The Qatar Foundation (QF) Annual Research Conference 2018 (ARC’18) will focus on research and innovation that address Qatar’s greatest challenges and generate true economic and social benefit for the nation, it was announced yesterday.
Members of Qatar’s research community are being invited to showcase their work at ARC’18, with a call for abstracts now open.
The deadline for submissions is October 25.
The latest edition of the Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R&D)’s flagship event will be held at the Qatar National Convention Centre from March 20-22, themed R&D: Focusing on Priorities, Delivering Impact.
It will bring together researchers, innovators, thought-leaders, and policymakers from Qatar and around the world.
Expert-led panel sessions will highlight Qatar’s research and innovation accomplishments, challenges, and future goals, and discuss strategies for ensuring research and development efforts are targeted toward areas that make a tangible difference to people’s lives and have the greatest potential for commercialisation.
“The theme of ARC’18 reflects the mission-driven ethos of QF R&D, and the point our nation has reached in the development of its research and innovation ecosystem,” said QF R&D executive vice-president Dr Hamadal-Ibrahim.
“Having built intellectual and physical capacity and cultivated a dynamic and constantly-evolving research culture, we are now focusing on the next level – generating impact through innovation that targets our national priorities, makes Qatar a stronger and more sustainable nation, and is capable of disrupting the global marketplace,” he added.
All abstracts must comprise original research and focus on one of the four ARC’18 pillars: Energy and Environment; Computing and Information Technology; Health and Biomedical; and, Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities.
Once submitted, they will be considered for paper or poster presentation at the conference.
“ARC’18 provides a channel for connections to be made, new and mutually-beneficial networks of knowledge to be formed, and collaboration opportunities within and beyond Qatar to be identified,” said QF R&D executive director of operations Dr Nabeel al-Salem, who chairs the ARC’18 organising committee. “It is also an opportunity to illustrate the progress and outcomes of research activity focused on addressing Qatar’s priorities.”