Dr. Hanadi Al-Mubaraki
President of the conference and founder of Ecosystem for
Management Consulting

Dr. Hanadi Al-Mubaraki, Conference Director and founder of Ecosystem for management consulting, said that, “The idea of the
conference default first to support «innovative ecosystem and entrepreneurship» comes as one of my GCC initiatives through
my hard work for more than 20 years to transfer the best visions and applications of successful international experiences in
the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship and technology to the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)raised
the world standard indicators, and I believe that the Gulf family lives in one house.”

Al-Mubaraki during the launch of the first virtual conference to
support ” innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem” which
occurred on August 28, 2020, through the Zoom app, added
that “Despite emergency conditions in which the world prevails
the presence of pandemic Corona, the default communication
exists by using technology, stressing the need to support an
environment of innovation and entrepreneurship in the countries
Gulf strategic importance of long-term investment enjoyed by
countries through economic diversification and sustainable
growth smartphone based on the knowledge economy, and
here we find the importance of conferences in building bridges
of cooperation between the Gulf countries through the exchange
of experiences and successful applications.”
Al-Mubaraki showed the results of her initiative GCC that consisted
of five parts, namely: the establishment of a speeding business
Gulf smart that offers five distinct programs for the Gulf. It also
included establishing a Gulf magazine, “Technopark”, published in
Arabic in December 2020, dealing with technological programs,
and publishing four universal books in Arabic. They have to do with
innovation and entrepreneurship. It is a summarof international
experiences and the Gulf. The conference held virtual global
support innovation environment and entrepreneurship in 19
to 20 November to share experiences and insights with the
international community (annually), in addition to the default
conference held in Gulf to support innovative environment and
entrepreneurship annually.
On the main objectives of the conference, Al-Mubaraki revealed
that it aims to promote the entrepreneurial climate in the GCC
and activate the role of community innovation activities, and to
support practitioners and decision-makers in a comprehensive
manner accessible to smart growth, enabling innovative
environments and entrepreneurship, and accelerating the
social and economic impact of the Gulf Cooperation Council
during meetings and conferences.
In addition, the conference is an opportunity for academics,
practitioners and consultants involved in the management and
development of innovation and entrepreneurship in the public
sector and the private sector to exchange ideas and knowledge,
explaining that it addresses a number of important themes,
including the entrepreneurship of the business environment in

the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): The best practical applications
for the environment and innovation In the countries of the Gulf
Cooperation Council: the best practical applications and virtual
services for innovation and entrepreneurship programs after
the Corona pandemic.
The conference’s participants, which was held under the
auspices of the Director General of the Public Authority for
Youth Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi and Assistant Undersecretary
at the Ministry of Finance Aseel Munifi, are 20 speakers from all
the Gulf states, in addition to the wide participation of Kuwait,
represented by the center, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad talent and
creativity. The head of innovation management, Hamad Al-Aftan
talked about the center’s experience in supporting innovation, as
the National Fund for the Care of Small and Medium Enterprises,
with the participation of the Director-General Munaf Munifi
who spoke about the experience of the Fund as a government
institution and its contribution to the creation of an enabling
environment for entrepreneurship. Furthermore, Eman Bader
represented theCooperation Council’s intellectual property
training center, who spoke about the importance of protecting
and preserving intellectual property rights in the Gulf countries’
economies. Ghadeer Al-Juma, the president of the Development
Entrepreneurship Association, shared that starting to adopt the
idea of having virtual platforms that provide integrated services
to its many pillars.
Bedoor Alsumait, the head of network entrepreneurs and
professionals, also spoke about the ability to change the project
model of the traditional type to one that is inventive. Oroub
Husainan, the head of dealer platform development, said that
the platform seeks to create a fertile business for entrepreneurs
and investors in the private Arabian Gulf in general and the
countries of the world.
Conference recommendations:
The first virtual conference to support the “innovative environment
and entrepreneurship” for the Gulf countries came out with
several recommendations, which came as follows:
Recommendations of the first Gulf Virtual Conference to
support the innovation and entrepreneurship system
1. Creating Gulf virtual platforms that provide all services to
entrepreneurs and innovators to launch entrepreneurship
projects and exchange Gulf experiences that support business
creation.
2. Enhancing investment in new technological sectors to reach
rapid economic growth.
3. Combined Gulf efforts to develop an environment for innovation
and entrepreneurship and to create channels of cooperation
between institutions, investors, interested parties, and crossconnectors.
4. The annual Gulf conference aims to support an environment
for innovation and entrepreneurship to exchange experiences
and best applications.
5. Establishing an academy for Gulf innovation and inventors to
exchange experiences and inventions.
6. A joint annual Gulf celebration of the International Day of
Inventions, Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship.
7. Promoting and rooting in the Gulf countries the culture of
innovation, intellectual property and entrepreneurship.
8. Enable the use of new business models to keep pace with new
innovative tools instead of traditional models.
9. Establishing a Gulf research centre specialized in innovation,
entrepreneurship and orienting future sectors.
10. Training, developing and empowering Gulf cadres in the
fields of intellectual property, entrepreneurship and innovation.
11. Strengthening the role of international companies and
organizations in holding training programs, workshops, symposia,
and professional gatherings to support the academic environment.
12. Proceeding with the project of establishing an academy
specialized in intellectual property in the countries of the
Gulf Cooperation Council in cooperation with international
organizations.
13. Creating an attractive investment economic environment
for regional and international companies to invest in the Gulf
markets that protects intellectual property rights.

