“The time has come for private and public sectors alike to help the Kingdom address its challenges through investment, diversification and innovation,” said Princess Nouf bint Miteb bin Abdullah Al-Saud.

The forum and exhibition is fully supported by Turki Al-Saud, vice president for research institutes at King Abdullah City for Science & Techonolgy (KACST), as well as Ahmed Abdulkarim, CEO of the Cadre Economic City, who is responsible for manpower development that will form the backbone of the multibillion dollar Economic City developments at the heart of the Kingdom’s economic strategy.