founding chairman of Kayak.com
Disruption Off – What technologies are going to disrupt your market and how you can be the disruptor
April 27, 2017
Ramesh Krishnamurti
Professor of Computational Design in the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University
“Finding computational design: The I’s have ‘IT’”
March 22, 2017
Ramayya Krishnan
W.W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems
Dean, H. John Heinz III College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
“Integrating Machine Learning and Social Science Methods: Toward a Data Intensive Social and Decision Science”
March 12, 2017
Dr. Michael Frenkel
Associate Dean for International Relations and Diversity, Otto Beisheim School of Management
Brexit: What Effects Can We Expect
January 31, 2017
H.E. Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani
Governor, Qatar Central Bank
Cybersecurity and Financial Stability
November 14, 2016
Bruce Krogh
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director, Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda
Building a truly smart grid: What would we build today if there were no legacy power system?
April 18, 2016
Ramayya Krishnan
W.W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems
Dean, H. John Heinz III College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
On Data Driven Innovation and Cyber Physical Social Systems
April 17, 2016
Charlee Brodsky
Professor of Photography, Carnegie Mellon University
Why Photography?
April 14, 2016
Gary Fedder
Vice Provost for Research, Carnegie Mellon University
Manufacturing Innovation
April 12, 2016
Finn Kydland
Nobel Laureate (2004), The Richard P. Simmons Distinguished Professorship, University Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
Economic Science and the Aggregate Economy
April 4, 2016
Mostafa H. Ammar
Regents’ Professor, School of Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Evolution of Networking and Its Research: A Personal Perspective
April 3, 2016
Alfred V. Aho
Lawrence Gussman Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
The Evolution of Networking and Its Research: A Personal Perspective
March 21, 2016
Alfred V. Aho
Lawrence Gussman Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
Computational Thinking in Programming Language Design
March 21, 2016
Dan Martin
Dean, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon and the Fine Arts
March 7, 2016
H.E. Dr. Hessa Sultan Al Jaber
Minister of Information and Communication Technology, State of Qatar
Digital Disruption – Shaping the Future of Qatar
January 25, 2016
H.E. Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al-Thani
Minister of Economy and Commerce, State of Qatar
Investment in Qatar: Legislation, Opportunities
November 10, 2015
H.E. Dr. Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Nabit
Minister of Development Planning and Statistics, State of Qatar
The National Development Strategy 2011-2016: Achievement and Challenges
November 9, 2015
H.E. Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani
Governor, Qatar Central Bank
Qatar Central Bank’s Role in the National Economy
October 1, 2015
Rashid Ali Al Mansoori
CEO, Qatar Stock Exchange
The Role of Financial Markets in Boosting Investments and Economic Growth
September 8, 2015