The 2020 Virtual International Conference on Innovation,
Creativity and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

The President of the Conference and founder of Ecosystem Management Consulting said that the first
global virtual conference to support the system of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship for the
year 2020 was held in Kuwait. More than 80 experts from 20 countries participated in the International
Conference. It gathered among the practitioners of the world, governments, scientists, academics,
decision-makers, and institutions of funding, researchers, and experts to exchange the best successful
practices and future visions related to innovation, reliance, and innovation.

through regional and international large and growing challenges due to the Corona pandemic.
Innovation and entrepreneurship programs outputsare positive and important through
the use of new technologies, which has sped up medical and technological innovations,
digitization, and remote work at all levels.
The importance of the development system of innovation and entrepreneurship in the creation
of employment opportunities and the sectors of new technologies, increasing productivity,
increasing the number of inventions and intellectual property rights, and increasing the
number of centers of innovation and entrepreneurship, talent and activating accelerators,
high-efficiency actions that accelerate profitable growth and the establishment of start-ups,
and promote economic growth by creating diversification, intelligent, inclusive sustainable.
Dr. Hanadi, the president of the Conference and founder of Ecosystem Management
Consulting, showed in her speech that the pandemic COVID brought us the worst health,
economic, and social crisis in our lives. However, it quickly enhanced virtualization services
for innovation and entrepreneurship, and technological programs that have helped our
economies and societies towards the digitization of the economy and smart growth.
She said that in recent years, developed and developing countries have aimed to diversify
their economies to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth. It contributed to innovation and
entrepreneurship and creativity positively in technology-based companies, which led to the
promotion of an entrepreneurial climate, technology transfer, technology commercialization,
economic growth, and job creation elements that are vital infrastructure for entrepreneurship,

