TEDxPrinceSultanU

Speakers

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• Dr. Salwa AlHazzaa

  Saudi Ophthalmologist and Former Member of the Shura Council.

  Salwa bint Abdullah Al-Hazzaa is a Saudi ophthalmologist and former member of the Shura Council. She lived in the United States of America since she was young and returned to Saudi Arabia and studied medicine in Saudi Arabia. She then moved to Washington and did a three-year fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 1997, Dr. Salwa was appointed Head of the Ophthalmology Department at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, and she remains Head of the Department to this day.

• Dr. Sumaya Al-Suleiman

  CEO of the Architecture and Design Arts Authority

  Dr. Sumaya bint Suleiman Al-Suleiman was appointed CEO of the Architecture and Design Arts Authority in April 2020, which was launched as one of 11 new cultural bodies affiliated with the Ministry of Culture. Before joining the Ministry of Culture, Dr. Sumaya is the Dean of the College of Design at Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University in Dammam, where she held several leadership positions, including the College’s Vice Dean for Quality and Development, Director of the Patent and Technology Transfer Office, and Head of the Publications and Multimedia Design Department.

• Dr. Wafa AlRushaid

  Treasurer of the Sanad Charitable Society, and member of the Board of Directors of the Sanad Charitable Society.

  Treasurer of the Sanad Charitable Society to support children with cancer, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Sanad Charitable Society. She is the second director and founding partner in the Printing Network Company Limited in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with 40% of the company’s capital. She holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in international relations and diplomacy after studying English literature in her bachelor’s degree.

• Talal AlBaker

  CEO of the Saudi cloud computing company “Alibaba Cloud”

  CEO of the Saudi cloud computing company “Alibaba Cloud” from 2022 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is a founding partner and Chairman of the Board of Directors of “Data Insight Saudi” from September and a founding partner in Embarak Saudi Arabia since 2020. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Petroleum and minerals.