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  • Basecamp
  • Career Bio
  • Founder, AYVF
  • Up!
  • SDGs Challenge
  • Published Works

GLOBAL PRO. STRATEGIST. VENTURE CATALYST. WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT

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GO BOLDLY: #INVENT #TRAILBLAZE #FIX #IMPROVE #BUILD #GROW

Talks: Start-Ups & Capital / STEM & Space Workforce

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  • Youth Impact Inclusion Online Summit:"Building grounds for innovation & sustainable growth: Changing mindsets & building an inclusive culture for growth" Nov. 2020. New Dehli, India
  • Top CEO Middle East:"Future Growth Amid Volatility - Youth Bulge & Employment: From Liability to Demographic Dividends"  Feb. 2019. Manama, Bahrain
  • International Astronautical Congress, Panel  Global Forum:"Developing a Space Workforce"  Oct. 2018. Bremen, Germany
  • 100 Game Changers @ The World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship 2017 - Town Hall: Dozen Disruptors"Man x Machine: Business in the Age of Intelligence"  Oct. 2017, NYC, NY
  • Women in STEM -Conference Steering Committee, Organizing Member "Empowering Emirati Women Blazing Trails in STEM" Oct.  2016, Dubai, UAE
  • Wharton DC Innovation Summit, Panel "National Innovation Models - Middle East" and Program Architect & Moderator"Global Crises Innovative Solutions Challenge" April  2016, Washington, DC
  • Harvard University/Asia & American University "Strategies for Start-ups" March  2015, Dubai, UAE
  • International Astronautical Congress, Panel Chair: "Enabling the Future: Developing the Space Workforce" Sept. 2014, Toronto, Canada
  • U.S. Dept. of State, Global Entrepreneurship Program: "Angel Investing Primer" Sept. 2014, Washington, DC
  • Western Union / Al Ansari Exchange Sustainable Business Plan Competition, Judging Panel: "Business For Better" May 2014, Dubai, UAE

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  •  Youth Change Everything Conference, Panelist "Overcoming Entrepreneurial Obstacles" Sept. 2013, Doha, Qatar 
  • International Astronautical Congress, Panel Chair: Space Education & Outreach Symposium "Calling Planet Earth - Space Outreach to the General Public" Sept. 2013, Beijing, China
  • Dubai Airshow: Inaugural 'Futures Day', Master of Ceremonies: November, 2011, Dubai, UAE
  • Global Arab Business Congress, Panel Chair: "Sustainability Strategies for the Arab World" October, 2011, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
  • Najah Career & Training Expo, Keynote: "Space education, forging the way" 2011, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Global Space & Satellite Forum, Panel Chair: "UAE NASA Research Fellows Alumni Mission Work Briefings" May, 2011, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • UAE Ministry of Education /Global Education Forum, Panelist/Speaker: "An Innovative Approach to Strategic Workforce Development" March, 2011, Dubai, UAE
  • U.N. declared World Space Week Model U.N. space debates: Keynote: October, 2010, Dubai, UAE
  • AAAS/Royal Scientific Academy, Panelist/Speaker: "Brain Gain: Igniting Future Prospects" Sept. 2010, Amman, Jordan  (Published. Book image, top)
  • United Nations Association UAE Organizing Session: Convener May, 2010, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • U.N. supported World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Panelist/Speaker: "The Power of Angel Investing in Igniting Entrepreneurship & Economic Vitality" April 2006, Muscat, Oman

Start-up Advisory, InvestmentS & Impact Endeavors

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Carnegie Global Ventures

Arab Youth Venture Foundation

Carnegie Global Ventures

From 1997  Honolulu, NYC, Silicon Valley, Dubai

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Pacific Business Forums

Arab Youth Venture Foundation

Carnegie Global Ventures

2001-2005 Honolulu + Asia-Pacific

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Arab Youth Venture Foundation

Arab Youth Venture Foundation

Arab Youth Venture Foundation

From 2007 UAE HQ: GCC, Levant, N. Africa, DC/USA

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