as well as innovation and entrepreneurship are the terms for
the formation of knowledge-based economies, long-term
investments for the twenty-first century and future growth.
The importance of this conference is to share best practices
and successful implementation of the strategy and vision
for sustainable growth that is flexible and comprehensive.
She said in her speech that all countries pushed towards
economic growth and sustainability through the tools and
methods of economic and innovative strategies to accelerate
social and economic innovation and creativity effects and
entrepreneurship at the local and international level.
She concluded her speech by launching the Gulf initiative for
2020, which aims to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship
in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). It includes three main
elements: First, the launch of a speeding business smart default
for the GCC countries. Secondly, the Technopark magazine for
the Gulf Cooperation Council, and finally, the holding of the
global conference every year in November, which deals with
the global innovation system.
His Highness Sheikh Engineer Salim bin Sultan Al Qasimi,
President of the Aviation Department of Civil, said that “The
world is going through rapid developments in innovation,
technology, and artificial intelligence, and between that
innovation is sustainable wealth for the economies of the
countries andthe gate of the future and become countries
compete in the application of innovation and entrepreneurship
to build communities as well as the main engine of the digital
economy based on technology.”
Sheikh Al Qasimi, showed the experience of the UAE in the fields
of innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology that the state
put priority in its policy adopted by Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, on the importance
of institutional innovation. It is a work culture and lifestyle
pursued by the United Arab Emirates and launched through
initiatives and events in. In 2019 and 2020, more than 2500
institutional activities were undertaken to ensure integration
and community partnership, as well as to attract global and
Arab competencies and launch numerous awards, competitions,
websites and smart platforms to support the innovation,
entrepreneurship, creativity and talent system.
The engineer, Majid Alehisona, CEO of Saudi Aramco and Total,
talked about the vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2030,
which focused attention on the importance of innovation and
entrepreneurship, providing young people with knowledge
and skills, and supporting talent and innovation, taking care to
support small and medium-sized. It has been established that
innovation centers and entrepreneurship are a gateway and an
important source of spreading the culture of creativity, innovation,
and entrepreneurship among young people, and they provide an
incubator environment for creativity, innovation, development,
and entrepreneurship. Enriching thequality of life, engaging in
society, strengthening partnerships in the governmental and
private sectors, and promoting a culture of entrepreneurship for
national development.
His Highness Sheikh Dr. Al-Thani, Chairman of the Qatar Center
for Settlement and Arbitration, delivered an opening speech
about the importance of the conference that was held for the
first time, where the participants were looking at the results and
recommendations of the conference for guidance looks out under
the current circumstances to help entrepreneurs to cope with the
negative consequences caused by the pandemic COVID-19 on the
economy in different countries around the world.
He stressed that innovation is of great importance in increasing
the competitiveness of the company’s innovation, which supports
innovation company endeavors to achieve the so-called “leadership
prices” through its control over the market. It determines the
product prices that are followed by the competing companies. In
addition, innovation supports achieving the company’s strategy
of differentiation, which means providing the company’s products
or unique services unmatched in the market. Innovation helps
to improve productivity, reduce costs, and enhance the ability
to compete, as it also helps to establish partnerships and new
relationships and increase the volume of business and improve
profitability. In contrast, distant companies that innovate are
vulnerable because of losing their own market share for the
benefit of their competitors who created new innovations, and
they may have to eventually get out of the market.
Dr. Moudi Al-Hamoud, the former Minister of Education and
Higher Education, said in the opening speech that in terms of
academic specialization and practice, universities and educational
institutions have made remarkable contributions to the support
system of innovation and entrepreneurship through a range of
activities. Some of them are:
First, a growing interest in universities and higher education
institutions to adopt specialized in the field of innovation and
entrepreneurship curricula so as to build the capacity and skills of
a new generation of youth is a key to development and contributes
to the economic growth target.
Second, the establishment of incubators and business accelerators
to support entrepreneurs and emerging projects as well as to
actively contribute to the localization and associated technology
and stimulate innovation and increase the patent and care save

