MIT Technology Review Arabia announces the judges committee for the fifth edition of “Innovators Under 35 MENA”

MIT Technology Review Arabia announces the judges committee for the fifth edition of “Innovators Under 35 MENA”

Innovators Under 35 MENA (IU35) aims to honor leading innovators with superb technical expertise, whose inventions or studies promise change the way people live for the better, and make a quantum leap around the world. The Award, launched by Majarra in the region in 2018, is the Arabic version of the global award launched by MIT Technology Review in 1999.

Judges committee for the fifth edition of IU35

The committee of judges comprises distinguished and independent technical experts, entrepreneurs, and academics, affiliated with research centers, leading tech companies, and prestigious universities globally, and they are as follows:

- Bashar Kilani: Managing Director, Accenture

- Fadi Aloul: Dean of College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah

- Abdulaziz Almalik: Foundation Team Member – Research, Development, And Innovation Authority in KSA

- Maryam Matar: Founder & Chairperson, UAE Genetic Diseases Association (UAEGDA)

- Saeed Al-Nazari: Secretary General of Great Arab Minds, Director-General, Federal Youth Authority, UAE/ Executive Director of The Youth Office at the UAE Prime Minister’s Office/ Chief Strategy Officer of Arab Youth Center

- Abdulsalam Haykal: Executive Chairman, Majarra

- Maha Albalushi: Managing Director, Oman Tech Fund

- Najla Al Midfa: CEO, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa)

- Abdur-Rahman El-Sayed: Co-Founder & CEO, Nabd, Electron Games, and Wave Line Media

- Imad Elhajj: