Entrepreneurship Journey GCEE summit member presentations 2012, Saudi Arabia, UQU

1. Entrepreneurship Journey
Prof. Wael Badawy, P.Eng
Adviser, VP for Business and Innovation
Umm Al-Qora University, Makkah
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
July 21, 2012
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2. Land of Wealth

3. UQU
Year established : 1949
Number of Colleges (32)
Number of Institutes (6)
Number of Students (73,015)
Number of Faculty members (3,886)

4. UQU
Year established : 1949
Number of Colleges (32)
Number of Institutes (6)
Number of Students (73,015)
Number of Faculty members (3,886)

5. UQU Vision
• That the University of Umm Al-Qura, with what it has
from qualified human resources, advanced
infrastructure, scientific programs, research priorities,
and managerial and financial systems, will become:
• Trusted by the community and is its first choice.
• A world authority in accreditation for Islamic studies
(Shari’a) and Arabic Language.
• House of expertise and the official reference in the
issue of developing the environment of Makkah and the
holy places.
• An environment that facilitates innovation in knowledge
and science, according to the established world criteria.
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6. UQU Mission
• Pioneering in education, scientific
research and the service of the local
and global society.

7. Vision on Entrepreneurship
• to graduate students with
entrepreneurship spirit that hire others
and contribute to the growing
knowledge base economy.
• to be a reference in the region to
promote business and innovation by
applying best practices.

8. Facilities
• VP for business and Innovation founded
in 2010
• College of Business Management
founded in 2009
• Institute of Scientific Research and
Revival of Islamic Heritage
• The Custodian of the Two Holy
Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah
Research

9. VP Business and Innovation
• Established in 2010
• Vision: Leading the development of
knowledge-based economy
• Mission: Development and settlement of
the knowledge produced by the
university and contribute to the transfer
of knowledge and technology

10. VP Business and Innovation
• The Institute for Research and Consultancy
Studies
– Houses of Expertise Unit
– Scientific Chairs
• The Institute for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
– Innovations, Technology and Business Incubators
• IP Management Unit
• Makkah Techno Valley Company

11. The Institute for Research and
Consultancy Studies
• A center that was expanded to become the
Institute in 2009.
• The objectives of the Institute:
- Maximize the contribution towards development
plans and building a knowledge-based society
- Increase the cooperation between the university
and the public and private sectors.
- Provide research and consulting services for
public and private sectors.

12. Houses of Expertise Unit
• The unit utilizes the scientific expertise, and
specialization of the university faculty staff members.
• Its mission is to provide expertise, technical
consultancy and research to transform knowledge
and experience available to the University and its
employees to projects targeting commercial and
financial returns.
• With sixty houses in different disciplines managed by
scientific personnel with specilized experience in the
field of training and educational consulting, the Unit
has a key impact on the Community.

13. The Institute for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
• A center that was expanded to become the Institute
in 2012.
• It promotes entrepreneurship culture, creativity,
innovation and knowledge transfer. It supports the
development of knowledge-based economy with
experience and expertise available to the employees
of the university. It hosts innovation and technology
incubators to help students and graduates start their
own business.

14. Makkah Techno Valley Company
• An investment holding company owned by University
of Umm Al-Qura with initial capital of SAR 100 million
to support knowledge-based economy.
• Makkah Techno Valley Company invests in
technology transfer, developing products, scientific
and technical solutions based on research and
innovation at the University of Umm Al-Qura.
• The company also hosts research and development
centers in collaborations with international
companies.

15. Innovations, Technology and
Business Incubators
Innovation Incubator:
• Early stage incubators
Technology Incubator:
• SAR 100 Million investment that was announced May
2012 to house technology transfer in Geo-informatics
by KACST
Business Incubators
• Early stage incubators

16. Intellectual Property Management
Unit
• Established in Mid 2011, to play a key role in
managing Intellectual Property. It provides financial
support and managing advices to all students,
employees and members of the community.
• As a young unit, it was able to register four patent
applications in the United States.

17. Outreach
• International collaboration
• National and international event organization
– www.ieforum.org
– www.tedxuqu.com

18. Collaboration with Harvard

19. Collaboration with Oxford

20. Event Organization
www.ieforum.org
www.tedxuqu.com

21. Key Challenges
• Eco System Support
• Serving Mega Scale of students
• Maximize ROI of the local Capacity
• Promote sustainable new business

22. GCEE membership benefits
• Exchange knowledge and expertise
• Develop sustainable education,
training and services for innovation
and entrepreneurship
• Explore venues to maximize ROI

23. “The most challenging
logistics annual event in the
world today”
- Director of the British Museum
- 26.01.2012

24. Increasing Number of Pilgrims
2011: 3 Million

25. Spatial and Temporal
Constraints

26. The Journey (process)

27. Arafat

28. Arafat – Jabal Al-Rahma

29. Muzdalifah

30. Mina (the city of tents)

31. Jamarat in Mina

32. Jamarat in Mina

33. Jamarat in Mina

36. Central Area of Makkah

40. Nature of Hajj
• Hajj is an international unique phenomena
happening annually that requires more
interdisciplinary research work
• Computational analysis, visualization, and
simulation provide better understating of
the complexity of Hajj
• Better understating supports more
appropriate decisions to avoid problems
and enhance Hajj experience

41. Q&A
Prof. Wael Badawy, P. Eng.