the property rights transfer.
Third, universities are activated by opening channels of
communication between business and industry by linking
scientific research to the needs of these sectors, and they
contribute to the creation of many of the solutions to the economic
activities that can promote alternative sources of private income
in our countries that rely on a single source of income. The efforts
offered to universities still need intensification and support.
However, the efforts are encouraging and diligent in this field.
Dr. Kausar Abdullah Jouan, Head of the Women’s Institute
forDevelopment and Peace, praised the entrepreneurial spirit,
which aims basically to confront the problems, constraints, and
challenges of society through initiatives and methods that are
modern and innovative.
She added in her speech that if the stage slogan in which we live
is sustainable development, humans are the tools. If the majority
of our Arab peoples are young, they make up two thirds of their
population. They became youth nations. We have to enable these
energies if we are to achieve the desired development, and through
your quest in this regard, many experiments have been conducted
in this regard, including my country Kuwait, which organized
several Gulf conferences hosted the entrepreneurship to discuss
the challenges and opportunities faced by new entrepreneurs
and the appropriate environment for their digital projects and
other topics, including trends and opportunities in e-commerce,
digital banking, and others.
Mr. Walid Khashti, Chief Executive Relations and Communications
for Zainin Kuwait, said in the opening speech that many
governments, including the State of Kuwait, have sought the
climate for private sector institutions as it is innovation provider.
If we need more than just ideas or visions in order to shape the
future, in this case, it is imperative that we contribute to spreading
the culture of innovation in the business environment.
Zain is one of the prominent institutions that has already
embraced the entrepreneurs of young people, believing in the
capabilities and potential of young people, including their ideas
andinnovations, especially after the active movement witnessed
by the Kuwaiti and Arab markets for many innovative initiatives
and experiences in the digital space while It depends on its
strategy to approach effective youth issues to invest in future
generations, the company launched the Zain Innovation Center
(ZINC), which is one of the leading incubators for initiatives of
entrepreneurs at the local and regional level. This center aims to
support and empower young capabilities and open new horizons
for emerging companies.
He indicated that the Zain Center for Creativity is a platform that
incubates the innovations and creativity of young people, as
it is currently doing: 1) It encourages the conscious mind. 2) It
offers a working environment characterized by innovation and
modernity. 3)It creates a suitable work climate for people with
visions and ideas. 4) Transform ideas into real-world projects
that can be implemented and applied.
He concluded that the determination to contribute to a better
future is inclusive and dynamic. Also, it helps people grow and
live in prosperity; it is always at the heart of the concerns of Zain.
Therefore, Zane has always maintained that, in implementing its
strategy, it is based on the element of innovation. A generation
with innovative ideas will represent one of the greatest
differences between societies moving towards the future.
Mr. Hussain Al Mahmoudi, Chief Executive Officer at Sharjah
Research, Technology, and Innovation, delivered the opening
speech that the community’s vision is to be the Sharjah largest
center for innovation and research in the Middle East and
to launch the best initiatives, research, and technology for
the countries of the Arab world. It is characterized by many
innovations based on artificial intelligence and has launched a
lot of innovations that have been converted into products that
serve the local and global market and will offer a lot to improve
the system of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Mr. Shafeeq Alsayed Omar, the Deputy Director-General of the
youth development sector, said in the opening speech that
from the General Authority for Youth strategy today we seek to
empower young people, increase their awareness of freelancing,
and develop their skills to participate in the labor market through
our tools and programs that aspire to change them positively and
successfully pursue their visions and persevere to achieve their
goals. The General Authority for Youth also aims to contribute
to everything that helps develop and create an environment for
entrepreneurs so as to stimulate the energies of young people
and the development of their projects and entrepreneurial spirit,
in addition to upgrading local experiences with international
standards and rationalizing their successes in the future, which
will enhance the capacity of members of the community as a
whole and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of
comprehensive development.
His Highnes Dr. Ashraf Mansour, Secretary-General of the Arab
Union for Development and the Environment, talked in the
opening speech about the importance of the role of universities
in the scientific renaissance and technological we take on our
quest to shed light on scientific research, inventions, andideas
of technology, and to promote the concept of innovation and
renewal, and to allow the scientific competencies and attitudes

of innovative individuals to take their ideas and take them out into the
light, since universities are the incubator for young people who are
the most capable in terms of creativity and innovation, but that the
concept of creativity and innovation in various areas of development
has the greatest impact on young graduates from universities as it
develops their innovation and creativity capabilities both in their
fields. There are many of those distinctive mentalities that abound
in our countries, but unfortunately, they remain untapped under the
wreckage of borders and the accumulation of economic problems,
while they are enough if we take care of them and activate them, to
solve all those problems through the combination of their advantages
in different fields.
Dr. Alfadhal Al-Hinai, the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce
and Industry of Oman, stated the importance of the conference
through its objectives and as the Sultanate of Oman has supported
many initiatives and established many funds, which supplement
the fund that contains three funding programs: program support,
fund livelihood, and the program of rural women. This is with the
aim of enabling young men and women to establish and develop
their small and medium enterprises, with a capital of 200 million
dinars, and to eliminate many of the stigmas and afflictions.
Al-Hinai speech concluded that the leadership of the business sector
is important and vital because of its impact on job creation and the
trade balance, and between direct support from governments to
entrepreneurs and engaging them in the development of important
strategies to support innovation and entrepreneurship and push
entrepreneurs to enter and compete in the global market rather
than focusing only on the local market.
Dr. Badr Malallah, the director General of the Arab Institute for
Planning, delivered the opening speech on the importance of
innovation and entrepreneurship. Also, he talked about the Institute’s
supporting initiatives and ideas of entrepreneurship. The Institute
has been working for many years to support entrepreneurs and
innovators, and small and medium projects through training
and consulting services through workshops, conferences, local
meetings, and other Arab and international community events. The
institute’s strategy is considered one of the strategies that support
the innovation and entrepreneurship system.
The opening ceremony was concluded by a speech from Dr. Samira
Omar, Director General of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research,
who focused in her speech on the importance of the system of
innovationand entrepreneurship and demonstrated the Institute’s
hard work to spread the culture of innovation in society, which
includes many innovation and entrepreneurship activities and
how to turn innovative ideas into entrepreneurship projects that

serve the local economy and provide job opportunities and
less dependence on government jobs. On the other hand, it
showed the importance of scientific research that leads to the
development of patents and access to the best applications.