"Dubai Future Foundation" 160 students graduated in the second cycle of the program "Knowledge society in Dubai"
Dubai, June 12 / WAM / The Dubai Future Foundation announced the conclusion of the second session of the Dubai Knowledge Society Program “TKS Dubai”, which is considered one of the largest global programs to support innovation among school students, prepare future generations of future makers, empower them with the skills and opportunities necessary to create and lead the future, and connect young people with emerging technologies, realistic challenges, and global opportunities.
This year, the program witnessed the graduation of 160 male and female students of different nationalities between the ages of 13 and 17 years, an increase of 77% compared to the previous session.
This course witnessed a 97% increase in the number of applicants, and the number of participating Emirati students reached 61 male and female students, an increase of 65% compared to last year.
The graduates of the Knowledge Society Program in Dubai, whose total number reached 250 distinguished graduates in its first and second batches together, join the global Knowledge Society Program community, which includes more than 5,500 students in more than 500 cities around the world.
The students participating in the program worked to employ smart future technologies to create qualitative and practical solutions to competitive challenges presented by the United Nations, alongside the company “Expensio”, which is interested in developing the next generation of wearable visual technology, and the “Lable” platform, which specializes in developing artificial intelligence tools.
The challenges focused on diverse areas such as the future of learning, helping athletes recover using optical technologies, supporting technological innovation, designing innovative solutions to connect satellites, accelerating the future of air travel at hypersonic speeds, live hybrid data storage, clean energy innovations, biosensing with wearable devices to monitor symptoms of internal diseases, and nanomedicine applications.
The Knowledge Society Program, which extends for ten months, aims to empower participating students from various Dubai schools with the latest smart tools, emerging technologies, and future skills, and to train them practically in a lively environment that simulates the atmosphere of work on designing and innovating solutions in international organizations, technology companies, and global research and development centers, and to open the door to opportunities for them by facilitating communication and interaction with a wide global network of mentors, experts, and specialists.
Alia Al Murr, Head of the Transformation and Partnerships Department at the Dubai Future Foundation, said that organizing this program for the second year in a row reflects the Foundation’s commitment to strengthening its local and global partnerships to empower young innovators and creators, encourage future talents to innovate practical solutions to pressing challenges using smart technologies, and consolidate Dubai’s position as a global talent center and support scientific research and design future sectors.
She added that the program witnessed a wide demand from students to participate in creating solutions to global challenges by taking advantage of the latest technology and its smart uses, an indication of the importance of the role of this program as a global platform that encourages creativity, supports those with promising talents, and makes them ambassadors for innovation and positive impact in their societies.
For his part, Naveed Nathu, founder of the Global Knowledge Society Program, said that the program will continue its partnership with the Dubai Future Foundation through this initiative based on our commitment on both sides to invest in young talent and provide students with the opportunity to develop their skills in employing emerging technologies, and preparing the next generation of innovators and future makers.
It is noteworthy that participation in the next session of the Knowledge Society Program in Dubai is available through the electronic link: “www.dubaifuture.ae/tks-innovation-program.”
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