RIYADH: Designed to support Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation through smart learning, the LEARN 2025 conference opened on Tuesday, shaping the future of the knowledge economy and showcasing the latest tech solutions in training and education.
The conference, held at the Mohammed bin Salman Nonprofit City in Riyadh from Oct. 7-9, was organized in strategic partnership with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
On its opening day, it attracted global experts in enhancing digital skills and capabilities, who participated in sessions addressing capacity development and the adoption of innovative methods for empowering human capital.
Speaking to Arab News, Solveig Nicklos, senior adviser to the CEO and chief transformation officer at Zayed University, said: “Saudi Vision 2030 is shaping the future of education. (The) LEARN conference and similar events are all critical for us to have. People talk about the fourth industrial revolution and (its) impacts in education, but simply nothing is going to impact teaching, learning and student development the way that technology is now.
“Vision 2030 has for a long time been setting the platform for a mindset shift that is required in the whole world, but certainly in Saudi Arabia, and developing individuals with the creativity and the agility necessary to pivot at this critical time…
